(Eagle News)–For Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo, President Rodrigo Duterte only meant to say in his recent speech that the only issue critics are using against him is the issue of extrajudicial killings.
“Dapat kasi kapag sasabihin ng Presidente, titingnan mo iyong mga previous statements niya. Kailangan consistent doon sa dati na niyang sinasabi,” Panelo said.
In a speech on Thursday, Sept. 28, Duterte enumerated what he said was his only sin si President.
“What are your sins? Ako? Sabi ko nga sa military, ano kasalanan ko? Nagnakaw ba ako diyan ni piso? Did I prosecute somebody na pinakulong ko? Ang kasalanan ko lang, yung mga extrajudicial killing,” Duterte said.
According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the President was only being “himself” and being “playful.”