MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte's own allies are among those asking him to keep apologizing for his controversial remarks on Adolf Hitler and killing millions of people, with one even suggesting he stops talking and focuses on his work instead.

House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez made the remarks after Duterte apologized to Jews and Germany for a controversial speech which has been interpreted as Duterte drawing a parallelism between him and Adolf Hitler.

"Ah, six years pa siyang mag-aapologize. Hindi, okay naman yun. Alam mo eh lahat naman tayo nagkakamali. Ngayon kung kinakailangang mag-apologize mag-aapologize tayo. Hindi naman perfect siguro bawat tao na lahat ng gagawin mo tama. Ngayon pag na-realize mo na hindi tama eh, I think, at least you have that courage to apologize," Alvarez said.

[He will apologize for six more years. It's okay, we all commit mistakes. If we need to apologize, we will apologize. No one is perfect. When you realize you committed a mistake, I think, at least you have that courage to apologize.]

House Majority Leader Rodolfo Farinas said, "Sabi nga ni Speaker, apologize pa more."

Duterte on Friday said he'd be happy to slaughter 3 million drug users, and even compared his act to that of Adolf Hitler.

"Hitler massacred 3 million Jews. There are 3 million drug addicts. I'd be happy to slaughter them," Duterte said in a press conference following his arrival from an official visit to Vietnam.

"At least, if Germany had Hitler, the Philippines would have you know," he said, pausing and pointing to himself.

He later apologized to Jews.

"I would like to make it now, here and now, that there was never an intention on my part to derogate the memory of the six million Jews murdered by the Germans," Duterte said.

Farinas believes that it's the "mayor" and "not the President" talking when Duterte speaks.

"Mayor siya ng Davao City eh biglang naging President dahil iniluklok siya ng taumbayan. Minsan mayor pa rin ung pagsasalita niya, iyung media naman pinapalaki. May mga salita tayo na pwede dito kaya si Presidente bago pa, sana pagbigyan naman at tulungan natin. Siya naman ang pinili ng taumbayan, ganun pa rin iyung style niya nung kampanya. Di naman siya nagbabago. He is trying, I'm sure to change pero 71 years old na rin siya, you cannot change overnight also. Sincere naman siya. I'm sure he’s striving also pero mahirap naman magbago ng pabigla-bigla."

[He was mayor of Davao City and he suddenly became President because he was chosen by the people. Sometimes, it's the mayor still talking and the media exaggerate it. Let's cut him some slack and help him. He was chosen by the people and it's still his style that he used during the presidential campaign. He has not changed. He is trying I'm sure to change but he is 71 years old, you cannot change overnight also. He is sincere, I'm sure he's striving but it's difficult to suddenly change.]

Farinas was asked if he would advise the President to shut up for the meantime.

He answered, "Maybe until the time na naka-adjust siya. Pero iyun na nga, he loves the media, you love him also. He accommodates you also. Doon tayo nagkakaproblema. He is accommodating. Nahihirapan siya dun sa transition. Everything he says is being watched by the whole world. Sanay siya na mayor lang. Kung mayor siya di naman natin naririnig yung sinasabi niya sa Davao. Pero dun sa Davao nagkakaintindihan sila. I would advise the President, huwag na ho kayong magsalita, magtrabaho na lang kayo. Mas maganda yun siguro."

[Maybe until the time he has adjusted. But he loves the media, you love him also. He accommodates you also. That's where we have problems. He is accommodating. He is having a difficulty in the transition. Everything he says is being watched by the whole world. He is used to being mayor. If he is only mayor, we wouldn't hear what he says in Davao. But they understand him in Davao. I would advise the President, don't speak, just work. Maybe that would be better.]

Alvarez, meanwhile, recalled some of the things which Duterte had to apologize.

These include saying sorry for including former Pangasinan governor and now Rep. Amado Espino Jr. in the drug matrix.

Alvarez said Duterte's statement about Hitlet does not mean the President sanctions genocide. "Ma'am, wala pa hong nangyayari. Kaya wala pang genocide. Threat pa lang yun eh. As I've said, it may or may not happen. A threat is only a threat. And there is no law prohibiting anyone from threatening."

Alvarez also sought to down play the President's threats against criminals. "Anybody, any leader can threaten criminals. Pero iyung mga law-abiding citizen, iyun may batas na bawal mag-threaten ng tao. Pero iyung mga criminals, entitled naman yung mga mayors, governors, Presidente para i-threaten mo yung criminals para wag na nilang gawin yung crime na yon."

He, however, declined to give the President a direct advice. "In the first place, there is separation of powers. Ayaw nating makialam diyan. At siguro naman, kahit na siya Presidente, pero tao pa rin yun, nagkakamali. Sa dami ng problema ng bansa hindi maiiwasan na magkakamali ka talaga."

[In the first place, there is separation of powers. I don't want to interfere. Even if he is President, he is human who commits mistakes. With the many problems the country is facing, it may be unavoidable that one commits mistakes.]