Duterte warns of trouble in government if officials detained by Gordon, Senate

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday threatened that there will be “trouble in government” if his Cabinet officials were ordered detained by the Senate, which is conducting a probe into the “overpriced” COVID-19 supply procurement.

Duterte, who devoted the first part of the televised Talk To the People briefing to the Senate Blue Ribbon investigation, headed by Senator Richard Gordon, again defended the government’s purchases, saying the supplies were neither overpriced nor corrupted.

“Balang araw may isang tao magtindig sayo, tignan mo. One of these days there is somebody who will stand up…Huwag mo akong bastusin kasi you know what, yun ang advice ko rin sa military, keep the dignity of your rank as being soldier,” Duterte said to Gordon.

“Huwag kayong pumayag na sigaw-sigawan ni Dick Gordon. Just stand up and go out. I said if the sergeant-at -arms, i-detain ka then once I hear about it, I will go to the Senate and get you and extract you. ‘Yan talaga ang mangyayari, then senator Gordon we will be having trouble in government,” he further pointed out.

“Then Mr. Gordon, we will be having a crisis.” — BM, GMA News

Duterte warns of trouble in government if officials detained by Gordon, Senate
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