Raffy Tima said that
President-elect Rodrigo Duterte ‘catcalling’ (whistling) on his wife Mariz
Umali is “wrong in so many levels.” The incident occurred when Umali was trying
to get an answer regarding Duterte’s appointed Cabinet officials during a televised
press conference May 31.
Tima said he was expecting ‘catcalling’ from someone like
Duterte. “I know his reputation well enough not to be shocked by it, but that
does not make it right,” he said in a post in his official social networking
page.
“For
someone who espouses leadership by example, catcalling anyone in a press
conference with all cameras trained on him defies logic. Then again, thats
Mayor Duterte,” he added.
He
added that what appalled him more was how some people in the room reacted.
“Most laughed, others made teasing noise and basically urged the mayor to dish
some more! And he did. I do hope none of them were journalists because if they
were, shame on them.”
Tima
said that instead of laughing or urging more from Duterte, the people should
have kept silent. “In their silence gave the message that what the mayor did
was wrong,” he said.
“Some
jokes are funny and should be laughed at… but disrespecting women is definitely
not one of them,” he concluded.
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