LP official refutes Duterte’s claim on Roxas’ breakdown in ‘Yolanda’
A Liberal Party (LP) official refuted Davao city Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that the LP bet Mar Roxas had a breakdown in the aftermath of super typhoon Yolanda.
In a press conference on Tuesday, Caloocan Rep. Edgar Erice instead turned the tables on Roxas’ opponent for the presidential position and said Duterte seemed to be the one who is losing his marbles.
“Mar Roxas got the scare of his life during Yolanda… I was there on Day 2. Si Mar nagka-breakdown,” Duterte said in the radio interview.
“I was there. I was talking to him. Nag-mo-monologue siya… He was not acting like a person who was in charge of a disaster (relief operation), giving commands or critical orders,” Duterte added.
Erice said it was Roxas, not Duterte, who witnessed the wrath of the storm in Leyte when he first led the relief operations as Interior Secretary.
“Well, lahat sila, noong dumapo iyong pinakamalakas na bagyo sa kasaysayan ng buong mundo, lahat sila… wala sila roon. Si Secretary Mar Roxas, kapiling ng mga taga-Leyte na sinalubong iyong bagyong ito. At marami namang makakapagpatunay na sa abot ng kanyang kakayanan, ginampanan niya, hindi siya umalis doon, ilang linggo siya doon,” Erice said.
“Sila, wala lahat doon. Sila ay nambabatikos, parang mga armchair general,” he added.
Erice said Duterte was lying when the latter said in the radio interview that he was in Leyte on the second day of the aftermath of Yolanda.
“Wala siya roon… Madaling patunayan iyan. Nagsisinungaling siya,” Erice said.
Erice went on to call Duterte as loony for being a bad example to the youth with his foul mouth and womanizing ways.
“Kung pagkukumparahin ninyo iyong istilo ni Secretary Mar at ni Mayor Duterte, siya iyong kakaiba e. Siya iyong parang may katok e,” Erice said.
“Minumura iyong pope. O, hindi ba, nagmumura sa harap ng mga kabataan, sa telebisyon. Masamang impluwensiya iyan sa mga kabataan. Pati iyong apo ko nanonood, akala tama iyong ginagawa niya e. Kaya sabi ko doon sa apo ko, hindi, may katok iyan, huwag mong pakinggan,” he added.
