De Lima calls Duterte a chicken for backing out of Carpio debate

Senator Leila de Lima on Monday called President Rodrigo Duterte a chicken for backing out of his debate on the country’s maritime issues with China in the West Philippine Sea and appointing his spokesperson Harry Roque to be his substitute.

“Duterte calling on Roque as proxy was not a substitution, but a concession,” De Lima said.

“By thus conceding, he has, in the minds of the Filipinos, bowed to Carpio’s victory without the latter even firing a shot, aside from merely accepting Duterte’s challenge,” she said.

“If it was a sports competition, Duterte in effect lost by default,” De Lima said.

“Rather than expose the bankruptcy of his thoughts and the treason of his actions, Duterte chose to just minimize the damage of blasting off his brains by just cutting off his balls. But that too has repercussions. The Duterte mythos of the ultimate “siga” is now shattered, leaving nothing but a castrated caricature of the feared figurehead of Davao,” she said.

“From now on, Duterte will no longer just run around like a headless chicken. He is simply a chicken,” De Lima said.

Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)