Duterte to dzBB radioman: 'Be a mayor first, then let's talk'

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio's temper flared again on Friday: this time her anger was directed at a radio dzBB anchorman during their on-air interview about her assault on a city sheriff earlier in the day. In the first part of the interview with dzBB’s Gani Oro shortly past 1 p.m., Duterte-Carpio explained how she lost her temper during a demolition operation and the ensuing riot. That scene climaxed with the mayor landing several blows to the head of City Sheriff Abe Andres. Duterte-Carpio said the sheriff refused to heed her request to push back the demolition by two hours while she attended to the victims of the recent flooding in the city. She said she wanted to personally oversee the conduct of the demolition operation. "Hindi siya na-kontrol ng aking city housing officer. Tinuloy niya ‘yung kanyang demolition... Ang nangyari, tinuloy-tuloy niya, nagkagulo, nag-riot nga. Nasugatan ‘yung isang pulis ko. ‘Yung isang pulis ko nandun sa ospital," she said. But when Oro asked if she considered that her action was like putting the rule of law in her own hands, Duterte-Carpio got incensed. Oro asked Duterte-Carpio why she immediately resorted to attacking Andres, when she could have spoken with him first to discuss the matter. "Kinausap ko siya, ‘di ba? Sabi ko bigyan mo ako hanggang alas-onse. Sabi niya hindi, ipagpatuloy niya ang demolisyon. O? Ano ‘yung sinasabi mo na hindi ko siya kinausap?" Duterte-Carpio said. In his follow-up question on dzBB, Oro asked the mayor, "So ‘yun ho ang solusyon ninyo mayor? ‘Yung manakit sa tao?" It was a line of questioning that irked Duterte-Carpio. She said, "Anong hindi ko siya... Alam mo, alam mo… You know what? Mag-mayor ka muna bago mo ako kausapin," before cutting the line. That response is reminiscent of the exchange of tweets last February between Sen. Gregorio Honasan and APO Hiking Society member Jim Paredes. Honasan tweeted a similar line during his "cyber spat" with Paredes. During a virtual round-table discussion spearheaded by Newsbreak.ph, Paredes posted a tweet via Twitter taking a swipe at key figures in the EDSA People Power Revolution who were "so-called heroes [but] became opportunistic." Honasan was one of the military leaders who attempted to overthrow the Marcos regime, which eventually culminated into a peaceful mass revolt that toppled the dictatorship in 1986. Honasan, obviously offended by the comment, engaged the musician in a heated argument via Twitter, and ultimately told Paredes: “Get elected first, even as barangay captain. Then let's talk." — ELR/VS, GMA News