MANILA, Philippines - Manila “strongly protested” yesterday an American television drama for showing a fictional Philippine president making sexual advances on the US secretary of state. The show’s episode entitled “Break in Diplomacy” depicted the Filipino president as a character “who crosses the line” by making inappropriate advances toward McCord. Palace hits US showMalacañang frowned upon the American TV series that negatively depicted the Philippine president. The trailer was released amid the negative publicity about President Duterte’s war on drugs, which critics claimed encouraged extrajudicial killings and human rights abuses. The President has also been criticized for wolf whistling a woman journalist at a press conference and joking about looking at Vice President Leni Robredo’s legs.

Source: Philippine Star March 07, 2017 16:41 UTC