LACSON: IMEE MARCOS’ CLAIMS AT RELIGIOUS GATHERING WERE ’UN-FILIPINO’

‘UN-FILIPINO.’

This was how Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson described on Tuesday the accusations of drug use thrown by Sen. Maria Imelda Josefa Remedios “Imee” Marcos against her brother President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at a religious gathering Monday.

Lacson said that while siblings may have disagreements, the Filipino way is to resolve them inside the home, and not before hundreds of thousands of people in a public gathering.

“That was very un-Filipino. We have seen siblings quarrel but they confine it inside the home. But to bring your conflict in front of hundreds of thousands of people at the Luneta, to me that’s unacceptable as a Filipino. We Filipinos are not like that,” he said in a mix of English and Filipino in an interview on True FM.

“I am disappointed with Sen. Marcos’ action. She could have done this in another forum, but not to make accusations whether true or not in front of hundreds of thousands of people,” he added.

He was referring to Sen. Marcos’ accusation during the Iglesia ni Cristo rally in Manila Monday evening that her brother, the President, and members of his family, were into drugs.

When asked what could be the motive behind Sen. Marcos’ actions, Lacson said there is no other motive but politics.

“Politics, nothing else. Why discredit your own brother in front of hundreds of thousands of people?” he said.