I think the senator from Bicol did not expect this coming.
Positioning himself as the arch nemesis of the President of
the Republic of the Philippines, there has been no let up in his attacks and
criticisms to the president himself and to the members of the first family.
It even reached the International Criminal Court in the
Hague when the senator along with Magdalo representative pal congressman Gary Alejano filed a supplemental
complaint supporting Sabio’s accusations. Atty Jude Sabio was the one who initiated the
ICC action based from the Senate testimony of self-confessed former Davao death
squad member Edgar Matobato. *
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| Senator Trillanes (photo credit to owner) |
Davao, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s hometown and bail wick
just had enough of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. The Senator is no longer
welcome in Davao City this after Davao City he was declared as persona non
grata last Tuesday.
Davao City
Vice Mayor Bernard Al-Ag said Trillanes was declared persona non grata for
describing the city as "the most dangerous city in the Philippines"
where the crime rate is high.
"Mr.
Trillanes, you will not succeed in destroying our city. You will not succeed in
destroying our beloved President Rodrigo Duterte... We do not need you here in
Davao City. You are unwelcome and unwanted in our city of Davao," Al-Ag
said in a privilege speech.
The Vice
Mayor also added that the senator is his foreign trips always speaks negatively
of the city of Davao.
The Davao
City Council approved the motion to declare the president’s number 1
critic persona non grata during its
regular session.
In 2017 the
senator was quoted in saying that Davao City is the no. 1 city that recorded the
most number of murder cases and the second most number of rape cases.
"Hindi
naman paraiso ang Davao City gaya ng pinapangalandakan nila... May peace and
order ba doon? Hindi. It is one of the most dangerous places in the
country," Trillanes said in a media briefing last year. *
"The
truth, definitely, hurts... The people of Davao either know it but tolerate it
out of fear or they've actually believed the lie that was fed to them that
Davao City is the safest city in the world," was Senator Trillanes
reaction to the action of Davao when he exposed the real crime rates of the
city.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque cannot hide his smile
when the Malacañang press corps ask him about the Davao City resolution.
"I do not know how you want me to react because I speak
for the President, and I cannot say anything other than congratulations to
Davao City," he said
Report from CNN Phils
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