MANILA, Philippines — “Be careful of Trillanes. Be on your guard. He will sell you to the devil. When he gets a position, we’re dead,” President Rodrigo Duterte said in his pre-recorded briefing in Surigao del Sur which was aired late Tuesday, referring to former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, one of his staunch critics.
[Original statement, partly in Filipino: “Be careful of Trillanes. Magbantay kayo. He will sell you to the devil. Kapag ‘yan ang nakaupo, patay.”]
Duterte was warning voters against choosing Trillanes if he should run for president.
Meanwhile, he reiterated that his daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte Carpio, would not run for the presidency in 2022.
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