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Duterte meltdown vs Robredo uncalled for - analyst

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/11/18/duterte-robredo.jpg"/></figure></div><p>MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte’s meltdown against Vice President Leni Robredo’s disaster response efforts in light of successive storms that struck the country is uncalled for, a political analyst said Wednesday.</p><p>“I think it’s his personal and leadership style but I think it’s uncalled for,” Dr. Francisco Magno, associate political science professor at the De La Salle University (DLSU), told ANC. </p><p>“In times of disaster, the government should be inviting all the kind of support and help that is necessary.”</p><p>In times of disaster, political affiliations should not even matter, he said.</p><p>“That shouldn&#x27;t be a factor anymore because we have to know the vice president is an elected official. In fact, after an election, they have to work together,” Magno said.</p><p>Robredo comes from the opposition Liberal Party, which Duterte has frequently criticized for disapproving his policies such as the government’s response to the COVID-19 crisis and the war on drugs.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/18/20/i-am-a-night-person-duterte-accuses-robredo-of-lying-about-his-whereabouts">&#x27;I am a night person&#x27;: Duterte accuses Robredo of &#x27;lying&#x27; about his whereabouts</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/18/20/nagpupuyat-kami-para-makatulong-robredo-hits-back-at-dutertes-misogynistic-rant">&#x27;Nagpupuyat kami para makatulong&#x27;: Robredo hits back at Duterte&#x27;s &#x27;misogynistic&#x27; rant</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VmV8yvum3Dc?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>In a lengthy, repeated rant during his weekly public address Tuesday, Duterte lashed out at Robredo for allegedly misleading the public over his supposed absence in the government’s response to the successive typhoons.</p><p>He said he was attending the ASEAN Summit amid clamor over his public presence in the aftermath of calamities, which sparked the hashtag #NasaanAngPangulo. </p><p>This prompted Robredo to hit back at the President, calling his remarks “misogynistic.” She also maintained she made no such statement asking for Duterte’s whereabouts.</p><p>For Magno, it is a &quot;standard&quot; that the President should be available during extreme events. It was also not necessary for Duterte to keep tabs on Robredo, he added.</p><p>“I don’t think it’s really necessary for him to be looking at what the vice president is doing because I think there are so many sectors, many organizations that are already pitching in, volunteering,” he said.</p><p>Magno added, “And the work of the vice president is very limited in a sense that her funding is not that large. It’s kind of an effort to help even in that situation.”</p><p>The government’s response to the recent typhoons, he said, only showed the inadequacies in the existing institutional mechanisms.</p><p>“It shows therefore inadequacies. It really indicates the need to really reform the system,” Magno said, adding that the government should foster disaster resilience instead of responding to every disaster.</p><p>He also saw the need for a national land use and water policy to prevent people from living in areas susceptible to hazards. </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CejngZmC0jw?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>President Rodrigo Duterte’s meltdown against Vice President Leni Robredo’s disaster response efforts in light of successive storms that struck the country is uncalled for, a political analyst said Wednesday.</p>

President Rodrigo Duterte’s meltdown against Vice President Leni Robredo’s disaster response efforts in light of successive storms that struck the country is uncalled for, a political analyst said Wednesday.