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Bong Go challenges Trillanes to a ‘one-on-one’
Special Assistant to the President Christopher “Bong” Go has challenged Senator Antonio Trillanes IV to a “one-on-one” after the lawmaker continued to criticize him for being coy about his political plans.
Go issued the dare on Thursday, which happened to be his 44th birthday.
“Kahit anong gusto niyang one-on-one, handa naman po ako,” the Palace official said in an interview on state-run Radyo Pilipinas.
Taking up the challenge, Trillanes urged Go to issue a waiver to allow him to look into the wealth of President Rodrigo Duterte’s top aide.
“Sige one-on-one kami pirmahan ng waiver. Partida na kahit isama pa niya amo [Duterte] niya. Yun ang balik challenge ko na may kabuluhan. Kasi sabi ni Duterte bilyonaryo si Bong Go, para malaman natin saan galing ang pera niya,” the opposition senator said.
Go had repeatedly insisted that he is not interested in seeking a Senate seat in the 2019 midterm elections despite Duterte’s vocal support to a potential run and appearances in various events including a recent meet and greet with migrant Filipino workers in South Korea.
The Palace official also criticized Trillanes’ attendance record during the second regular session of the 17th Congress.
“Absent siya nang absent, alam mo bakit? Sa kakahanap ng mali sa gobyernong ito. Eh wala siyang mahanap, kaya kahit ano na lang maisipan niya – nagpapapansin,” Go said.
Excluding detained Senator Leila De Lima, Senate records showed that Trillanes had the lowest attendance, showing up in only 52 out of 79 sessions from July 2017 to May 2018.
He was on official mission 23 times, of which 20 were out of the country and the others local. He also had four absences.
A former Navy officer who led unsuccessful attempts to overthrow the Arroyo administration, Trillanes is constitutionally barred from seeking a third consecutive term in 2019. — RSJ, GMA News
