President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said Vice President Leni Robredo had nothing to do with what he called “destabilization” efforts against him. If the police and the military will allow it, that’s their problem,” Duterte said. The relationship between the two highest officials in the land got strained after Duterte barred Robredo from attending Cabinet meetings last year supposedly due to policy differences, which prompted the Vice President to quit her Cabinet post as housing czar. The Vice President and her late husband Jesse Robredo have been the target of malicious online hoaxes dubbed as “Naga Leaks,” which linked the late the Interior secretary to gambling and illegal drugs in their hometown. President Duterte earlier denied hand in the anonymous attacks against the Robredos, calling the allegations “garbage” and “black propaganda.”

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 13, 2017 15:33 UTC