Duterte says no more media

interviews until his term ends

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President-elect Rodrigo Duterte would no longer grant interviews until the end of his term to avoid criticisms and wrong statements.

A video posted by TV5 correspondent France Noguera on Facebook Monday showed Duterte, being interviewed, said in tagalog dialect: “Di na ako talaga… sorry ha, talagang ano ako…boycott talaga...(I won’t grant interviews. Sorry. It’s really a boycott)."

When asked why he is adopting such a stance, Duterte replied: “Ah basta wala. ayoko na (I don’t want to be interviewed anymore). If there are interviews, there will be many mistakes, there will be many criticisms. So no interview, no criticism, no wrong statements, no nothing I’ll shut up. Ayoko na talaga (I really don’t want it anymore).”

Last week, the incoming president drew flak for his statement on media killings and that some of the slain media workers had received payoffs or were involved in shady deals.

Duterte, who is apparently adopting such instance of boycott to show firmness on his decision to distance himself from journalists, stated the boycott would be until the end of his term.

Last week, the incoming president's executive assistant Bong Go said the mayor would temporarily stop holding press conferences in order to avoid mistakes.

Instead, all statements of Duterte will be coursed through the government television network PTV-4, the flagship government television network owned by the Philippine Government based in Quezon City, Metro Manila.

Also last week, the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders issued a statement to boycott the tough-talking mayor after he said that many journalists in the country had been killed because they were corrupt.

Duterte, in return, refused to apologize and also dared the media to stop covering him.

He also drew criticisms after catcalling GMA-7 reporter Mariz Umali in one of his press conferences last week.

At his victory party last Saturday, Duterte in his speech also criticized a journalist for asking about his medical condition in a previous interview.

He said the media were always asking “impertinent questions.”

Philstar reported that after saying he won’t apologize for his statements, Duterte slammed members of the media for supposedly thinking too highly of themselves.

It quoted Duterte as saying: “Go ahead, boycott me. As a matter of fact I’m urging you make this your last trip in Davao City. I hate giving interviews. I would be content with a camera and a cellphone taking pictures of me. Do not come here anymore. Make it the first time in the history of the republic. Do not cover me."

Duterte has not conducted press conferences since Thursday even if the call to boycott his events did not come from the Philippine media.