In a phone interview with Senate reporters on Oct. 13, Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa belied allegations that former president Rodrigo Duterte was threatening ACT Party-list Rep. France Castro, whom Duterte baselessly accused as a “communist” in Congress that “he wanted to kill.”
Dela Rosa’s explanation of Duterte’s statement runs counter to past pronouncements of the former president. Watch this:
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