Asked in a news briefing at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 if he could name the lady senator he had just slammed in his address to the PNP, Duterte said: “I can. Because it’s part of my duty. Okay naman ako (I’m okay with that). You want to know the name? De Lima.”
In response to an earlier question, Duterte said that the senator had attacked him first.
“You libeled me, you slandered me. I kept quiet because you are a lady. Sumobra ka na (But you went too far). Well maybe you won on the platform of human rights. Ang bugok namang Pilipino naniwala sa iyo. ‘Yung bumoto lang din sa iyo. Hindi naman lahat e (These stupid Filipinos believed you. But only those who voted for you. Not everyone did),” he said.
Duterte described De Lima as a "crusading lady of human rights" who acted as if she were the "conscience" of the nation.
"Be very careful, you know, weather-weather ang buhay (life is unpredictable)," Duterte said in a speech before the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption at Camp Aguinaldo then.
In response to an earlier question, Duterte said that the senator had attacked him first.
“You libeled me, you slandered me. I kept quiet because you are a lady. Sumobra ka na (But you went too far). Well maybe you won on the platform of human rights. Ang bugok namang Pilipino naniwala sa iyo. ‘Yung bumoto lang din sa iyo. Hindi naman lahat e (These stupid Filipinos believed you. But only those who voted for you. Not everyone did),” he said.
Duterte described De Lima as a "crusading lady of human rights" who acted as if she were the "conscience" of the nation.
"Be very careful, you know, weather-weather ang buhay (life is unpredictable)," Duterte said in a speech before the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption at Camp Aguinaldo then.