MANILA, Philippines — Senator Manny Pacquiao was notably missing during the meeting of President Rodrigo Duterte with members of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), which was taped Tuesday and aired on Wednesday afternoon.
The two-hour meeting, aired entirely on government-run PTV 4, whose airtime is paid for by taxpayer’s money, was held seemingly to convince Duterte to run for vice president in the 2022 elections.
During the course of the meeting, party members took turns to butter up the President and tell him he needs to gun for the second-highest post in the country for “continuity.”
Among those present in the meeting is PDP-Laban vice chairma…
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