Its slight squinting with the right eye, illuminates the rough and swarthy face of the old beast, with a Machiavellian look. It is near midnight in Manila, and Rodrigo Duterte embarks on his presidential briefing, on the Covid crisis, facing the cameras, faithful to his night owl schedules. Navy blue shirt rolled up at the sleeves, the Filipino "Trump" lowers his voice in front of the microphone, and takes the audience on the wrong foot, in the immense palace with Hispanic architecture of Malacanang, this May 4. " I beg your pardon for the harsh words I used. If your heart can't find a place to forgive me, I'll go straight to God», Launched in Tagalog, the tribune, looking contrite. He addresses the Ayala clan, one of the wealthiest families in the former Spanish colony in Southeast Asia, whom he has verbally abused in recent months.
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