VIENTIANE – Aminado si Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. na nabudol o naloko siya ni Vice President Sara Duterte.

Tugon ito ni Pangulong Marcos sa pahayag ni Duterte na hindi na sila magkaibigan.

Sa Kapihan with Media sa ASEAN Summits sa Vientiane, Lao Peoples’ Democratic Republic, sinabi ni Pangulong Marcos na nakadidismaya na hindi kaibigan ang turing sa kanya ni Duterte.

“That’s a good question. I don’t know anymore. I’m not quite sure, I understand. I’m a little dismayed to hear that she doesn’t think that we are friends. I always thought that we were. But maybe I was deceived,” pahayag ni Pangulong Marcos.

Nagpaliwanag din si Pangulong Marcos kung kaya hindi si Duterte ang itinalagang caretaker ng bansa habang nasa Lao.

“Oh, she’s not part of the administration anymore. She’s still in government, but she left the administration. So, she’s not part of the administration anymore. So, she’s not part of the — really, the day-to-day running of what we are doing. So, it would be unfair to ask her — to impose that duty on her since that’s not part of her work now,” pahayag ni Pangulong Marcos.

Matatandaang nagbitiw na bilang kalihim ng Department of Education si Duterte.

“No, it’s a very practical reason actually. That’s how I came to that conclusion. If you noticed that the membership of the Executive Committee — are all part now, they’re all members of the Cabinet, up to now. So, that would seem to be the obvious way to handle it,” sabi ni Pangulong Marcos sa tanong kung nawalan na siya ng tiwala kay Duterte.