Dispatch from Crame No. 1148:
Sen. Leila M. de Lima's Statement On Duterte's gag order

9/14/21

Duterte's gag order on Sec. Duque and other Cabinet members, preventing them from attending the Blue Ribbon Committe hearing is expected. It was only a matter of time before Duterte resorted to an illegal action to prevent the unraveling of the truth in the Senate hearing.

The basis for the gag order is not even executive privilege, but presidential hubris. Duterte will continue to push the government to a constitutional crisis, if only to save the Davao boys in their 8.7 billion plunder the details of which are slowly uncovered in the Senate hearing.

What Duterte does not know is that nobody listens to him anymore, except his fanatics, while the whole nation is glued to the Senate hearings as anomaly after anomaly is revealed by resource persons.

Buking na si Michael Yang, ang Chinese BFF ni Duterte at ng Davao Mafia. It is just a matter of time before he brings down everybody with him, including his patron and benefactor Duterte.

Andami pa kasing satsat, mandarambong lang rin pala, at sa panahon pa ng pandemya. Super kawalanghiyaan! ###

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