Atty. Adnan Alonto, a Fil-Am lawyer and overall North America coordinator for the Brotherhood for Duterte USA said that he is not disappointed with President Duterte's comments on US President Barack Obama. Atty. Alonto defended President Duterte but he agreed that the President could use a better choice of words, but he was overall proud of what the Philippine leader said.
According to Atty. Alonto: “I think President Duterte just wanted to drive home the point that he will pursue an independent foreign policy for the Philippines,” said Alonto.
“Our strategic interest with the US in the region will keep us together and the incident will, I believe, just be a small footnote in the years to come.”
“He did not really, actually curse Obama but it was part of a narrative in answer to a hypothetical question if Obama was to raise the extrajudicial issue,” said Alonto.
“The important thing in that statement was that he was really being emphatic about being a leader of a sovereign nation and that he would not be told how to run his country,” Alonto added.
Atty. Alonto was disappointed that President Duterte and US President Obama did not meet. However, Alonto is confident that they will have a productive engagement when they finally do.
Source: ABS-CBN
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