Nilinaw ni Vice-President Sara Duterte na hindi si Speaker Martin Romualdez ang nagkumbinsi sa kaniya na tumakbo bilang Vice-President.
Ito ang reaksyon ni Duterte matapos magsalita si Congressman Elpidio Barzaga ukol sa umano’y pagsisikap ni Romualdez na kumbinsihin at tulungan si Duterte noong nakaraang 2022 National elections.
“To say that he ‘tremendously helped in pushing for’ my vice presidential bid is acutely inaccurate — an insult to thousands of groups and individuals who incessantly implored me to reconsider an earlier decision not to join national politics,” ani Duterte.
Sa kaniyang statement sa media, isiniwalat ni Duterte kung sino ang tao na nagkumbinsi sa kaniya na tumakbo bilang vice-president.“Senator Imee Marcos eventually persuaded me to run as Vice President—and it was a decision sealed only after President Bongbong Marcos agreed to the conditions I set before running for VP,” ani Duterte.
