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Source: www.gmanetwork.com
Malacañang on Monday shrugged off criticism over President Rodrigo Duterte's act of kissing a Filipino woman on the lips during his meeting with the Filipino community on Sunday in South Korea.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said the woman herself admitted that there was no malice in it.
"Well I think the kiss is what has made the President very popular amongst our people. Obviously there is no offended party here," Roque said in an interview on CNN Philippines.
"It's a playful act. There was no malice in it. The woman made it clear that she didn't think there was malice in it. It was all intended as a light moment and let's leave it at that."
Roque also believed that the "overwhelming majority of Filipinos" continue to support the President and "found the kiss a light moment that is very accepted in the culture of Filipinos."
"It was not an issue to the woman so it was not an issue to the President. And if you were there the Filipino community appreciated the act. It was an act of endearment intended towards all OFWs," the Palace official said.
Married to a South Korean with whom she has two children, the Filpino woman said the kiss did not mean anything and it was done to make the audience giddy.
Several netizens and opposition lawmakers, however, were not amused.
Senator Risa Hontiveros said even if the act was consensual, it was Duterte who initiated it.
“It was not a meeting of two consenting individuals on equal terms. Uneven power relations were clearly at play. And President Duterte took advantage of that severe power disparity,” she said.
Duterte had repeatedly been accused of inappropriate behavior toward women. —JST, GMA News
Yuck! Kacheapan!
ReplyDeleteKadiriii talaga. Yuck! Kung feeling ng malacanang walang mali, sige nga! Mag lips to lips sila ni roque!
DeleteSobrang tawa ko 12:59
DeleteParang DOM lang hahahaha
DeleteOpen lips pa talaga e. YUCK!!!! 🤢 🤮
Deletemy eyes! this cannot be unseen!
Delete... lakas maka-DOM lang
Sige Risa ngalngal uli habang may issue. Nakahanap ka uli ng bytas
ReplyDeleteKung butas din lang alam naman natin sink madami nyan brad. Stop na 12:18, just stop kakahiya lalo.
DeleteCheap thrill! Pathetic!
ReplyDeleteThis administration gets trashier every day.
ReplyDeletenamalik mata ako haha akala ko gets tarsier everyday. 😂😂😂
DeleteIDK why I still get shocked with this kind of news about the president's actions considering his past controversies. It feels like he's trying to outdo himself every time.
DeleteBakit kapag gumagawa si Duterte ng kasamaan/kahihiyan, pinupuri o tinatawanan lang ng mga tao? Pero kapag mga ordinaryo ang gumagawa, nagpupuyos kayo sa galit. Selective ba ang morals niyo o tingin niyo kay Duterte ay diyos? Hmmmm.
ReplyDeleteMay right ba magreklamo ang girl, eh presidente yan. I doubt it kung after the smac, ano kaya ang pakiramdam niya..
ReplyDeleteProud siya teh. Nakita ko FB acct niya. Pero now wala na so malamang tinablan na ng kahihiyan.
DeleteGustong gusto rin nga ni girlalu,pampakilig daw.yak.Naalala ko tuloy si Mang Kanor.eww.
Deleteof course!kahit sino pa yan. that is called sexual harrasment.
DeleteHonestly she does have the right!Shw does have a choice. Sexual harassment does not matter regardless of who you are. What is so alarming is that the people watching seems to be cheering and liking it. Parang nag mall tour lang ang Pangulo to promote a new movie.
Delete@12:52 totoo ba sinabi nya pampakilig? Shemz ano sila bagong love team. Kalurkey ha!
Delete12:22 according sa video, hindi sapilitan yan. Gusto Ni ate magpakiss pero si duterte gusto sa lips. Mukha lang nagsisi ung ichura nung ate nung sa shot na yan. Daig pa loveteam sa cheer ung mga tao
DeleteIt is still inappropriate for a President for to be seen kissing lips to lips specially kung di niya misis. Palusot pa more na playful act.
ReplyDeleteOMG. Pwede ko halikan yung crush ko OFW.
ReplyDeleteYan na yung naisip nilang pang pasaya sa mga ofw? Kala ko ba the best and the brightest?!
ReplyDeleteSus kung gwapo lang at macho ang presidente eh baka numero uno pang nasa pila si risa. Echosera!
ReplyDeleteMahiya k nga
DeleteTeh hindi siya katulad mo na walang self preservation. Speak for yourself. Or better yet, makipaghalikan ka na lang din sa presidente mo.
DeleteWag mo itulad ang lahat sayo 12:26.
