It’s all good, says Palace

Malacañang sees nothing wrong with President-elect Rodrigo Duterte using state-owned PTV-4 to issue his statements prior to his assumption to office on June 30.

Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said in a Radyo ng Bayan interview that the mission of People’s Television “is to bring true, relevant and correct information to the citizenry.”

Coloma said even if Duterte had yet to take the oath of office, his use of government resources now was part of the “transition process.”

Coloma said this included Duterte’s use of the Malacañang of the South, the presidential guest house in Davao City.

“We don’t see any problem with that and it is within the bounds of the law,” Coloma said. Nikko Dizon