Saying she could no longer stand Senator Alan Peter Cayetano's speech directed at her, Senator Leila De Lima on Monday afternoon walked out of the Senate session hall.
In a privilege speech, Cayetano said: “Senator De Lima, in her desire to destroy the President, is destroying the integrity and reputation of theSenate.”
“Worse, damaging the image of our country and people worldwide,” Cayetano, a close ally of Duterte, said. Cayetano was the vice-presidential candidate of Duterte in the 2016 national elections.
In a brief interview at the Senate hallway, De Lima said she would just deliver her own privilege speech instead of interpellating Cayetano.
“I cannot stand it so I’m gonna deliver a privilege speech tomorrow instead of confronting him," De Lima said.
“What is destroying the reputation of this country are the killings. It’s not me,” she added
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