MANILA, Philippines — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Friday chided President Rodrigo Duterte for cracking a joke about the Taal Volcano’s “deadly crater” amid its unrest.
“While people are panicking and serious evacuation work is ongoing in some Cavite and Batangas municipalities threatened by the eruption of Taal Volcano, making fun of its deadly crater is not funny,” Lacson said in a tweet.
The senator made a similar comment during his interview on Teleradyo. He said making such jokes at a time when the lives of Filipinos are threatened is not befitting for a leader of the country.
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