Former National Security Adviser Clarita Carlos mentioned she provided to resign a number of instances after Ferdinand Marcos Jr. relayed to her some data and he or she felt she needed to depart the put up.
In the most recent episode of “The Mangahas Interviews”, Carlos adverted to a “bungi” or hole in her being NSA, which she mentioned she couldn’t share as a result of it was a “delicate” safety concern.
“Nung kinausap ako ni President… and relayed to me some information which I was not privy to… I’m a fairly intelligent person so nabungian ang aking position as national security adviser,” Carlos instructed journalist Malou Mangahas.
“So kapag bungi ‘yon, the position becomes untenable and immediately I offered to resign so many, many times in that one hour and a half conversation with the president,” she added.
Carlos mentioned Marcos instructed her that the nation wanted her “but maybe not as NSA.”
“Dahil nga sa bungi na ‘yun which I unfortunately cannot share with you because it’s a delicate national security issue,” Carlos mentioned.
Carlos mentioned Marcos made her select from amongst a number of positions however opted to for a coverage place on the Office of the Speaker. She is now the chief adviser of Speaker Martin Romualdez on safety sector laws.
“At least ako, wala nang nagtatarak ng punyal sa likod ko araw-araw. So na-relieve naman ako,” Carlos mentioned.
Carlos mentioned her non-military background had been a drawback from the beginning.
“Just to clear things… from the beginning my not being a military already was a point against me even before I was sworn into office,” Carlos mentioned.
“What was because traditionally, being national security adviser had always been given to a military person because of the perceived external threat beyond our shores,” she added.
“But I thought differently. it was the same case yung nabanggit mo sa national defense college na nagpusta-pusta yung mga tao dun na hindi ako maka-survive ng one week and of course, I was there for three years,” Carlos mentioned.
Carlos expressed her annoyance with the “gender bias.”
“‘Yang mga gender bias na ‘yan ay talagang nakakayamot. It’s just so abominable,” Carlos mentioned.
“Since day one, alam ko na na people are threatening to replace me,” she added. —NB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
