VP Sara crossed the line, says Marcos son

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte “crossed the line.”

The son of President Marcos and grandson of the late president Ferdinand Marcos yesterday broke his silence about the scathing statements Duterte hurled against his family last Friday.

“Going ballistic was perhaps the self-therapy she prescribed for herself. But she crossed the line, leaving the civic and civil space in which disagreements can be rationally argued,” Ilocos Norte first district Rep. Sandro Marcos said in a statement sent to reporters covering the House of Representatives.

Sandro disclosed he could no longer bear the attacks against his family, even as “I have held my tongue out of respect for the Vice President, given the mandate she was given and the responsibility which her office holds.”

“However, as a son, I cannot stay silent while she threatens to exhume a former president and behead an incumbent one,” Sandro said.

“Her bizarre temper tantrum has been condemned by a nation horrified from such displays of insensitivity towards the dead and cruelty to the living,” he added.

He expressed confidence that his sentiments are not limited to his family or to political allies, but to the entire country.

“I can ascertain that my emotions are shared not only by my kakailian in the north but across the country,” he said.

“Forget that the objects of her derisions are dear to me, but I would also be remiss in my responsibility as an llocano representative if I didn’t voice out my disdain at the abhorrent comments she so carelessly uttered,” he stressed.

To be fair to his low-key father, Sandro revealed the Chief Executive “advised me to withhold my disappointment and refrain from making a statement” but he said “one must draw the line… and it’s frankly long overdue.”

According to him, “the President had not said anything against her that can be remotely construed even as a mild rebuke against her tirades.”

The presidential son called on everyone to take care of their mental health after Duterte’s tirades.

“Let this be an opportune time to remind ourselves that we mustn’t take our mental health for granted and that above all else, I sincerely hope she is OK. As such, I still wish the