Former Pres. Duterte Links Malacañang To Tirades of Ex-Sen. Trillanes
MALACAÑANG – The Palace gave a statement on the claim of former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte that they used former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV against him.
The House Quad Committee has long started a probe on the Duterte war on drugs even before the Senate has launched its own investigation. However, former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte has repeatedly skipped the House invitation to hearings unlike its response to the very first invitation of the upper chamber which he appeared.
Thus, countless Filipinos were really hooked by the appearance of former Pres. Duterte at the latest hearing conducted by the House of Representatives. At the inquiry, Duterte surprisingly told the ICC to hurry up on its investigation.
It is no secret to the public that it was under the term of former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte when the Philippines exited the Rome Statute after the ICC announced its intention to investigate the Duterte administration’s war on drugs. However, at the hearing, he denied and claimed that the war on drugs was not the issue.
The House Quad Committee has invited several other persons in the hearing. Former senators Leila de Lima and Antonio Trillanes IV were also present at the inquiry. Both of them are staunch critics of the former President and his war on drugs.
At the hearing, Trillanes made several claims against Duterte and even dared him to allow the checking of his bank transactions. The former President claimed that the former Senator is working under Marcos Jr.
Former Pres. Rodrigo Duterte claimed that Malacañang allegedly sponsored former Sen. Antonio Trillanes to attack him. The Palace reacted to the claim of the former Chief Executive. Based on a report on ABS-CBN News, Malacañang tagged the action of former Pres. Duterte as “hallucination”.
“Alam nyo mahirap pumatol sa ganyan. Hallucination na lang yan. Hallucination,” Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said.
During the hearing, many people were surprised when Duterte gestured as if he wants to hit De Lima and Trillanes. The former President is seated beside former Sen. De Lima.