Husband throws support on Sara Duterte
By Ben O. Tesiorna
DAVAO CITY – Lawyer Mans Carpio, husband of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, expressed his support to his wife as he appealed to Dabawenyos and the rest of the world to understand the real story behind the incident before making any judgment.
In his Facebook account, Mans Carpio wrote “I support my wife 100%. This is just one of the hazards of her profession.”
Carpio followed this with another post stating “To: Non-residents of Davao and most especially the Media: Please be fair. Please look into the circumstances which led to the incident before making any snide commentaries”.
It was learned that Carpio is the nephew of Judge Emmanuel Carpio of the Regional Trial Court Branch 16, the court where sheriff Abe Andres works.
Aside from punching Sheriff Andres, Mayor Duterte also hit on Judge Carpio. It was learned that Mayor Duterte personally asked Judge Carpio for a two-hour extension regarding the demolition of shanties in Suliman, Agdao.
“Pero ingon nya na dili daw nya tawagan ang sheriff. So ok lang na,” Mayor Duterte said.
When asked by a journalist for her statement regarding the “alleged” statement from the judiciary that what she did was a mockery of the justice system, Duterte said it was Carpio who mocks the whole system.
“Siya ang mockery kay sige sila’g pangayo sa syudad –pangayog allowance, pangayog job order, pangayog gasolina.P**tang ama nila! Kung makapangayo, wa tay problema. Sige, okay tabang mi, naa may kwarta, kaya man na, pangitaan natog pamaagi. Kung kami mangayog duha ka oras, mockery! Sila ang mockery,” Duterte was quoted as saying.
Even the media got a taste of Duterte’s wrath. Gani Oro of DZBB in Manila interviewed the Davao City Mayor on Friday live over the radio, the radio host was asking Mayor Duterte about the incident and opined that the mayor was placing the law in her hands because of what happened.
To this, Mayor Duterte told the announcer “alam mo, magmayor ka muna bago mo ako kausapin”, the mayor then hang up.
Dabawenyos meanwhile hailed Mayor Duterte for her courage to stand up for the poor. Duterte was christened by many as the “sucker puncher of the year”, “Evelyn Assault” after the popular movie Salt starring Angelina Jolie, and “Beastmode”.
It was learned that aside from attending to the needs of the flood victims for days now, Mayor Duterte's daughter is also admitted at the hospital since Thursday.
Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte meanwhile said that the problem in the illegal settlers in Agdao was not a legal problem but a social one which is better addressed by the mayor. The vice mayor refused to give further comments saying that he does not want to be punched by the mayor. BOT
During that week, Mayor Duterte went through a lot of stress, from the flood to her daughter being hospitalized. Isipin n'yo nga, sakali, ang anak n'yo, na-hospitalize at marami pa kayong problema aside from that all on one setting, hindi kaya kayo mag-rage mode sakaling merong mga tao na nag-papainit ng ulo n'yo at the same time? Tao lang rin siya and she can go to rage mode when put under too much stress. What kind of mother would ignore her child, what kind of mayor would ignore her people? She's an extraordinary mayor, she was able to balance being a mom and a mayor at the same time, what caused her to punch the Sheriff is due to stress and the fact that a lot needed her help at that time, the flood victims needed her, the people living in that certain squatters area needed her and there were a lot more concerns that she had to face at that time, of course she'd get pissed if someone went in her way, especially if it involves her people being driven out of their homes before the 30-day grace period ended and left homeless. My point is, she doesn't have to be suspended for that, at least, she sent the sheriff to the hospital afterwards, if she were heartless, she would leave the sheriff to suffer instead of having him treated for whatever injuries he sustained. (and mind you, he got minor injuries so it's not a big deal at some point, though) She shouldn't be sued or disbarred either. She should just get a small reprimandation if the government has to impose sanctions on her.
To her probably clueless critics: You know what, no matter how much criticisms you throw towards her, no matter how much you try putting her down, she'll still be herself, she'll still be the Inday Sara who is pro-poor, who is a loving mother not just to her own daughter but also to the citizens of her city. I don't know if your mayors are just as good as her but one thing for sure, Inday Sara is a one-of-a-kind mayor, one that is apart from those TRAPOs who make fake promises and buy votes just to win the elections and use their power for their own interests.
Final note: Though I might have posted this a bit late already but I think there's still a need to post this since until now, DILG hasn't made a decision on what sanctions to impose to Mayor Sara Duterte or whether the issue has been solved.
