A TOP Palace official vented ire on the daughters of Vice President Leni Robredo over the trending social media hashtags which literally meant to depict a missing President.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that it is wrong to make it appear that the government disaster response teams would not have acted if not for Robredo.
“Mali naman iyong impresyon na ibinigay natin na kung hindi dahil kay Vice President, baka hindi gumalaw itong mga ito—Hindi po,” said Roque who vented on Robredo’s daughter Tricia tweeting, “Tulog pa rin? Alas otso na” and that her sister Aika replied “Sabado eh. Weekend.”
Roque admits, the tweets did not name anybody, but hinted those pertained to Duterte.
In a Facebook post, Robredo said that she has always been proud of her daughters, their hard work and accomplishments.
“They never used our name or whatever little influence we have to get what they want. They’re all adults now,” she said.
“They’re not in government. They are not politicians and they don’t plan to be. Totoo, they’re outspoken and rightfully so. We have trained them to stand up for themselves and what they believe in,” Robredo emphasized.
Her spokesman Barry Gutierrez slammed Roque’s statements, saying Ulysses killed at least 69 people, displaced 325,000 others, and left billions in damage but the government was “spending it’s time analyzing analyzing tweets” by the Vice President’s daughters.
“Si VP Leni balik agad trabaho. Kayo tatlong araw na ito pa rin ang hanash. Sino nga uli ang namumulitika?” he tweeted.