MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte said Saturday the now ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) party was “asleep for a hundred years” and only woke up when he ran for the presidency in 2016.
Duterte had this to say as a “reminder” to Senator Koko Pimentel, the son of party co-founder Nene Pimentel, amid the party infighting—that eventually led to the ouster of Senator Manny Pacquiao as party president.
“Si Koko, may I just remind Koko, na itong party na PDP was asleep for a hundred years, it only woke up during the elections when I ran for the presidency under their ticket,” Duterte said during the national assembly of the pa…
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