Duterte 'fit and healthy' to lead PH in COVID19 fight: Panelo
MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte is "fit and healthy" to lead the Philippines in its battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, his chief legal counsel said Tuesday.
Watch more in iWant or TFC.tv "The President is fit and healthy. He has told us his diseases," Panelo told ANC when asked about the medical condition of the President and if he is able to lead the country in combating the pandemic. Lawyer Dino de Leon in a petition noted Duterte’s "pallid condition" in his latest appearances, calling his statements "incoherent, unresponsive, and filled with unintelligible rumblings."
"That’s why I've been telling the media, you listen very carefully to this man because he has a different style of expressing himself."
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