President hits Gordon, Lacson for 'showing off'

By Currie Cator

Sep 01, 2021 12:21 am

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday once again slammed lawmakers over their investigations of the handling of pandemic funds, singling out Senators Richard 'Dick' Gordon and Panfilo 'Ping' Lacson.

In his prerecorded address to the nation, Duterte said the public should 'not believe' what senators say, especially those who only want to 'show off' their knowledge, like Gordon.

ON WARPATH President Rodrigo Duterte holds a photo of Michael Yang, his former economic adviser, who he claimed had no links to the company that provided medical supplies to the government that senators wanted to probe. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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