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Duterte dismisses Trillanes' plunder accusation: 'Daldal nang daldal'

Published Jul 7, 2021 01:44 am

Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is “all-talk,” President Duterte said after the former Navy officer accused him and his long-time aide Senator Christopher “Bong” Go of committing plunder.

President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his public address on July 7, 2021.

In his prerecorded public address aired early Wednesday, the Chief Executive addressed the former senator’s allegations of corruption against him and Go.

Presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo brought the matter to Duterte’s attention during the meeting with Cabinet members and other government officials.

“I leave Trillanes to you (Panelo). Ikaw na ang bahala sa kanya kung anuhin mo yan. Daldal lang nang daldal ‘yan. Hindi naman lumaban ng debate ‘yan (It’s up to you what you want to do with him. He’s all talk. He did not even join the debate),” Duterte said.

It is not clear what debate the President was referring to.

On Monday, Trillanes alleged that he has documents from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Commission on Audit (COA) showing Go’s family’s construction business got P6.6 billion worth of government contracts despite it being prohibited in the law for close associates of an elected official to enter into government projects.

READ: Bong Go, family amassed P6.6 billion worth of gov’t contracts — Trillanes

Go already denied the allegations, saying these were rehashed from years ago. The former senator, however, also said he would file the appropriate cases against Duterte and Go once they are not in power anymore.

The President likened Trillanes’ latest doing to that of boxing champ-turned-senator Manny Pacquiao for politics.

“They want to, you know, hold power because they have—may nakita siguro silang magandang oportunidad para sa kanila (they may have seen a good opportunity for them),” Duterte said.

Although coming from the same political party, the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), the President had a recent falling out with Pacquiao, who is now in the United States to train for his fight against Errol Spence on August 21.

READ: Duterte-Pacquiao relationship ‘not as cordial as it was’ — Palace

The falling out happened after the boxing champion criticized Duterte’s defeatist remarks on the maritime issues with China, and further fueled by his allegations that the present administration is more corrupt than its predecessors.

Pacquiao, however, said he is only trying to help the President get rid of corruption in his administration.

The boxer-turned-senator is rumored to be eyeing the seat in Malacañang while Trillanes has also been vocal about wanting to run as president except if Vice President Leni Robredo decides to run, too.

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