MALACAÑANG on Tuesday defended President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. after receiving heavy flak over his unannounced trip to Singapore to watch the Formula 1 night race over...
MALACAÑANG on Tuesday defended President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. after receiving heavy flak over his unannounced trip to Singapore to watch the Formula 1 night race over the weekend.Speaking to reporters, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said that Marcos carried out his duties as president while he was in Singapore.'We cannot be defensive about it. I am not going to be defensive about it. I would even dismiss yung [the] criticism. Yun ang [That is] insensitive.
If you love to do something, you should not be moved or impacted by others who may not agree with you,' Bersamin said during a media interview.Whether it was a fully paid trip or not, the new executive secretary said, is 'irrelevant.
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