“It is vintage Duterte.”Detained Senator Leila de Lima aired her sentiment on the recent “attack” of President Rodrigo Duterte against Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David. ADVERTISEMENTREAD: Duterte: Bishop David stealing church offeringsREAD: Bishop on Duterte allegation: Let’s bear with people who are sick“Duterte’s attack on (Bishop David) is nothing but slanderous,” De Lima said in a dispatch from Camp Crame. “He (Duterte) destroys the reputation of those who oppose him and those who fight for the victims of his rule. Bishop (David) is his latest victim,” she added. De Lima noted that aside from “tending to the relatives of EJK (extrajudicial killings) victims in his diocese,” Bishop David drew the ire of the President as he rebuked Duterte’s “latest attacks” on the Catholic religion and church.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 26, 2018 10:30 UTC