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Digong snipes at LP: They want me dead

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PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday slammed Liberal Party members, saying they are pretending to be concerned about his health when he felt they were more interested to know if he had died.

Duterte referred LP president Senator Francis Pangilinan and detained Senator Leila de Lima, who had earlier urged Malacañang to disclose the real state of Duterte’s health after the President decided to skip the Independence Day rites and stayed out of the public eye until June 17.

“De Lima said I should tell the truth [about] where I have been for two days. She said, I should not lie to the nation. De Lima is only interested to hear about my dying or death. She does not care if I live. She just wants to wait [to hear] ‘Duterte died’ [and she will] be jumping inside her cell,” he told reporters in Cagayan de Oro City.

“Pangilinan also. What do they really care if I die today or tomorrow? If I get sick or tired? Your only interest is to know where I am and whether or not I am dying or dead! I don’t believe they are concerned about me,” Duterte said.

President Rodrigo Duterte

Apart from De Lima and Pangilinan, Senator Panfilo Lacson earlier appealed to Malacañang to disclose the state of Duterte’s health.

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Duterte had insisted that during his one-week rest, he was either in bed or traveling incognito.

Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella, meanwhile, laughed at a column written by former senator Francisco Tatad saying that Duterte had a mild stroke.

“He stood up. He showed himself. Kit Tatad may just be creating fantasies,” he said.

Abella also denied Tatad’s claim that Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr. briefed the Cabinet officials about Duterte’s health condition last Friday.

“Kit Tatad must be sourcing something that nobody knows about,” he said.  

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