Former Senate President Vicente Sotto III
The vice president, in a press conference on Friday said she warned Senator Imee Marcos of her plan if administration allies continued attacking her.
“I think it’s a very bad example because what we must practice would be to respect, first of all, the presidency, no matter who the president is. We’ve done that, my party and I have done that all these years. I think the president deserves more respect than that,” Sotto said in an interview with Inquirer’s INQside Look on Tuesday.
“Uncalled for and unbecoming,” Sotto added.
Sotto is eyeing a Senate comeback in the 2025 midterm elections.
House of Representatives leaders on Saturday slammed Duterte’s remarks as a distraction from the chamber’s probe into her alleged misuse of public funds.
“It would be good for her to take a step back and look at the situation in a different perspective and ask herself: is this good for the people? Is this good for the country or not?” Sotto asked.
“They ask the question: totoo ba? Totoo bang P125 million na hindi maeksplika? Totoo bang P16 million na hindi maeksplika?… If hindi yun totoo, then it is a demolition job. If it’s true, then the House is doing its job,” Sotto added.
(They ask the question: is it true? Is it true that there is P125 million unaccounted for? Is it true that there is P16 million unaccounted for? If not, then it is a demolition job. If it’s true, then the House is doing its job.)