Insult to Filipinos, Defensor scion calls Duterte-Duterte tandem
‘Insult to Filipinos’, Defensor scion calls Duterte-Duterte Tandem ILOILO CITY (June 9, 2021) — “Legal but politically wrong.” “Big insult to the Filipino people.” That’s how former Iloilo Gov. Arthur D. Defensor, Sr. describes the scenario the ruling PDP-Laban is cooking up to field President Rodrigo R. Duterte to the vice-presidency and his daughter Davao City mayor Sara Duterte to the country’s top post in May 2022 national elections. Defensor, 79, who describes himself “keen political observer”, calls the arrangement of a vice-presidential candidate choosing a presidential running mate “complete departure from tradition” where the presidential hopeful is given the option to pick his/her running mate. “It is legal, the law doesn’t prohibit that but it is politically wrong...and an insult to the Filipino people,” Defensor tells Aksyonh Radyo anchor John Paul Tia in his morning commentary today. Defensor, former PCGG commissioner and House representative, aside from his past as govern