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Pres. Duterte considers Sen. Pangilinan his friend

Despite getting criticisms for his war on drugs, President Rodrigo Duterte still considers opposition leader Sen. Francis Pangilinan as one of his friends.

Duterte said in his speech at the Department of Justice’s 120th anniversary celebration that he owed Sen. Pangilinan for helping him granting his daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio’s birthday wish.

Unknown to many, the feisty presidential daugher and mayor of Davao City is a megafan of Sharon Cuneta, wife of Sen. Pangilinan.

“Pangilinan is my friend at may utang na loob ako sa kanya. Si Inday (Sara), when she was [in] Grade 6, Grade 5, sabi ko: ‘Anak, anong gusto mong birthday gift?’ Sabi niya ‘gusto ko magkasama kami ni Sharon Cuneta,’” ABS-CBN News quoted Duterte.

“I had to call Sen. Pangilinan. Senator, I owe you for doing this [for] my daughter. I respect you,” he said in another speech during the 56th Anniversary of the Philippine Constitution Association.

Unlike other senators from the minority, Duterte rarely criticized Pangilinan.

One of the few times the President had something bad to say about the senator is when Duterte criticized Pangilinan’s Juvenile Justice Act. According to Duterte, it generated some Filipino youth offenders who are taking the law for granted.

Pangilinan has yet to comment on Duterte’s latest comments about him.

Source: ABS-CBN

Photo credit: Manila Bulletin

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