A young supporter waves small Philippine flags while President Rodrigo Duterte is talking on stage during a meeting with the Filipino community at the Horizon Lake View Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on March 19, 2017.
More than 200 Filipinos traveled five (5) hours from Yangon going to Nay Pyi Taw to personally see President Rody Duterte in the Filipino community meeting on the first day of his official visit to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar on March 19, 2017.
Majority of the Filipinos in Myanmar are based in Yangon and a good number of them immediately registered to participate in the Filipino community meeting upon learning the news from the Philippine Embassy in Yangon.
The President won in the Overseas Absentee Voting (OAV) in Myanmar, garnering 56% of the overseas Filipino votes in the May 2016 elections.