“And sabi niya, mag-resign siya. Sabi ko ‘di sige. Then immediately I — namili na kaagad ako ng replacement but I cannot tell you now kung sino sila,” ayon sa Pangulo sa isang conference.
Ayon pa sa Pangulo, hindi naman aniya kailangan sabihin kay Roque ang lahat ng tungkol sa kanya para narin sa kanyang safety and private life na limitado at pang pamilya lamang.
“Kasi hindi ko man maintindihan. So I’m giving him that margin of safety. Kasi sabi niya mag-resign siya because he didn’t know that I was in the hospital. So he was not informed. Hindi naman kailangan sabihin ko lahat eh. There are things which are limited to the immediate members of the family,” sabi ng Pangulo.
Hindi rin aniya nag tanong si Roque sa kanya noong mag pa medical check-up sa Cardinal Santos Medical Center noon October 3.
“And of course if there is something wrong, then I would communicate with the Cabinet members. Nothing of that sort happened so parang masabi niya na hindi ako pumunta, hindi naman siya nagtanong. So he felt that he was placed in a bad light. Parang he was lying,”.
“But the fact of the matter is that he did not ask us. And maybe at that time, I was not in a position to tell him also.” dagdag ng Pangulo.