No cordon sanitaire
In Davao City, Laviña denied there was a cordon sanitaire around Duterte. He said suggestions for positions from as many people as possible were welcome.
According to Laviña, Duterte’s camps heard about the criticisms against the appointments on Quiboloy’s radio station, but learned that Quiboloy had not been consulted on the matter.
He said that those handling Duterte’s visitors were indeed people from the city mayor’s office.
“The reception of the guests, well-wishers is handled by the city mayor’s office. That’s why Bong Go as chief of staff, staff from the city information office and tourism office and a few other officials are the ones handling it,†he said.
“We are involved in the facilitation, but as to the actual reception, we don’t have any participation,†Laviña said.
He said Duterte’s camp would apologize to Quiboloy.
“Hopefully we can extend our apology to Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, the same apology we extended to (Moro National Liberation Front spokesperson Rev. Absalom) Cerveza, these are not intentional, we wanted to accommodate everyone,†he said.
Cerveza reportedly lined up on Monday to congratulate Duterte, but was turned down by the mayor’s staff.
“Things happen,†Laviña said.
“We are not trained to do it perfectly. If there are a few who were not entertained, we extend our apologies and adjust accordingly,†he said.
Laviña said he was sure Duterte and Quiboloy would meet soon and the next Philippine leader may consult Quiboloy on some of the nominees. With reports from Nestor Corrales, Inquirer.net; and Allan Nawal and Germelina Lacorte, Inquirer Mindanao/TVJ
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