MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte during the annual kick-off ceremony of the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s tax campaign confirmed that he received a text message from actress Kris Aquino, asking him to not imprison her brother, former president Benigno S. Aquino III.
“Si Kris, nagtext. Huwag mo namang ipakulong si… (Kris sent a text message. Please do not imprison…) Sabi ko (I said): No Kris, I am not out to find faults. I just want to know the truth,” Duterte said.
This is in relation with the order of President Duterte to re-open the Mamasapano investigation, particularly what the former President did or did not do.
Duterte then said that he is not into the habit of fault-finding so he can send a former President to prison, but he said just wanted clarify several issues and to let the Filipinos know the truth about the Mamasapano incident.
“Wala akong habol ng tao na ipakulong ko ang mga dating opisyal (I’m not going after former government officials). I am not into the habit of sending to prison the guys from the other side of the political fence or whatever. I just want to give the Filipino people the truth,” Duterte said.