MANILA, Philippines — Senator Leila de Lima clapped back at President Rodrigo Duterte after he called her a “bitch,” saying this is a diversionary tactic to cover up for his “failure of leadership,” especially amid the pandemic.
De Lima pointed to Duterte’s “incompetence,” citing what she said is the government’s slow-paced vaccination rollout and the spate of killings in the country.
“Bitch? Kulang-kulang ang bakuna kahit bilyon-bilyon ang inutang, ako pa ang bitch? Sa dami ng namamatay sa COVID at EJK (extrajudicial killing), ako pang pinakulong na nga nya, ang nasa utak pa rin nya?” De Lima said in a statement posted on her Twitter account late Thursday.
(Bitch? We are …
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