PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has endorsed the Senate candidacies of House Deputy Speaker Rolando Marcoleta and former Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission chief Greco Belgica.
In a rare televised face-to-face, the President took on the role of an 'interviewer' as he picked the minds of Marcoleta and Belgica in the 'President's Chatroom' program on state-run PTV-4 Saturday night.Duterte said he is confident Belgica will continue his administration's campaign against corrupt public servants, particularly with his promise to strengthen the country's 'passive' anti-corruption law, as well as to plug the holes in the justice system.
Paalamin natin 'yung tao kung gaano ka ka-Pilipino na nag-mahal ng bayan ,' Duterte told Belgica, one of his 'Lucky 7' picks for senator running under the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan.'I saw you work hard and I think you will be good, I am sure, 'pag umabot ka ng Senado ,' he told Belgica.Duterte praised Marcoleta for his integrity and for standing his ground against the country's oligarchs.