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MANILA – Robin Padilla took to social media to express his disappointment after he was recently barred from leaving the country to attend an event in China.

Apparently, there is a hold departure order issued against Padilla, who had been granted an absolute pardon by President Rodrigo Duterte in November last year.

Padilla said it is sad that this happened to him when he didn’t have any problem leaving the Philippines back when he was still under conditional pardon.

Padilla, a staunch supporter of Duterte, was convicted of illegal possession of firearms in 1994. He was released after being granted conditional pardon by former President Fidel Ramos three years later.

“Ako’y pinalad na maimbita ng mahal na prinsesa ng Sultanate of Sulu para tumungo sa China at masaksihan ang magaganap na pagdiriwang ng napakatandang relasyon ng malakas na bansang Tsino/China at ng Sultanate of Sulu... sa hindi maipaliwang na pangyayari ay hindi ako makakaalis ng bansa dahil ako ay may hold order sa Bureau of Immigration,” he said.

“Napakagulo ng naganap na ito spagkat noong akoy conditional pardon lamang kailanman ay hindi ako nagkaroon ng suliranin sa pag alis ng Inangbayan pero ngaun na Absolute pardon na ako ay ngayon pa ako nabiyayaan ng hold order ng BI,” he added.

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Padilla said he doesn’t understand why there was a hold departure order, stressing that he doesn’t have any new pending cases before any tribunal in the Philippines.

“Nakapanghihina naman po ang binabayaran kong malaking tax kung palagi akong kasama sa usual suspect. Binigyan na po ako ng isang pagkakataon ng Pangulo Rodrigo Duterte, sana po ay pati ang mga nasa ilalim na sangay ng gobyerno ay bigyan din ako ng pagkakataon,” he said.

Saying he is no longer getting any younger, Padilla said: “Ang mga ganitong legal stress ay damage na po ang binibigay hindi na po thrill.”