Roque Defensive When Asked “Where Is Your Honor” During Interview
ROQUE DEFENSIVE – During a recent interview, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque got defensive about a question he calls “unfair”.
Earlier, the Department of Defense severed a 30-year-old accord with the University of the Philippines. As such, military and police personnel can enter UP campuses without prior notice.
In response to the issues and criticisms, Roque joined an interview with CNN Philippines. There, Roque clarified his stance regarding the matter considering he was a former alumnus of the University.
During the Interview, Roque responded to a Tweet UP Professor Danilo Arao. He called out alumni of UP who are top-level government officials to “denounce” the termination of the DND-UP accord.
“This disregards everything that UP stands for. Should they remain silent, a six-word question: Where is your honor and excellence”.
Anchor Pinky Webb then asked Roque to provide his personal thoughts on the Tweet separate from his duty as the Presidential Spokesperson. Meanwhile, Roque responded with: “there’s really no such thing when you are a Presidential Spokesperson“.
Furthermore, Roque pressed that he is in no way duty-bound to anything that Professor Arao says. But, after a commercial break, Roque became defensive and told the anchor: “I have to highlight the fact that I think the question on Arao was unfair.
Moreover, Roque noted that he felt like Webb made it appear as if it was compulsory to follow Arao. Meanwhile, Webb explained that she was simply asking for his reaction regarding the Tweet.
“It was a Tweet, sir”, Webb emphasized. “Just to very clear about this, it was a tweet that I read. And I asked for your reaction if you would denounce it“, she added.
As a response Roque said: “It’s as if I don’t agree with Arao, that I have no sense of excellence or honor“
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