(FILE PHOTO) Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile. ALBERTO ALCAIN/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — Former Senate president Juan Ponce Enrile said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. could have just chosen to ignore the drug allegations made by his predecessor former President Rodrigo Duterte.
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Veteran broadcaster and TV anchor Korina Sanchez-Roxas shared Enrile’s perspective through Instagram after a pre-interview lunch.
“BBM (Bongbong Marcos) responded as he did. I would have ignored,” Sanchez-Roxas quoted Enrile as saying.
Enrile was referring to when Marcos clapped back at Duterte, saying it must have been the effects of fentanyl when the former president accused Marcos of using illegal drugs.
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Meanwhile, asked what he thought about the Marcoses being back in office, Enrile compared it to the case of Ninoy Aquino, whose wife and son became Presidents.
“Why could it not happen for BBM? Why not the next one? You live as long as I have, you see heroes become villains and then heroes and become villains again,” Enrile said.
Enrile is set to turn 100 on February 14. Born in 1924, Enrile’s political career spanned from the time of Diosdado Macapagal’s presidency in the 60s up to present, serving as Marcos Jr.’s Chief Presidential Legal Counsel.