MANILA, Philippines — Malacaang on Wednesday clapped back at Senator Panfilo Lacson, saying that President Rodrigo Duterte is a lawyer and must therefore know the country’s constitutional law.
Lacson earlier told the President that he should read the 1987 Constitution, maintaining that a senator “has something to do with international agreements.”
“Hindi lang binasa ng ating Presidente ang ating Saligang Batas, abogado pa po siya. Pumasa po siya ng Bar kung saan isa sa tinanong o subject area para sa examination ay ang constitutional law,” Roque said in an interview.
(The President did not only read the Constitution, he is also a lawyer. He passed the bar examination where…
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