{"id":178721,"date":"2018-08-27T05:14:03","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T09:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=178721"},"modified":"2018-08-27T05:14:03","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T09:14:03","slug":"trillanes-challenges-duterte-iq-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/27\/trillanes-challenges-duterte-iq-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Trillanes challenges Duterte for an IQ test"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cSiya nga itong wala ng maisip na solusyon sa mga problema ng bayan kasi aminado siyang mahina ang kokote niya (He is the one who cannot think of a solution to the problems of the country because he admits that he has a slow brain),\u201d the senator added. (PRIB File\u00a0Photo<\/a> by Cesar Tomambo via Senate of the Philippines\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After the President\u2019s response to his \u201cworst president this country ever had\u201d statement, Senator Antonio \u201cSonny\u201d Trillanes IV then challenged President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for an intelligence quotient (IQ) test.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust to settle the matter, I am challenging Duterte to an IQ test. Kahit<\/em> plus 10 pa siya, ‘pag mas mataas <\/em>score niya sa’kin, mag-re<\/em>-resign ako sa pagka-Senador<\/em> (He can have a plus 10, if his score is higher than mine, I will resign from the Senate),\u201d Trillanes wrote on Twitter on Monday, August 27.<\/p>\n

\u201cSiya nga itong wala ng maisip na solusyon sa mga problema ng bayan kasi aminado siyang mahina ang kokote niya<\/em> (He is the one who cannot think of a solution to the problems of the country because he admits that he has a slow brain),\u201d the senator added.<\/p>\n

This was Trillanes\u2019s statement versus Duterte who was at the Libingan ng mga Bayani to commemorate National Heroes Day, and was speaking to reporters when he was asked to react to his critics\u2019 statements after he appointed Teresita Leonardo-De Castro to be the next Chief Justice.<\/p>\n

Trillanes who was among those who issued his statement opposing Duterte\u2019s decision was a special mention from the Chief Executive.<\/p>\n

Duterte questioned how the senator was able \u201cto survive PMA (Philippine Military Academy) given his character, his mouth, and his low IQ.\u201d<\/p>\n

This was days after Trillanes\u2019s tirade also on Twitter, in which the senator said that if the President was ill, he should go to the hospital, and if he was not, then he should do his job. Trillanes was referring to the health rumors about Duterte.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng daming problema ng bayan na ikaw rin naman ang gumawa, tapos patulog-tulog ka lang d’yan sa <\/em>Davao. Gumawa ka ng solusyon imbes na magpaawa<\/em> (The country has a lot problems and these were problems that you made, then you are only sleeping there in Davao. Give solutions instead of asking for pity). Truly, you are the laziest, craziest, and the worst president this country ever had,\u201d the senator wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Trillanes graduated from PMA in 1995 as a cum laude.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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