For President Rodrigo Duterte, the passing of former Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago is a loss of a “good guy in our government.”
Duterte condoled with the family of Santiago, who succumbed to lung cancer Thursday morning at the age of 71.
“I would like to express my deepest condolences. I grieve with the family, with Narciso, the husband, si Benjie used to be a general of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. To the children, I share your grief,” Duterte said at a news conference in Davao City.
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The President also said he would like to visit the wake of the former senator if he will “be back on time.”
“We have lost a leader,” Duterte said of a friend, adding that he will miss Santiago’s “colorful language also and above all her brains.”
“We’ve lost a good guy in our government,” he added. CDG
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