DeleteAng babaw mo 12:26. Sige nga irequest mo nga yan sa pinakapogi mong crush, kapag pumayag baka nga tama yang ganyang pagiisip.
Delete12:26 kadiri ka. sakit ba ng lobb mo na ang hirap idefend ng poon mo na chaka na nga ugali, chaka pa hitsura.
DeleteI doubt kung gagawin yan ng mga gwapo haha
DeleteWhat's new? Yung kabastusan ng pangulo pinupuri pa ng mga supporters. SMH.
ReplyDeleteBoth of them are kadiri.
ReplyDeleteHay naku ayan nanaman si Roque na taga-isip ng mga palusot sa mga kabalastugan ni digong -.-
ReplyDeleteAs expected. People who work there are as disgusting as their leader lalo na for normalizing his effin behavior.
ReplyDeletenapakababoy na presidente hays kakahiya ang pilipinas joke na tlga tayo!
ReplyDeleteWell, I do we expect better from this administration? Hahahahaha isang malaking aksaya ng oras ang presidenteng ito sa pinas.
ReplyDeleteHahaaha ung asawa ko makikita on National Tv na may hinalikan sa lips dahil sa career nya sa pulitika. Aba asan ang hustisya jan? Hahaha grabe ang pinoys ngayon lalo mga babae keri lang daw pahalik sa president as a way of saying thank you. Why on earth these things are happening.
ReplyDeleteThe head of state doing such act!!!! My gosh, this is unacceptable and disgusting!!!!
ReplyDeleteNagpapakilig lang naman si tatay digong kayo naman super sensitive.
ReplyDelete@12:46 Seriously? ano gusto ng presidente, love team lang ang peg!!! perverts think like you.
DeleteWould you have the same comment kung si Pnoy gumawa niyan? Hindi, diba? Because your moral judgment is based on the person doing the act, not the act itself.
DeleteYuck! Tard na tard la kilig ka jan presidente sya di bida sa teleserye hano.
DeleteMore like vomit inducing.
Delete12:46, so kinilig ka? You're so pathetic.
DeleteKaderder naman. Kung si canadian PM o Spanish PM pede pa
ReplyDeleteMababaw ka rin ano? As if naman both of those leaders will stoop that low for thrills.
Delete..kikiligin ka dahil si dugong ang humalik? yikes....ang baba naman ng taste mo 12:46
ReplyDeletePLayful act? Ano to noontime show? Act unbecoming of a president. Not only that DDS are even defending him esp Mocha na ganon din daw si Ninoy. Buti kung first time yan ginawa ni Digong. Behind the seal of the president pa while on a state visit smh. Nakakahiya wala akong nakita na ganyan umakto. DDS fanatics ay super pikon pa instead na mag isip natutuwa pa at naghahanap pa ng excuses. At sa huli ano pa ba result kundi dilawan na naman. 35 years ng patay si Ninoy yon na naman nahalukay ni Mocha.
ReplyDeleteNapanood ko yung kay Ninoy and it was totally different! Yung cabin crew ang humalik kay Ninoy, hinawakan pa sya sa mukha. Dito si Digong ang humiling ng halik. Btw mas kahalik halik naman si Ninoy kesa kay Digong
Delete3:55 exactly! It was an unsolicited kiss si Ninoy nga ang nahiya and even said na magagalit si Cory. Kadiri tlg matandang yan di na nhiya.
DeleteDi naman si Ninoy humalik dun sa babae. At di rin naman aiya naging President. Maipilit lang talaga nung nga DDS eh. Kainis.
DeleteEwww,ang nguso!
ReplyDeleteEww!Kakasuka!!!
ReplyDeleteMalamang nasstress na ang spokesperson ni Du30 neto! Anong klaseng pagtatakip pa ba pwede iremedyo dyan hahaha
ReplyDeleteMr Roque is one tough MF. He can lie to you with a straight face 🤫🤫🤫
DeleteBut the cutie pie millennial he hired as deputy spokesperson resigned even before he started. St least, the kid still is thinking straight.
DeleteYUCKKKKKKKKK
ReplyDeleteDios ko! Ano nalang kaya iisipin ng asawa/bf ng babae?
ReplyDeletemay asawa siya at 2 DAUGHTERS.
Deletemas kadiri pa ito kesa sa laki ng butas at pores ng ilong nya...
ReplyDeleteIt's laughable how per roque, this is an acceptable act in our filipino culture yet every one and their mothers are appalled by what this garbage of a president just did. Duterte and his minions must really be living in another universe.
ReplyDeleteCome on??? Tatay Digong is the most best president in the solar system. Let all the people serve him. Don’t be dilawan and don’t make kontra.
