DAVAO CITY – Nagkakandarapa ngayon ang kampo ni Davao City mayor at presidential aspirant Rodrigo Duterte sa paghuhugas ng kamay at damage control matapos na umani ng maraming batikos ang 70-anyos na pulitiko ng murahin nito sa publiko si Pope Francis.
Sa kanyang proklamasyon bilang kandidato ng Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) sa Maynila kamakalawa ay sinabi nitong: “Gusto kong tawagan, Pope, putang ina ka, umuwi ka na” mataps na ikwento kung paano siya naiipit ng 5 oras sa traffic sa pagbisita ng Santo Papa nitong Enero.
Dahil sa mabigat na traffic ay sa loob ng kanyang kotse na rin umano umihi si Duterte. At bagama’t natuwa at napahalakhak ang mga supporters ni Duterte sa kanyang pagmumura ay kaliwa’t-kanan naman ang inabot nitong batikos sa ibat-ibang sektor ng lipunan sa naging pambabastos nito kay Pope Francis.
Kinondena rin ito ng Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines at sinabing isa itong “great shame.”
Si Nung Ajihil, na Muslim peace advocate sa Zamboanga City, ay tinawag naman na kabastusan ang pagmumura ni Duterte sa Santo Papa. “I’m no Christian, but it’s too much to show disrespect calling the Pope with such vulgarity for one aspiring to be President. Kabastusan naman yan,” wika pa nito.
Maging si Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda ay nagsabing: “Mayor Duterte, you can say all you want about politicians, but you don’t curse my Pope Francis!”
Todo naman ang pagtatanggol ni Manny Piñol, na ka-alyado naman ni Duterte at sinabing humingi na diumano ng paumanhin ang mayor sa kanyang sinabi.
“I can never curse my Pope. I was cursing at incompetence. If it was taken by some in that light, I sincerely apologize. I will continue to curse so our suffering nation takes action,” wika pa Piñol na sinabi umano ni Duterte.
Ayon pa kay Piñol, “so much issue has been raised over the statement made by the mayor. I was there during the proclamation and I heard every word that he said because I was taking notes. While the statement about the traffic and the Pope’s visit sounded awkward, it was obvious that the use of the cuss word which is a common street lingo was not directed at Pope Francis.”
“It was merely an expression that comes almost naturally from Duterte’s mouth and peppers almost all of his public discourses…he used it in jest to express his exasperation and disappointment over the inability of government to address Metro Manila’s traffic problem.” (Mindanao Examiner)
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