“What a waste,” Senator Panfilo M. Lacson told Bombo Radyo. “If he had only capitalized on his overwhelming mandate, his popularity and good intentions, we could have succeeded,” he said in Filipino. READ:
“What a waste,” Senator Panfilo M. Lacson told Bombo Radyo. “If he had only capitalized on his overwhelming mandate, his popularity and good intentions, we could have succeeded,” he said in Filipino.
He added that the President could have avoided a probe by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes against humanity had he done it properly. Mr. Duterte last year barred Cabinet officials from attending a Senate investigation of alleged anomalies at the Health department, saying it was a waste of time.
“We don’t need to impose a deadline,” he said. “We just have to do and execute them well. Even if we don’t have a deadline, success will follow.”
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