ReplyDeleteI feel sorry for you!
Delete10:11 LOL, chill lang teh, sarcasm lang yan post ni 1:38
DeleteDept. of Explanation and Interpretation pasok! Nangyari kay Roque nilunok na lahat ng prinsipyo mula ng nagka pwesto.
ReplyDeletehindi ba Dept. of Palusot??? lol
DeleteBaka po kase presidente sya at representative natin at hindi sya komedyante. Meron pong word na inappropriate, baka po pwede natin tignan dahil ito ang nakikita kong akmang salita para sa sitwasyong ito.
ReplyDeleteKakaawa Pinas. Led by these kind of people.
ReplyDeleteTapos and dami pa nilang tards na pilit sila ipinagtatanggol. Haaay kawawang Pilipinas talaga baks
DeleteNawalan Ako ng gana Mag brekky . Hay naku
ReplyDeleteWrong is wrong is wrong. Stop defending it. Total nonsense from his minions.
ReplyDeletePilit pa rin dinedefend haaay tapos masasabihan ka pang dilawan pah ayaw sa poon nila! Naku!
DeleteSo many disgusting people in government and the sad part is that they don’t even know right from wrong. Truly hopeless.
ReplyDeleteOmg, I want to get out of this country.
ReplyDeletePuro kabastosan lang ang alam. How sad.
ReplyDeleteHe does not respect women in the first place. I don’t get it why people still defend him starting from the rape jokes he had said in the past.
ReplyDeleteThey are blind followers. Sadly, i have close relatives among them
Delete3:57am..me too!
DeleteI'm really glad that my first and last vote goes to MDS. #firsttimevoterthattime
ReplyDeleteSabihin na natin na hindi issue dun sa babae at "kinilig" pa siya. Di pa rin tama. Imagine na lang, meron kang prof at kaklase na nagbibiruan at biglang hinalikan nung prof classmate mo as a "katuwaan" tapos tawanan pa lahat doesn't mean na appropriate pa rin yun. Ang mali ay mali wag na ipilit mga DDS.
ReplyDeleteNakakasuka!
ReplyDeleteSo NO means YES?? Thanks papa dutz 🙏🙏🙏 Puwede na!!!
ReplyDeleteNo malice. Whatever ! It’s amusing!
ReplyDeleteKairi. Yun lang
ReplyDeleteK A D I R I and disturbing on so many levels.🤮
ReplyDeleteYou know what when Duterte won a few years back. Most caucasian mates of mine were really against his way of leadership. But I/most Filipinos defended him because he is different, tough and a fearless leader. Then couple of years past.. eto I'm embarrassed to even defended him. This is so, low for someone to represent our country. Now I am starting to believe na he is the third world version of Trump.
ReplyDeleteDo the right thing this time.
DeleteI agree with some of the things that he does for the Philippines, but this is just appalling. It's no wonder that other asian countries look at pinoys and phils so disdainfully. They too are a modern society, but they retain tradition, conservatism and sanctity where they should. Some things are taken too lightheartedly and casually in Phils even when downright inappropriate.
ReplyDeleteDuterte's actions, filthy behavior and mouth, do not represent Filipinos. Duterte is obviously sick.
ReplyDeletepero syempre ipagtatanggol parin yan nang mga DDS.. YUCK! nakakadiri!
ReplyDeletekung iko compare mo to sa ibang Asian leaders.. like example nalang kay widodo nang Indonesia juiceko lord ano bang nangyari sa mga Filipino.
ReplyDeletedisgusting! How could that girl say No to the president pag tinawag ka nya to kiss him? He usd his power para sa kabastusan nya! pervert president! bastos!at doon sa mga nag tatanggol kay Duterte, its time na wag na kayong mag isip at making na lang kayo sa kunsensya at puso nyo.
ReplyDeleteNakakatakot na yung simpleng human decency parang nawawala na sa marami sa atin. Hindi ako makapaniwala na may magtatanggol pa dito na maling mali.
DeleteOf course it is a playful act. Everything this administration does is a playful act!
ReplyDeleteKaya nga idol nila si Duterte, kasi pareho sila ng pag iisip at pag uugali. Tapos pag kinontra mo, buwelta agad na dilawan ka. HIndi ito, tungkol sa partido or kulay na associated ka, ito ay tungkol sa asal ni Duterte na ng dadala ng kahihiyan sa buong sambayanan. HIndi siya karapat-dapat na pangulo ng kahit anong bansa.
ReplyDeleteI like pduts but I don't like him doing this thing. It's so nakakadiri!
ReplyDeleteYuck! Just...... YUCK!!!
ReplyDelete