“Parang spokesperson siya ng mga terorista”:Sara Duterte on Risa Hontiveros’ remark about Marawi siege

Davao City Mayor Sara “Inday” Duterte seek some enlightenment to the Department of Justice after she was baffled by the recent remark of Senator Risa Hontiveros when she implied that the Maute group’s action in Marawi City should not be considered a rebellion.

Inday Sara said that Hontiveros works for the government that the terrorists are fighting, but it looks like the lady senator slowly becoming the defender of the terror group.

“Question lang sa DOJ, kung rebellion ang crime and this woman is saying it is not rebellion, are her words encouraging them to commit the crime? And so it becomes abetting rebellion?” Duterte wrote in a Facebook post.

“She works for the government that the terrorists are fighting… paki explain beh. Wala gyud ko kasabot [I really don’t understand],” she added.

She even asked one of her followers if the senator is becoming the spokesperson of the terrorist group because of her controversial statement supposedly siding the Maute group.

“paki explain sakoa ni.. kay murag na siya [Hontiveros] spokesperson sa mga terrorista..[pakiexplain sa akin ito, kase parang nagiging spokesperson siya ng mga terrorista] and why is nobody doing anything about this???

A netizen informed Davao City Mayor that Hontiveros already denied the alleged statement about the Maute group that went viral online, but Inday Sara responded and asked if the video she watched was dubbed.

“Anthony Bolger fake news to?? meaning gi dub ang words sa iyaha interview? serious ko ba.. kay makahadlok man gud kung senador unya mudepensa ug kriminal, whether rebel or terrorist. Naa ni tinuod na video? she told one of her commenters.

Inday Sara was referring to Hontiveros’ interview on UNTV “Get it Straight with Daniel Razon”, which was attached on her post.

On Wednesday, Senator Risa Hontiveros explained during an interview that the Marawi siege is not a rebellion nor invasion and should not be considered grounds for declaring Martial in the southern part of the country.

“Strictly speaking, hindi yan rebellion ng Marawi, at ng Marawi residents. In fact, kapag tinanong mo yung ibang mamamayan sa Marawi ayaw nila sa Maute hindi sila yung nag re-rebel against the national government,” Hontiveros said in an interview.
“Hindi rin siya invasion. Hindi naman tulad sa Zamboanga City noon na may siege talaga, na may puwersang armado… Iyon ang armadong puwersa na pumasok sa labas at pumasok sa isang lugar na may intensyong pumasok sakupin siya, kontrolin siya at gumanap ng kaharasan,” she added.

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