(FILE PHOTO) President Rodrigo Duterte. JOEY DALUMPINES/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte will deliver his regular public address Monday, Malacañang said, almost two weeks since his last public appearance.
“Monday,” was presidential spokesperson Harry Roque’s succinct reply to reporters when asked of the President’s next public appearance.
Roque also confirmed it will be Duterte’s regular “Talk to the People.”
The hashtag #NasaanAngPangulo earlier trended following Duterte’s failure to appear in his two succeeding public addresses, just when the country was hitting record-high single-day tallies of coronavirus cases, and record-high number of fatalities.
Malacañang explained that Duterte’s absence from the public eye was to keep him and his staff safe from the high number of COVID-19 cases.
Roque had also assured that the President remains fit and healthy.
Questions on the President’s whereabouts prompted his former longtime aide and Senator Christopher “Bong” Go to share photos of Duterte.
On Saturday, Go also shared a video clip of Duterte jogging in the Malacañang grounds.