MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte challenged Sen. Manny Pacquiao on Monday to name corrupt government agencies or else he would tell the people not to vote for him in the 2022 national elections.
“Pacquiao keeps on talking about how we [the current administration] is three times more corrupt [the previous administration],” Duterte said, speaking partly in Filipino, during his taped weekly Palace briefing on the COVID-19 situation.
“So I am challenging him: Point those offices that are corrupt. And let me take care of it. Within one week, I will do something,” he went on. “You have said nothing all these years, but you were all praises for me. Then now you say [w…
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