This is a bizarre incident that of course President Duterte of the Philippines was the cause of during his visit with Filipino workers in South Korea:
In this video from PTV taken Sunday, June 3, 2018, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte leans in to kiss a Filipino worker at the podium during a town hall-style meeting with overseas Filipino workers in Seoul, South Korea. PTV VIA AP
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s mouth has landed him in hot water again, this time for kissing a married woman on the lips in front of thousands of his cheering supporters.
Duterte, known for his verbal outbursts and other antics, is being slammed by critics for the kiss, which took place Sunday during a town hall-style meeting with overseas Filipino workers in South Korea. One senator called the act “a despicable display of sexism and grave abuse of authority.”
Duterte sought a kiss from the woman after he called her on stage to give her a copy of a book at the event in Seoul. When Duterte asked if she can explain to her husband that the antic was just a joke, and she said yes, the president leaned in and kissed her as thousands erupted in cheers. [Stars & Stripes]
You can read more at the link, but according to the article the kiss was a joke towards the end of Duterte’s two hour long rambling speech in Seoul to Filipino nationals living in South Korea. The woman that allowed him to kiss her is married to a South Korean man and has two kids. No word on what he thought of all of this.
Duterte is certainly not a Philippine pushover. He’s not exactly the type of leader many efete pseudo-intellectual snobs in the West would have chosen (mysrlf included); but appears to be who the Philippines needed to cut crime and restore the people’s freedoms.
Smokes
5 years ago
Exactly the type, except maybe all the murders and human rights abuses but hey…
It seems to me Duterte is a mix between the authoritarianism of Park Chung-hee and the style of President Trump. I guess we we will see if it ends up being effective in turning around the Philippines. The early results appear to be just a lot of dead possible drug dealers.
ChickenHead
5 years ago
Sometimes you have a kid or a soldier or an employee who has potential… but if you let him do his own thing, he will fail… and if you give him structure and encouragement, he will still fail… so you have to give him direction and beat his ass when he deviates from the path…
…and at some point, he gets his act together and becomes a steller and successful human.
The Philippines is that person… and needs some tough love.
I’m all about human rights and such… but the Philippines can fail for another couple generations… or the human rights of the people causing much if the problem can get violated for a decade or less… and everyone can benefit.
Duterte is pushing the Philippines down the path of Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore rather than Zimbabwe and Venezuela.
That is not the worst thing that can happen for future generations of the Philippine people.
He’s like the Filipino Tony Soprano. 😆
Duterte is certainly not a Philippine pushover. He’s not exactly the type of leader many efete pseudo-intellectual snobs in the West would have chosen (mysrlf included); but appears to be who the Philippines needed to cut crime and restore the people’s freedoms.
Exactly the type, except maybe all the murders and human rights abuses but hey…
…in any case never kiss a prostitute on the lips.
It seems to me Duterte is a mix between the authoritarianism of Park Chung-hee and the style of President Trump. I guess we we will see if it ends up being effective in turning around the Philippines. The early results appear to be just a lot of dead possible drug dealers.
Sometimes you have a kid or a soldier or an employee who has potential… but if you let him do his own thing, he will fail… and if you give him structure and encouragement, he will still fail… so you have to give him direction and beat his ass when he deviates from the path…
…and at some point, he gets his act together and becomes a steller and successful human.
The Philippines is that person… and needs some tough love.
I’m all about human rights and such… but the Philippines can fail for another couple generations… or the human rights of the people causing much if the problem can get violated for a decade or less… and everyone can benefit.
Duterte is pushing the Philippines down the path of Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore rather than Zimbabwe and Venezuela.
That is not the worst thing that can happen for future generations of the Philippine people.