Cayetano returns the favor, challenges Robredo too
"Thank you for the challenge. Let me return the favor and also challenge you to speak up."
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano had this to say to Vice President Leni Robredo in response to her statement challenging the senator to speak up against the Marcoses despite his firm support for President Rodrigo Duterte.
Cayetano responded to Robredo through a Facebook post on Friday (Dec. 9), assuring the Vice President of his continuous effort to help attain the administration's goal of creating real change.
"Thank you for the challenge. Let me assure you I am doing what I can on the manner that I believe I can be most effective," the post read.
The senator then challenged Robredo, pointing out how she herself remained quiet and did not speak up against several issues hounding his Liberal Party (LP) allies and the Aquino administration.
Cayetano particularly called on Robredo to scrutinize the past administration over its failure to suppress the country's drug problem, which he said "got so bad and out of control."
He also urged Robredo to demand the resignation of her LP allies involved in the illegal drug trade, to expose and condemn other LP personalities' involvement in graft and corruption particularly during the Aquino administration, and to help the government ensure that those who broke the law, regardless of their political color, will be put in jail.
"Let me return the favor and also challenge you with the following... Ask for justice for the SAF 44. Ask for justice for tanim bala victims. Ask for an investigation and justice on MRT anomalies... Ask for an investigation why despite expensive fees in the airport in the past administration), no CCTVs were purchased and installed," Cayetano further stressed.
He also asked Robredo to allow the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) and other news outlets to look into her list of donors and undeclared expenses during her campaign for the vice presidency.
"You were quiet about all of the above, but I respected your role and decision," Cayetano said in his post.
"There's much more, but in a nutshell I challenge you to stop campaigning and thinking of the Presidency and help attract investments, build infrastructure, create jobs, and redistribute wealth in our country. Let's do it together," he ended.
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