Duterte, Trillanes word war intensifies

Sen. Antonio Trillanes hits back at President Rodrigo Duterte for saying that the senator will be “shot dead someday” due to his arrogance.

“Go ahead, Mr. Duterte, order somebody to shoot me and, I assure you, it would lead to your end,” Trillanes said.

Duterte on Thursday slammed Trillanes for putting up a facade that he is “tough and threatening.

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The president said: “He believes that he’s the only tough one around because nobody fought him back. But there will come a day that someone will shoot him because he’s arrogant.

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Unfazed with Duterte’s remarks, Trillanes fired back, saying: “Now, as to his threat that somebody would shoot me someday, only Duterte would want me dead because it irks him that somebody dared to stand toe to toe with him.”

Trillanes stressed that in his entire public life, he “stood up and fought against the crooked, the corrupt, the oppressors and abusers of power like Duterte” and that “he never bullied the helpless and innocent.”

He also said that due to his steadfast condemnation, Duterte becomes “weak and powerless.”

(DAILY NEWS ROUND UP FOR 06/ 11 /18)