“Is he really serious about seeking the presidency?” This is the statement released by former Justice Secretary Leila de Lima as part of her reactions to Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s comments and expletives that were aired on national TV last Monday even using words that might hurt most Roman Catholics in the Philippines.
In an interview with the reporters in Cebu, the former DOJ Secretary said she could not believe that a presidential candidate would use profanities and flaunt to the public how he killed criminals in Davao City.
Leila de Lima also pointed out the revelations of Mayor Duterte on affairs with several women at the same time. The former DOJ Secretary was quoted as saying “Is that the behavior of someone who is running or seriously running for president? I’m in a quandary. It’s a mystery. What is he trying to do,” she said in a press conference at the Parklane Hotel in Cebu City.
The former DOJ Secretary and one of the known ally of Pres. Aquino, senatorial candidate Leila De Lima said Duterte’s comments against Pope Francis, in particular, were “disturbing and scandalous.”
“Nakakahiya (It’s embarassing, it’s shameful) to say at the very least. It’s really an affront (to the Pope and Catholics in the Philippines),” she said.