Buy-one take-one ‘ukay-ukay’ deal — Sen. De Lima

ISINISI ng detenidong si Senadora Leila de Lima sa kasalukuyang adminis­trasyon kung bakit bu­malik sa kapang­yarihan si dating pangulo at ngayo’y Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo sa kabila ng pag­kakasang­kot sa plunder at korup­siyon.

Ayon kay De Lima, tila hinayaan ni Pangu­long Rodrigo Duterte na manumbalik ang mga corrupt na opisyal sa kapangyarihan.

Kaugnay nito, tina­wag ni De Lima si Arroyo bilang “runaway winner.”

“The joke has become a self-fulfilling prophecy: the people voted Duterte, but it was Arroyo who won. This is the bargain the Filipino got, a buy-one, take-one ‘ukay-ukay’ deal,” pahayag ni De Lima.

“Never mind a legis­lative agenda that would fight poverty, spur development, and save the people from runaway inflation and rising unemployment,” ani De Lima.

“Letting Arroyo grab the speakership, with the resultant bandwagon which includes the Marco­ses, was the first order of business of the people around the President as he starts his third year in office,” dagdag ng sena­dora.

Hindi rin aniya naging maganda para sa imahen ng Pangulo ang pagkaka­antala ng State of the Nation Address dahil sa rigodon ng liderato sa Kamara.

Matatandaang pina­litan ni Arroyo si Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez bilang House Speaker.

(CYNTHIA MARTIN)