- Vice presidential candidate Senator Antonio Trillianes IV hopes people will open their eyes on who to vote
- The statement was made amid the criticisms being received by presidentiable Rodrigo Duterte
- Duterte is now being criticized after joking about an Australian rape victim
Amid the criticisms being received by presidentiable Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte over a rape joke, vice presidential candidate Senator Antonio Trillianes IV hopes that people will open their eyes on who to vote.
“Seryosong mga usapan iyan at nakikita ‘yong pagkatao ng mga kandidato. Sana ‘wag kayong magpadala. Hindi ‘yong binoboto natin dito ay iyong mga komedyante. Maaaring nakakatawa for some pero it has very serious implications so sana mamulat iyong mga mata nila [These are serious matters and you can see here the characteristics of the candidates. I hope you won’t be carried away. We shouldn’t be voting a comedian. Maybe it is funny to some but it has very serious implications. I hope they’ll be awakened by this,”] Trillianes said.
Duterte is now being criticized online for what the people call an “insensitive comment”.
“Nirape nila lahat ng mga babae so ‘yung unang assault… ang isa doon yung layminister na Australyana… ‘Pag labas, e ‘di binalot. Tiningnan ko yung mukha, ‘ta***na parang artista sa America na maganda. Put***ina, sayang ito. Ang nagpasok sa isip ko, nirape nila, pinagpilahan nila doon. Nagalit ako kasi nirape, oo isa rin ‘yun . Pero napakaganda, dapat ang mayor muna ang mauna. Sayang [They raped all the women during the first assault… one of them is an Australian lay minister…. When the bodies were taken out, they weren’t wrapped. I looked at her face, she looks like a beautiful American actress. What a waste! What came to mind was, they raped her, they lined up. I was angry because she was raped, that’s one thing. But she was so beautiful, the mayor should have been first. What a waste]!” Duterte said as seen in a video clip that has been circulating online.
Duterte was referring to an incident at the Davao City Jail during his first term as mayor. According to an August 1989 report by the Chicago Tribune, which was cited by CNN in an article, inmates took 15 church workers hostage after grabbing their guards’ weapons. One of the church workers that was hostaged was the aforementioned Australian woman lay minister.
You may watch Trillanes’ interview on Twitter:
PANOORIN: Reaksyon ni Trillanes sa rape joke ni Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. #HarapanBise #Halalan2016 | @_katrinadomingo pic.twitter.com/Nu5fJTUYxR
— DZMM TeleRadyo (@DZMMTeleRadyo) April 17, 2016
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