Leila to Sara: Stop defending the dishonest
Credit to Author: BERNADETTE E. TAMAYO| Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 16:18:53 +0000
Sen. Leila de Lima on Tuesday advised Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio to use her platform to “fight for a better” Philippines and not defend dishonest people.
The senator responded to Duterte-Carpio’s “open letter” challenging her to propose a law making honesty a requirement for public office.
“Unless you are one of them, don’t waste your life defending the dishonest, the corrupt, and the people whom you know will abuse their office,” de Lima said to the Davao mayor in an open letter.
“Your ambition should not take precedence over our country’s future. Use your platform to fight for a better Philippines. Do the right thing. Stop campaigning for trapos (traditional politicians) and misfits,” she said.
“If I may give you an unsolicited advice, do not fool yourself. The spotlight and lavish attention is not for you, it is for your father. And the politicians you surround yourself with are not there because they believe in your vision. They’re there because they want to use you,” she added.
“Public office is a public trust. Anyone who seeks public office must have honesty and integrity. Candidates included. What kind of idiot would think that a dishonest candidate will be an honest public official?” she said.
De Lima said she has nothing against Duterte-Carpio, chairman of the administration-backed Hugpong ng Pagbabago regional party.
“You are young and you have your life still ahead of you. You are given this platform by your father to say anything you want in a national scope without accountability. Politicians are stumbling over themselves trying to vie for your support,” she said.
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