Ortega questions ‘double standard’ in VP Duterte threat case

Sara Duterte (L) and Francisco Paolo Ortega V. FILE PHOTOS

MANILA, Philippines — Deputy Speaker Paolo Ortega V on Saturday questioned what he called a “double standard” in the handling of Vice President Sara Duterte’s statement that she had instructed someone to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos and former Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez if she were killed.

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Ortega compared Duterte’s case to the 2020 arrest of public school teacher Ronnel Mas, who was accused of offering P50 million on Twitter to anyone who would kill then President Rodrigo Duterte.FEATURED STORIES

“If an ordinary teacher was arrested for offering P50 million in a post to have the President killed, why is it suddenly just free speech when the Vice President says she spoke to someone who would kill the President, the First Lady and the Speaker if something happened to her?” Ortega said in Filipino.