AN OPPOSITION leader in the House of Representatives on Tuesday urged his colleagues to give newly appointed presidential spokesman Harry Roque a chance to do his job. “If there is anybody who can engage any President in a struggle of ideas in private consultation, it is somebody like Harry,” Makati City Rep. Luis Campos Jr. said. In a statement, Lagman 'Give him... said Roque’s statement was an “irresponsible response” to the criticisms against the President as well as a “hollow bluff” in comparison to the moderate and composed former pastor and his predecessor Ernesto Abella. “Roque must realize that criticism and dissent form the bedrock of democratic institutions,” Lagman said. Roque built a reputation as a human rights crusader before he was elected party-list representative of Kabayan and his selection as Palace spokesman.

Source: The Standard October 31, 2017 13:07 UTC