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President Rodrigo Duterte’s talks lead a meeting with key members of the Interagency Working Group on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) at the Malacañang Golf (Malago) clubhouse in Malacañang Park, Manila, on Tuesday, November 17, 2020. Photo by TOTO LOZANO / Presidential Photographers Division)
MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Leni Robredo cannot become the country’s president if she believes the commander-in-chief should give orders on the same day a typhoon is expected to strike, President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday.
“The storm was all over Luzon. Where would you want it to be? In your area of Bicol? In his house? In Naga? So where were you? I didn’t have to give orders the same day, ”Duterte said, speaking in part in Filipino, in a prerecorded speech.
[Original parts in Filipino: “Saan mo ako gusto ilagay noon? Sa inyo sa Bicol? Sa bahay ninyo? Sa Naga? So where were you? Hindi ako kailangan mag-order on the day.”]“You were assuming he should be giving orders on the day of the storm. That is why you can’t really be president. The orders were given two or three days. [before]. You don’t give orders on the day of war, ”he added.
Duterte claimed that Robredo asked him about his whereabouts when Typhoon Ulysses hit the country.
However, Robredo did not issue any statement as such.
“Lesson one for you: Don’t plan or give orders on the day of battle. Sit where you are. If you are a commander, don’t go to the front and get shot and killed. That way you are trying to be a hero, ”Duterte told Robredo.
“If you want to be president, if you want, buy a lot of bathing suits and start swimming when the floods come. Your suggestive question is the argument of a poor man, “he added.
Robredo shared real-time updates through his Twitter account when several Internet users asked for help after the massive floods in Cagayán and Isabela due to Typhoon Ulysses.
Whenever we receive updates from the field, we share them with the public. It is important to assure those who are distressed that (1) we listen to them; (2) help is coming; (3) we are trying our best to save it.
– Leni Robredo (@lenirobredo) November 17, 2020
She said her office shares updates from the field “to assure those who are distressed that (1) we hear them; (2) help is coming; (3) we are doing everything we can to save him. “
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