Allies of President Duterte and those of losing presidential bet Jejomar Binay have accused Vice President Leni Robredo of “playing good girl” to international donors and undermining the government’s push for an independent foreign policy. Casilao, a member of the Makabayan bloc in Congress, accused the vice president of “playing good girl” for saying at a recent antipoverty summit that ending poverty was a “larger war that needs attention” than government’s deadly antidrugs campaign. ADVERTISEMENTThe remark also drew censure from Binay’s spokesperson Joey Salgado, who said poverty worsened because of the failure of the previous administration to adequately address the problem. “With all due respect to Vice President Robredo, her party, the Liberal Party (LP), failed to address poverty in the six years it was in power. This is why poverty remains a serious problem today,” Salgado said in a statement.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 11, 2016 18:56 UTC