Former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte in his recent appearance on SMNI, talked about President BongBong Marcos International Trips.
I can understand the President. He is being criticized by going in and out [of the country]. You know he is a new President he has to introduce himself to the entire world. Just to maintain the prestige of the country and that is very important. And now he is flying to Indonesia to attend the ASEAN meeting it is not only his desire, it is his duty to attend that ASEAN meeting because it is a meeting of ASEAN countries and there are so many things that are very crucial which are being discussed there in that meeting in the following days.
Kung yan lang ang ano... wag niyong tingnan yan as a, the way he is travelling. You know, it is a very tiring job actually for his age, my age pupunta ng Amerika for 13 [or] 12 hours di ko na kaya. That is the reason why ayoko na. I do not think that I'll be able to, well, hindi rin naman ako pumunta ng Amerika noong Presidente ako. But the, noong naging Presidente ako, I went almost... Russia at talagang nakakapagod.
Even during the entire trip, matulog ka, ang problema sa eroplano, pag baba mo, matamlay ang katawan mo.
So, I understand the [President]. Hindi yan pasyal kay Marcos, kay President Marcos. As I have said it is not only his desire, it is his duty to be present in that meeting. It is not a matter of flying here and there. It is a matter of fulfilling the obligation of the Republic as President. Yan ang masasabi ko. This is not, you know, ordinately, hindi ko binaback-upan ang Presidente. Tinitingnan ko lang kung ano ang tama o mali. Tama yung ginagawa niya. There is nothing I can say about it. Lalo na magcriticize for just opening your mouth for the sake of opening your mouth, and just, maybe blurt things para lang makasalita ka to catch the attention of the public.
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