President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. TOTO LOZANO/Presidential Photo
President Rodrigo Duterte denied聽Thursday any聽involvement in the 鈥淣aga Leaks鈥� linking the late Jesse Robredo to illegal gambling and drugs.
Duterte said that even when he was still a city mayor, he 鈥渘ever really used black propaganda.鈥�
鈥淎no ba naman 鈥� why would I bother myself with that kind of garbage? Hindi ko talaga trabaho iyan (That鈥檚 not my job). Even when I was mayor, vis-脿-vis with my political opponents, never really used black propaganda,鈥� he said in an ambush interview in Davo del Sur.
Vice President Ma. Leonor 鈥淟eni鈥� Robredo said the 鈥淣aga Leaks鈥� was meant to silence her from criticizing the administration.
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But Duterte believed it was perhaps created by some of his 鈥減revious opponents.鈥�
鈥淢aybe that鈥檚 the work of their previous opponents and maybe some supporters of mine. Those who were hurt. But I am beyond pain politically because I no longer have ambitions. I can no longer run for office. Just work. I am trying my best to strengthen government, stop corruption, order the arrest of tax evaders,鈥� he said.聽JE