“I was the one oppressed,” President Rodrigo Duterte told Sen. Leila de Lima on Wednesday amid their escalating word war. READ: De Lima to Duterte: Arrest me now! Despite his tirades, Duterte said he was not trying to belittle de Lima. Duterte said the most “serious” charge against de Lima could be the allegation that she used drug money to fund her senatorial bid. Drug money will flow down to the basic unit—the barangay and it will strengthen the hold of narcopolitics now existing in our country,” he said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 28, 2016 07:18 UTC