Duterte opts for simple Malacañang inauguration
No frills on day of oathtaking, 'just like a normal day'
A large tarpaulin bearing the face of presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte has been set up as he starts to receive guests and well wishers at the Matina Enclave in Davao City, May 17, 2016. MARIANNE BERMUDEZ
DAVAO CITY – Presumptive president-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s inauguration will be in Malacañang, his transition team has told reporters.
The ceremony will be very simple, according to Christopher Lawrence Go, Duterte’s top aide.
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He said Duterte did not want his inauguration to cause traffic jams or burden the lives of ordinary people.
“It would be simple and short. Just like a normal day,” Go told reporters at the Marco Polo Hotel here on Wednesday. SFM
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