MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has no cancer and will report his condition to the people if ever he is diagnosed with a serious illness, according to presidential spokesperson Harry
Roque said people were putting too much meaning into remarks made by the President on Monday, August 24, 2020, when he recounted his doctor’s warning that he should stop drinking because his Barrett’s esophagus was nearing stage 1 cancer.
“As far as I know, there is no cancer, and as I said, if there is cancer and it is a serious illness, he will be reporting it to the people,” he added. Treatments like chemotherapy lead to hair loss and general weakening, “a condition you don’t really see in the President,” he said. “He is fit and healthy for a person of his age.”Asked about the possible growth found in the President’s digestive tract after a 2018 endoscopy, Roque said “whatever it is, it could not have been cancerous.”People do not have to worry about lack of transparency on the part of the Chief Executive, Roque said.“I am a lawyer myself, the President is a lawyer.
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