Secretary Duque, this is not the time for you to resign. Hindi pa panahon mag-resign. I have full trust in you. Ang akin lang naman diyan yung corruption. Eh wala ka doon sa ano – tinignan namin yung papel.
Unless there is — there is a specific finding sa batas, sabihin mo lang sa akin. But as of now, I have full… I said there’s a — – there‟s an investigation going on. Let it be if you are not guilty of corruption.
Ang kalaban ko lang ho yung corruption. Yung… Well, let us see doon sa ano mo yung negligence mo. Pero, you know, if you handle a big organization… I had a chance when I became mayor and then president.
Talagang mane-negligent ka kasi hindi mo mahabol minsan eh and sometimes mawala yung papel. So these are the things that sabi ko sa iyo na — the one that really matter to me. What matters is yung corruption. Pero kung hindi ka corrupt, wala ka namang — when you do not have any reason to resign.
– President Duterte