Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque asked detained senator Leila De Lima Thursday to quit her verbal attacks against him to stop the word war between them.
“My advice to Leila de Lima, if you do not want to hear anything from me, stop saying things about me. Because remember, I am free, and I can reply. You’re in jail,” he told ABS-CBN.
“She can’t take it against me if I respond to anything that she says. I leave her alone as a matter of policy because she’s in jail. But stop attacking me, I will not hit back,” he added.
The word war between the two started when Roque made greeted De Lima “happy anniversary” on her first year in jail, to which De Lima responded, “[He] bartered his dignity and reputation as a human rights lawyer, in exchange for a senatorial berth.”
Roque then said that he wishes the senator would spend the rest of her life in jail.
He has since expressed that he stands by his statement.
