MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte will attend the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) meeting on July 17 as he recognizes the leadership of Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi’s leadership, Malacaang said Monday.
This, even as Cusi and two other officials were expelled for supposedly violating the PDP-Laban’s constitution. The resolution expelling Cusi was signed by party president Senator Manny Pacquiao.
“All I can say is he (Duterte) recognizes the leadership of Sec. Cusi and that is why he will attend the party special meeting on July 17,” presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said in an online briefing.
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