Kabayan Rep. Harry Roque is scheduled to meet with President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday amid reports that the lawmaker would be offered the presidential spokesperson post. Roque, in a text message to Inquirer, confirmed that the Chief Executive would soon meet him in Malacañang. But when asked if the agenda of their meeting would include discussions on the supposed offer of a presidential post to him, Roque answered: “Don’t know frankly.”ADVERTISEMENTVeteran journalist Ellen Tordesillas earlier reported that Mr. Duterte was keen on replacing Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella. In an interview in Malacañang, Abella, however, could neither confirm nor deny that Roque would replace him. Mr. Duterte has previously also endorsed Roque for the upcoming senatorial elections in 2019.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 26, 2017 06:06 UTC