Gary Alejano lashes back at Sara Duterte for coddling liars: 'Public office is a public trust'

Hugpong ng Pagbabago founding chair Sara Duterte and Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano / compiled photo from Google

Opposition candidate and Magdalo Party-list Rep. Gary Alejano fires back at Davao City Mayor and Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) founding chair Sara Duterte-Carpio on Thursday after the latter downplayed "honesty" requirement for public servants.

Alejano warned the Davao city Mayor against “normalizing lying,” saying “public office is a public trust.”


“Mataas dapat ang pamantayan natin sa pagpili ng mga lider. ‘Wag na ‘wag nating tatanggapin na ang mga kandidato ay pare-parehong sinungaling dahil public office is a public trust,” Alejano said in a tweet

"Tinaya ko na po ang buhay ko para sa bayan, sinakripisyo ko na ang maraming bagay sa paglaban sa korupsyon at pagtindig sa katotohanan. Wala na po akong dapat patunayan pa. Nasa taumbayan na ang paghusga" he also said

Duterte-Carpio said on Wednesday night during a campaign rally, “Walang isang kandidato d’yan na hindi nagsisinungaling kaya hindi dapat nagiging issue ang honesty ngayon.”

The fierce mayor then singled out Alejano as an example of a “lying” candidate for accusing Bong Go of spending taxpayer money after t-shirts printed with Go’s name and image were distributed to barangay officials during a League of Barangays convention last month.


“[Bong Go] already said na sa supporters niya galing yung mga t-shirts na yun and hindi gastos ng government. Ang paglagay ng mga t-shirts sa kits ay walang permission sa kanya at sa kanyang staff,”  Duterte-Carpio added



Source: Inquirer