Duterte falls in line in Malacañang Buffet
7:08 AM
MANILA, Philippines — When President Duterte strolled to the smorgasbord table while encompassed by Presidential Security Group (PSG) officers, no one expected that he was going to fall in line and hang tight.
In a viral photograph posted by the Presidential Communications Office, Duterte is indicated remaining behind a string of men quietly holding up to gather their supper in a partnership party at Malacañang. The post immediately assembled positive advice from netizens praising the sixteenth President of the Philippines' modesty.
In a telephone meeting with Rappler, legal counselor Lloyd del Socorro, the person being held in the shoulders by Duterte in the viral photograph, recounted the story behind the snap.
Socorro said that the president was being raged by the visitors for "selfies," as he was strolling toward the smorgasbord table while he was encompassed by the PSG. Del Socorro simply kept to his own particular and did not would like to get his very own selfie in view of the swarm of people.
What happened next changed his entire evening.
“I thought he was just going to pass by kasi parang hinahawi ng PSG (yung daan). Nagulat ako na nasa likod ko na siya,” he recalled. (I thought he was just going to pass by because the PSG was clearing the way. I was surprised that he went behind me.)
Wanting to show respect for the president, he asked Duterte to go ahead of him but he recounted that Duterte replied saying “No, no, no, bakit ako ang mauuna? Stay in line. Ikaw dapat ang mauna, this is a free country.” (No, no, no, why should I go first? Stay in line. You should go first, this is a free country.)
Furthermore, that was when Duterte held him by the shoulders to swing him to meet in front, in the nick of time for the photo. Del Socorro then took the risk to have his own particular selfie with the president.
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