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Duterte: Some rich 'idiots' put malice on my kissing women


President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday defended himself anew for his penchant for kissing different women, saying certain rich "idiots" have been putting malice in it.

"They put malice on things that have no malice. Because I won’t kiss them [critics]," Duterte said in the vernacular during a speech in Davao City.

"Why would I kiss them? Especially the rich ones, why would I kiss you? What will I get from you? You won’t even vote for me, you idiots. I’ll mingle with the masses instead," he added.

During the same speech, the President remarked that rich people wouldn't hug strangers because they are too afraid of catching germs.

"They don’t understand anything. They wonder why I kiss women because these rich people p*****-i** won’t hug you [masses] because they are afraid they’ll catch your germs." 

"What am I to lose? Yes, because I was poor," he said.

Duterte previously explained that kissing women was just his "style" and said he had done it a thousand times in his career as a politician.

Also, Duterte had grabbed international headlines and drawn widespread criticism for kissing a Filipino woman on stage during his visit to South Korea. —Margaret Claire Layug/LBG, GMA News

 

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