(Eagle News) — Stop attacking me.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque had this to say to detained Senator Leila de Lima, with whom he has been engaged in a word war since her first anniversary in detention.
“I leave her alone as a matter of policy because she’s in jail. But stop attacking me,” he said in a television interview on Thursday.
According to Roque, he “only responds” when she says something about him.
“Stop expecting I will not hit back when you do attack me,” he said.
“My advice to Leila de Lima, if you do not want to hear anything from me, stop saying things about me. Because remember, I am free, and I can reply. You’re in jail,” he added.
The word war between Roque and De Lima started when the presidential spokesperson greeted the senator, who is detained over drug cases, a “happy anniversary” in detention.
De Lima slammed Roque, saying he has “sold his own identity in exchange for a possible Senate run.”
“May you spend the rest of your life in jail. Goodbye,” Roque lashed back.