Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said that President Duterte will not talk to the media anytime soon because he does not want his work to be hampered.
"He wants to devote his first 100 days or so to work and he doesn’t want it hampered by having to answer 'little noises,'" Abella said before breaking into a laugh.
Abella stressed that while Duterte will shun the media, the President vouches for transparency in the government.
Abella also assured that the “conversation” with regard to national issues would continue even if Duterte continues to boycott the media.
Duterte desired for non-government media entities to veer away from asking questions. All of his statements were coursed through state-run television PTV4 following the challenge of international press group Reporters Without Borders to their Filipino counterparts to boycott the President because of his statement saying that some journalists are killed because they are corrupt.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer
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