President Rodrigo Duterte joked about how his P130,000-salary as chief executive is not enough to support his two families.
“Ang sweldo ko, ang liit-liit. P130,000 lang pala. Alam naman ninyo, dalawa ang pamilya ko! Kung hindi ako magbigay, andiyan si Inday Sara, nanununtok iyan eh. ‘Saan ang share ni mama ko?'” Duterte was quoted by ABS-CBN News.
Duterte also poked fun at his critics.
“Actually, wala akong makinarya, wala akong pera, pero nanalo ako. Tama ang desisyon ninyong hindi ako iboto, wala talaga akong pera!” he said.
Earlier this week Duterte’s Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) has revealed that the P375 million Duterte raised for his campaign came mainly from big businessmen, reports from Inquirer stated.
In fact, money from his 13 biggest donors who gave him P5 million or more already makes up 89.28 percent or P334.8 million of his total campaign funds. One of these contributors even belongs in this year’s Forbes list of 50 richest Filipinos. Small donations or those P10,000 and below amount to just P175,313 — less than half of one percent or merely 0.046 percent of Duterte’s total campaign fund.
