Vice President Leni Robredo said while she was used to how she was being criticized by trolls and critics alike, the public did not deserve to hear cocky and rude remarks from public servants.
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In her radio program, Robredo said that it was disheartening that the public has to put up with government officials who defend themselves from her remarks by being rude.
"Kung kailangang magdepensa, magdepansa. Pero yung klase ng pagdedepensa nakakalungkot, kasi ito na ba yung klase ng public servants natin (If they need to defend themselves, then they should. But the way they are doing it is unfortunate because we wonder if this is the kind of public servants that we have)?" she said Sunday, Feb. 7.
"Ako lang, para sa akin, hindi naman natin dini-deserve na yung mga public servants natin mga bastos, hindi natin dini-deserve na ubod ng yabang (For me, we don't deserve public servants who are rude and so full of themselves)," she added.
Robredo said her critics were probably acting the way they do, and were ganging up on her because they could not accept criticisms themselves.
"Lagi naman. Kaya tayo nagkakaganito kasi walang acceptance ng kakulangan (They always gang up on me. We are in this situation because they cannot accept that their actions are not enough)," she said.
Last week, Robredo said the government was more focused on "propaganda" instead of fixing the response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. In response, Malacañang said the Philippines was really doing good in addressing the crisis.
"Ma'am, hindi po propaganda ang World Health Organization. Baka magalit ang World Health Organization dahil sinasabi ninyo nagpapakalat ng propaganda. Hindi po (Ma'am, the WHO is not propaganda. The WHO may get mad because you're saying it's propaganda. It's not)!" Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said.
According to Roque, Robredo should open her eyes, and face the reality because there was no reason for the government to believe other data other than the one provided by the WHO.
In her radio program on Sunday, Robredo said there was nothing wrong with what she said, adding that she did not invent the figures.
"Para sa akin, hindi tayo masama dahil sa sinasabi ko (I don't think we're in the wrong because of what I said)," she said.
"Pero lahat naman ng datos, yung mga statistics na hindi naman ako yung umimbento, nandiyan agad (But all the data, all the statistics that I did not invent, everything is readily available)," she added.