President Rodrigo Duterte again courted controversy when he kissed a Filipino woman onstage during his meeting with the Filipino community here in Seoul Sunday.<\/b>
\nSEOUL — President Rodrigo Duterte again courted controversy when he kissed a Filipino woman onstage during his meeting with the Filipino community here in Seoul Sunday.
By the end of his two-hour speech, Duterte called the unidentified woman from among the crowd to receive a copy of a book titled \u00ab\u00a0Altar of Secrets,\u00a0\u00bb which exposed supposed corruption in the Catholic Church.
\u201cHuwag ang lalaki, may bayad ‘to. Halik,\u201d the President told the cheering crowd, before motioning to the woman.
(Not a man, this is not for free. [You pay with] a kiss.)
\u201cHanda ka naman makipaghalikan, halika!\u201d he called to her.
(You seem ready to kiss, come here.)
The woman, who was clearly excited, then went onstage with another Filipina to receive the book authored by the late Aries Rufo.
\u00ab\u00a0Huwag kang mag-amen-amen dyan. Halika dito! Ang beso-beso?\u201d Duterte told the woman, while pointing to his pouted lips.
When the woman was about to go down, the President asked her to stay.
\u00ab\u00a0Dalaga ka?\u00a0\u00bb asked Duterte. (Are you still single?)
\u00ab\u00a0Hindi. Married po,\u00a0\u00bb the woman said. (No, I’m married)
The President asked the woman if her husband was there. The Pinay said no.
Duterte, through hand gestures, asked the woman if she could kiss him on the lips, and said, \u00ab\u00a0Kaya mo sabihin na biro lang? (Can you tell your husband that this is just a joke?)\u00a0\u00bb
The people in the crowd were cheering while the President kissed the married Pinay.
\u00ab\u00a0Huwag ninyong dibdibin ‘yun. Ano lang ‘yun… pampasaya ng mga tao. gimmick,\u00a0\u00bb Duterte said.
(Don’t take it seriously. It’s just for fun, a gimmick.)
The incident caused negative reactions from netizens, many of whom found it unbecoming of a President.
Prior to this, the President mocked Catholic beliefs in his speech, while jokingly said about setting up a new religion.
\u201cIf God wants me to be President, I will be President. The God that I believe in, ‘yung God kap*tahan yung istorya ng Katoliko, kalokohan,\u201d he said.
\u201cMay bago tayong relihiyon, paglabas natin: Iglesia ni Rodrigo tayong lahat. Walang limit, may obligasyon ka sarili, make yourself happy,\u201d Duterte said. — with Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News<\/p>\n

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