Alright Duterte& #39;s talking tonight. Guys still alive. Thread:
Sinadya daw niya yung nawala siya. Para daw siyang bata: kapag kinantiawan, mas lalong gagawin. Sino mga bumoto dito? Nimal.
So he went back to Davao, in the middle of the collapse of our healthcare system, because hE FELT LIKE IT. What a child.
He& #39;s talking about why he decided to play golf in the middle of the night. And riding his motorbike in the middle of the night.

"I& #39;m not taking other people& #39;s time."

Ano lolo?
He drags Sen. De Lima into his tirade. Drops the obligatory PI and brings up the drug charges against the senator which have been debunked in court.

"Remember, when I was still mayor, you were criticizing me for my human rights record, I told you, & #39;Look at your own backyard.& #39;"
15 minutes in, wala pa ring substantial statement.

He made an off-hand comment about being in power. He rhetorically asks why he& #39;s still president if he was really /that/ incompetent. The army would& #39;ve removed him already if he was, he says. Taasan mo ba naman ang mga sahod.
Duterte reiterates that he& #39;ll forfeit his vaccine slot to "those who want it."

Says he& #39;s not fatalistic, but also implies he& #39;s ready to die by "COVID or a bullet" in the same breath. Some guy.
Duterte is such a victim: mahirap lang daw tayo, kaya di tayo talaga makakakuha ng vaccines ng maaga. This president lacks imagination. Cuba is making their own vaccines. India is EXPORTING vaccines. Indonesia imports raw vaccine materials to package and distribute locally.
Thought bubble to mark the 1-hour mark of Duterte& #39;s first presser in a week:

Feeling ko kaya sabaw & #39;tong mga bataan si Duterte lagi, is because they& #39;re all sleep-deprived! If I were a Cabinet member who works on office hours, and I have to sit through these late-night meetings
eh talagang mapupudpod din utak ko. He& #39;s like the worst boss ever, zero regard for the well-being of his employees.
This just in: Johnson and Johnson is now applying for FDA approval dito sa Pinas.
And just like that, it& #39;s done. No acknowledgement of the literal worst 4-week period of the entire pandemic so far in the Philippines. No mention of tensions in the West PH Sea. No reassurance to the nation that we will get through this. Budol talaga & #39;tong presidente na & #39;to.
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