Senate Minority Floor Leader Franklin Drilon has refuted President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that he was defending the Lopez clan that owns media giant ABS-CBN, insisting that he was focused on press freedom and the jobs of the workers. | GabrielLaluINQ
“‘Yong issue ay mawawalan ng trabaho ang 11,000 kawani ng ABS-CBN. ‘Yan lang po ang aking ipinaglaban,” he added. “Wala po akong utang na loob sa mga Lopezes, wala po akong utang sa kanila, at sila po ay kababayan ko ngunit maliban dyan wala na po kaming pinagsamahan.”by Duterte, from the start of his speech up to a moment before the end, saying that the senator “arrogantly” made a remark on oligarchs and supposedly defended the Lopezes, even linking Duterte’s children as oligarchs.
Duterte was making a statement about those who supposedly “take advantage of a preoccupied government” amid the coronavirus pandemic when he made the tirades about Drilon. “One of them is Senator Franklin Drilon. In an interview, he arrogantly mentioned, among others, that oligarchs need not be rich. Then he linked the anti-dynasty with oligarchy and the topic was my daughter and son,” Duterte said.
Later on, Duterte also questioned whether he was with the ACCRA Law Office that allegedly lawyered for the Ayala family in their water concession agreement. According to Drilon, he did not serve as counsel for any concession agreement, and that he was no longer with ACCRA when the contracts were entered.
“Wala po akong kinalaman dyan sa concession agreement na ‘yan, at you know I can tell you right in your face I can say with a clear conscience, with a straight face, kaharap ang buong bansa at sasabihin na wala akong kinalaman dyan,” Drilon said.
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