Gordon: “He is behaving as a mayor. I was disturbed by it quite frankly"

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte did not like the hearing about the Presidential Security Group to be vaccinated against covid that has not yet been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 

At his public address, President Duterte warns that there will be a crisis if the lawmakers insist that the PSG be investigated.

“And I would like to call on Congress na hindi naman ako nakikiusap. Ang ano ko lang diretso na salita na do not tinker with the PSG. I’m telling you as President it’s a matter of self-preservation. So hanggang diyan na lang ako. I will not elaborate on it but do not force my hand to meddle into this affair because maybe I will not — I am not so keen about allowing Durante and the rest of the PSG to testify. Ginawa ito nila as I understand para sa kapakanan ng buhay nila. So if they will be called — if they will be called to testify in Congress, my — as a lawyer, I will just tell them because they are now being accu*sed and with the accompanying statement of pr0secution and things like that. And if that is the case, then I would ask the PSG to just sh*t up. Do not answer. Invoke the right against self-incrimination at wala kayong makukuha. And do not force my s0ldiers to testify against their will. At huwag ninyong i-contempt-contempt na i-detain ninyo. I do not think it will be good for you and for me. It would not be healthy for everybody,” said President Duterte.

 

Senator Dik Gordon, on the other hand, reacted to what President Duterte said. According to the senator, the President should respect the "separation of powers". He also said that he is worried about President Duterte's actions because the President seems acting like mayor.

“He is behaving as a mayor. He is protecting his people… I was disturbed by it quite frankly… The President has got to respect the separation of power clause… To shackle the Senate or Congress on what it is supposed to do is wrong of the President”

 

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