President Rodrigo Roa Duterte joins the tribute to the heroism of the fallen soldiers and police officers killed in the operations to liberate Marawi City from the clutches of the terrorists in a ceremony dubbed, ‘Ang Huling Tikas Pahinga: Isang Pagpupugay sa mga Bayani ng Marawi,’ at the Bonifacio High Street in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City on Tuesday. Presidential photo by Rey Baniquet
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Tuesday graced the opening ceremonies of an interactive art installation exhibit paying tribute to government troops who fought the rebellion in Marawi City.

The exhibit, which shows photos of the soldiers and policemen during and after the Marawi siege, is being held from Nov. 21 to Dec. 5 at the Bonifacio High Street in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig.

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In his speech, the President recalled that he gets affected by the criticisms during the crisis in the Islamic City.

Kaya if there’s anybody na medyo mabigat… sensitive ako. Kaya every time na a criticism sa Marawi which I think is not good, nagreeact talaga ako passionately also,” he said.

The President also shared that there was a time he got pissed off reading the briefer on the Marawi crisis, adding that he is pained knowing that some of his soldiers got killed.

Dumating ‘yung panahon na hindi ko na binabasa, itinatapon ko na lang,” he said.

“I mean I got pissed off really reading the so many… Hindi naman tayo na lahat na nakakapatay eh, namamatayan tayo. It pains me deeply to think of their families,” he said, adding that this is one of the reasons that compelled him to visit Marawi City many times.

The President then discussed plans of building a military camp in Marawi City. “Kaya this time before anything else, before even the rebuilding is completed, I will build a military camp just in front of them and para masiguro ko that all of these things will never happen again,” he said. (pnd)

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