A REAL man is not loud-mouthed and knows how to respect people, especially women, administration presidential bet Mar Roxas on Wednesday told Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.
In front of local officials and members of the media in Misamis Oriental, a province in the region believed to be a 鈥淒uterte country,鈥� Roxas lambasted the new survey frontrunner for his habit of cursing, even at women and using terms insulting to the Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgender (LGBT) community to attack his rivals.
鈥淧atuloy ang pambabastos mo, pagmumura mo sa iba鈥檛 ibang hanay ng ating lipunan, kasama na ang mga kababaihan, ang mga LGBT, at ang iyong mga katunggali. Wala kang respeto kahit kanino. Kinikilala mo lang 鈥榶ung iyong makitid at limitadong pananaw,鈥� he said.
Recently, Duterte threw out an invective against聽Cotabato Gov. Lala Tali帽o-Mendoza for saying that the sacks of rice he gave to beleaguered farmers in Kidapawan City were just for publicity.
鈥淢ay gusto akong sabihin kay Lala. P*t*ng *n* mo, wala akong pakialam dyan leche ka ha,鈥� Duterte told reporters in an ambush interview.
Roxas, who usually opts to ignore his opponents鈥� attacks against him during his speeches and media interviews, taunted Duterte about his 鈥渓imited vocabulary.鈥�
鈥淏y the way, narating na rin natin siguro 鈥榶ung limitasyon ng iyong utak at ng iyong bokabyularyo. 鈥楴ung isang araw, tawag mo sakin, bayot. Kahapon naman, tawag mo sa amin, sa gobyernong ito, bakla. Eh di ba tinranslate mo lang sa tagalog 鈥榶ung bisaya? Hanggang diyan nalang ba ang bokabyularyo mo? Wala ka na bang maisip na ibang salita?鈥�
Roxas had said that a Duterte presidency could become like martial law and warned that the latter represents the 鈥渂iggest danger鈥� the country will ever face if he wins the race.
鈥淭alaga namang ikaw, nagrerepresent sa pinakamalaking danger na hinaharap ng ating bansa. Dadalhin mo tayo sa alanganin. Dadalhin mo tayo, lalagpas ka sa bangin sa pagmamaneho mo sa ating bansa, tuloy-tuloy tayo sa bangin dahil sa ego mo,鈥� he said.
Then Roxas lectured Duterte on what being a true gentleman means.
鈥淎ng tunay na lalaki, hindi maingay. Ang tunay na lalaki, hindi tawag-pansin. Ang tunay na lalaki, may respeto. Ang tunay na lalaki, kilala ang kanyang limitasyon. Subalit sa iyong pagiging egotistic, sa iyong pagiging self-absorbed sa mundo na tinitirhan mo na ikaw lang ang nakakaunawa, limitado kasi, hindi mo ito nakikita,鈥� he said.
The former Interior secretary, a close friend of the feisty mayor before the two had a falling out during the campaign period, said he will not allow Duterte to lead the Filipinos to danger.
鈥淎t hindi ako papayag na dadalhin mo ang ating bansa sa alanganin, sa kapahamakan,鈥� he said.
鈥淣andito ako, lalabanan kita, Mayor Duterte.鈥�
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