IF there could be a model for the “face of evil,” opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes could easily fit the mold for having similarities to Judas, the 12th apostle who betrayed Jesus Christ, President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday.
In a speech during an oath-taking of presidential appointees, Duterte said Leonardo da Vinci had a hard time completing his Last Supper mural because although he searched Florence far and wide, he couldn’t find the perfect model for the last apostle, Trillanes.
Da Vinci, Duterte said, told Trillanes, “You are a model for the face of evil.’
Duterte then cautioned the newly appointed government officials: “We all start with the noblest of intentions, joining government… we start good … But I hope I will not have to ask you to pose a picture which I will draw shortly before I leave the presidency. I hate to see you being a Jesus Christ, only to discover in the end that you are the Judas that I have been also looking for,” he said.