Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque disclosed Friday he is mulling a senatorial run in next year’s elections to clear his name, saying critics have been accusing him of being a war criminal.
Roque made the remark following an incident in his recent visit to New York in the United States wherein protesters accused him of being a war criminal who should not sit as a member of the UN International Law Commission.
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The protesters said Roque was a defender of President Rodrigo Duterte who is behind the bloody war against drugs.
“Kinakailangan malinis ang pangalan ko matapos nila akong tawaging war criminal. Hindi makatarungan na, in an attempt to embarrass us internationally, tatawagin nila akong war criminal,” Roque said.
“Ang solusyon ko diyan, humingi ng mandato sa taumbayan para malaman natin kung talagang pinaniniwalaan ng taumbayan na isa tayong war criminal o susuportahan ng tao ang nagawa na natin at gagawin pa natin sa darating na taon na ibibigay ng Panginoon,” he added.
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Roque earlier said he declined to run for the Senate even as Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte Carpio called on him to join the 2022 elections.
Roque said that on the last day of COC filing, Mayor Sara called him and asked him to join the fray. (NM)
