By Liezelle Soriano
MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Monday (25 Nov 2024) said that he would uphold the rule of law after the tirades of Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio made against him, the First Lady Liza Marcos and House Speaker Martin Romualdez.
“‘Yang ganyang pagtatangka (sa buhay) ay hindi dapat pinapalampas. ‘Yan ay aking papalagan. As a democratic country, we need to uphold the rule of law,” Marcos said, referring to the video Duterte-Carpio made wherein she spit out expletives against the President, the First Lady and Romualdez and also boasted that she hired somebody to also kill them all in the event that she gets killed.
The Chief Executive said that he won’t compromise the rule of law which should be applied to everyone.
He also promised not to let “dirty politicking” drag the country down.
“Igalang natin ang proseso. Tuparin natin ang batas. Alalahanin natin ang mandato na pinagkatiwala sa atin ng milyon-milyong Pilipino,” the President said in what could be his very first “counter-attack” against his former Uniteam runningmate in the 2022 elections.
Duterte embarked on a fighting mode ever since Congress focused its attention on her unexplained confidential funds amounting around P700 million.
“Magtrabaho po tayo sa ikauunlad ng Republika ng Pilipinas at para matamo ang Bagong Pilipinas.”
Meanwhile, Marcos reminded government officials of their duty to protect the country and the Constitution.
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