Duterte Denies Wanting De Lima

Currently, President Rodrigo Duterte choose his words more carefully for Senator Leila De Lima who earlier wondered publicly if the President of the Philippines who was poking fun at her love interests was interested in her romantically because he never stopped to threaten her legally.

"Susmaryosep. Alam mo every time I view the video, I lose my appetite. Nawawala ang gana ko sa kanya," Duterte retorted in an apparent reference to her supposed sex video.

Regarding De Lima's plead that the President should stop harassing her, Duterte responded that the former secretary of Justice and chair of the Commission on Human Rights, " Should be worried."

"Those are serious charges. She should not adopt a nonchalant attitude about all of these things. Kasi I said she opened the portals of narco-politics to take hold in the national level. There will never be an honest election," Duterte said in a media conference.

President Rodrigo Duterte then added that their is similarities to our country's current drug situation to the scenarios described in the books " The Cartel by Don Winslow and Gangster Warlords" by loan Grillo.

"You read the cartel, it’s online you can buy it. Ioan Grillo’s another one and you would recoil in horror because it is exactly what we are experiencing today," Duterte said.

Going back to De Lima's claim that he could be attracted to her, Duterte responded, "Ang magkaron ng gusto sa kanya ‘yung mga, hindi man ako guwardiya, hindi man rin ako motorcycle cop. Hindi rin ako convict."

Duterte has accused in the past that De Lima had romantic relationships with a bodyguard and a motorcycle security escort.

The recent House inquiry on the proliferation of drugs inside the New Bilibid Prison already had one witness testifying that De Lima and a convict spent time together at his kubol or special cell

Source: GMA