QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Supreme Court Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno said that she is not affected by the speech made by President Rodrigo Duterte that referred to a certain government official leading a luxurious lifestyle.
“That’s his revelation. I don’t know who he’s talking of, definitely I don’t feel alluded to,” Sereno said during an event organized by the University of San Carlos and the Supreme Court.
Sereno said that as the name of the government official was not revealed, she is not personally and professionally affected by it, and that her conscience was clean.
On Tuesday, President Duterte criticized a government official’s lifestyle and alleged lavish foreign trips.
He, however, did not name this official.
“There’s an official here in the government whose travel is being reviewed. That person is not from my department, not the executive department,” the President said
“[That government official] is traveling abroad via first-class airplane [cabin]. And the room in the hotels where [that person] stayed is first class. One room used is a presidential suite. This will come out,” he added.
