SEN. Richard Gordon yesterday said he does not be lectured on courtesy by President Duterte because the latter “hardly knows what it means.”
Gordon made the remark after Duterte slammed him anew, this time for “shouting at resource persons during Senate hearings.
“So, spare me a lecture about character, especially from someone who hardly knows what it means. If it is arrogance of power the President is so concerned about, our people know too well who between us has abused his power and has enabled massive corruption to permeate in our government,” Gordon said.
The President, in his Talk to the People last Monday, said Gordon should instead transfer to the judiciary and do the screaming there. You have to be courteous. If you want to be treated with courtesy, you have to practice it,” Duterte said. He also said Gordon’s manner of questioning showed “arrogance of power.”
Gordon said he is raising his voice at resource persons during Senate hearings out of disgust because “I cannot keep silent at how the government was swindled by a gang of rich kids in cahoots with greedy public officials.”
“When I raise my voice to people who blatantly curse my God and disrespect our women, I am enraged at how these disparaging insults are going on unchecked and unchallenged at the expense of our faith and our sense of humanity,” he added.
Gordon said raising his voice is also an expression of disappointment on how the government treats the country’s healthcare workers.
