Hours after television images of the President’s kissing scene with migrant worker Bea Kim sparked public anger on Monday, a video posted by a Duterte administration critic, Jover Laurio of Pinoy Ako Blog, went viral on the internet, showing Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade leaning forward as if to kiss a female member of his staff. Tugade is a close aide of the President. ADVERTISEMENT“Seems like obscenity has become normalized during President Duterte’s term,” Laurio wrote in the caption for the video, which had drawn nearly 2,500 comments as of press time on Tuesday. ‘Just for fun’Goddes Libiran, DOTr communications director, said the video was from a mouth relay parlor game during the Christmas party at the department in 2016. Tugade was shown with food between his lips that he intended to pass to the female employee, Libiran explained.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 05, 2018 23:15 UTC