By Raïssa Robles

On September 11, the birth anniversary of dictator Ferdinand Marcos, President Rodrigo Duterte was supposed to hold a very important press conference at 3 pm. Or so we were told, the day before.

Instead, what transpired was a gruesome comedy where Duterte and presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo held a “tete-a-tete” on a disjointed set of topics, with the watching media forbidden from asking questions.

The press conference of President Duterte will now just be a one-on-one with Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo, which SAP Bong Go earlier described will be “showbiz type” | via @dgplacido

— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) September 11, 2018

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