Tangub City, Misamis Occidental – A presidency under Davao City Mayor Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte would be even worse than the dark days of martial law. Thus, claimed United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) standard-bearer Vice President Jejomar Binay as he took his tirades to Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) candidate Duterte’s own backyard in Mindanao. What would make “Digong’s” leadership worse than martial rule? It’s his openness about his own cases of abuse, Binay said. “During Martial Law, human rights abuse wasn’t done in the open, oftentimes it was denied. But this one brags about it,” the Vice President said in a chance interview, referring to his one-time friend Duterte. “To think that he’s a lawyer and prosecutor, at that. But he’s unlawful,” he added. Since last weekend, Binay, 73, has called out Duterte for his alleged admission on hundreds of extra-judicial killings, including children; as well as links to [...]
