The allies of
Liberal Party standard-bearer Mar Roxas reacted with incredulity at Davao City
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that indeed Mar Roxas is not an Economics
graduate of Wharton School.
Team Daang Matuwid
coalition spsokeperson and Akbayan Partylist Representtive Barry Gutierrez said
that Roxas’ school credentials are very well documented and that he was shocked
that anyone like Duterte would make such issue.
According to the
good representative, Duterte is clearly confused about reality. It was just
recently that Roxas questioned the peace and order of Davao City saying it was
a myth.
In the local
television show from Davao, Duterte reiterated that Roxas’ name is not included
in the list of people who graduated from the four or five year course of
Economics in Wharton School. Duterte even
challenged Roxas to show his graduation picture with his mother.
Gutierrez challenged Duterte
Gutierrez
even called Duterte’s claim a mere bluff and made a counter-challenge. He challenges
Duterte to produce names of the people he claimed he had killed in the past
once Roxas produces his graduation photo.
Roxas’ school credentials
Manual
“Mar” Roxas II is a former investment banker in New York before he entered
politics and graduated from the Wharton School of the University of
Pennsylvania in 1979.
In
fact, an official university archive website included Roxas in the school’s
notable alumni which served the foreign government.
Gutierrez
added that Davao City Mayor may have mistaken Roxas for Senator Bongbong
Marcos, wherein Marcos’ academic credentials at Oxford and Wharton is publicly
questioned.
