Duterte: Hindi ako bata ni Marcos

Kimberly Jane Tan, ABS-CBN News

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img src='http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/10/24/du30-marcos-102416.jpg' ></figure></div><p>MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday lashed back at his critics who said he is a lackey of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. </p><p>Duterte made the statement after recounting how only a few officials supported his presidential bid in 2016, which included the late strongman's eldest daughter and Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos.</p><p>"Ang suporta ko dito [sa Luzon], Imee Marcos pero hindi ako bata ni Marcos ha," he said during a speech at the Convergence of Nanay Volunteers as Community Drug Watch in Pampanga.</p><p>(My supporter here was Imee Marcos but I'm not Marcos' lackey.)</p><figure class='op-interactive'><div id='IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container'> <ivs-player id='IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1' data-ivs-spid='3001339' data-ivs-key='e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603' data-ivs-vid='1460215' data-ivs-floating='1' ></ivs-player> <script src='https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js'></script> <script src='https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js'></script> </div></figure><p>He was pertaining to criticisms that he was siding with the Marcoses when he pushed for the <a href='http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/18/16/late-dictator-marcos-buried-at-libingan-ng-mga-bayani'>burial</a> of the former dictator at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. </p><p>He is also seen as supporting former Sen. Bongbong Marcos' electoral protest against Vice President Leni Robredo.</p><p>But on Thursday, Duterte said his ties with the former First Family just run deep.</p><p>"Ang tatay ko noon governor ng Davao. When Marcos won for the first time, he took in my father as one of his Cabinet member(s)," he said.</p><p>(My father was the Davao governor back then and when Marcos won for the first time, he took in my father as one of his Cabinet members.)</p><p>"Kasi sila bugokski, di naman nila alam kung ano ang storya... basta sulat nang sulat lang, bata ni Marcos... hindi ako bata kaya lang out of ano, alliances," he said.</p><p>(They're stupid, they don't know the whole story. They just write and write that I'm a Marcos lackey but I'm not. I just have alliances.)</p>

<p>(My supporter here was Imee Marcos but I'm not Marcos' lackey.)</p><figure class='op-interactive'><div id='IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container'> <ivs-player id='IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1' data-ivs-spid='3001339' data-ivs-key='e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603' data-ivs-vid='1460215' data-ivs-floating='1' ></ivs-player> <script src='https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js'></script> <script src='https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js'></script> </div></figure><p>He was pertaining to criticisms that he was siding with the Marcoses when he pushed for the <a href='http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/18/16/late-dictator-marcos-buried-at-libingan-ng-mga-bayani'>burial</a> of the former dictator at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. </p><p>He is also seen as supporting former Sen. Bongbong Marcos' electoral protest against Vice President Leni Robredo.</p><p>But on Thursday, Duterte said his ties with the former First Family just run deep.</p><p>"Ang tatay ko noon governor ng Davao. When Marcos won for the first time, he took in my father as one of his Cabinet member(s)," he said.</p><p>(My father was the Davao governor back then and when Marcos won for the first time, he took in my father as one of his Cabinet members.)</p><p>"Kasi sila bugokski, di naman nila alam kung ano ang storya... basta sulat nang sulat lang, bata ni Marcos... hindi ako bata kaya lang out of ano, alliances," he said.</p><p>(They're stupid, they don't know the whole story. They just write and write that I'm a Marcos lackey but I'm not. I just have alliances.)</p>

<p>Duterte made the statement after recounting how only a few officials supported his presidential bid in 2016, which included the late strongman's eldest daughter and Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos.</p><p>"Ang suporta ko dito [sa Luzon], Imee Marcos pero hindi ako bata ni Marcos ha," he said during a speech at the Convergence of Nanay Volunteers as Community Drug Watch in Pampanga.</p>

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img src='http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/10/24/du30-marcos-102416.jpg' ></figure></div><p>MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday lashed back at his critics who said he is a lackey of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. </p>

<p>President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday lashed back at his critics who said he is a lackey of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.</p>

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday lashed back at his critics who said he is a lackey of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

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