Veteran action star and renowned showbiz personality Robin Padilla has pledged his support for the possible presidential bid of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo “Rudy” Duterte in the upcoming 2016 National Elections. Robin Padilla posted a photo of the mayor on his official Instagram account as a sign of his support.
The “Bonifacio” actor Robin Padilla was seen wearing shirts with the slogan, “Duterte, Atin To ‘Pre!” The 45-year-old Robin Padilla also captioned the photo with the following message “and his words will soon be Flesh… Katipunan, the dream must now be realized… Let the Punisher begin.” he noted.
According to the camp of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, Robin Padilla visited him on Saturday and urged him to run for President on a platform against corruption, drugs, and criminality.
The “Bad Boy of Philippine Cinema” also asked the Mayor of Davao City, if he could do a movie about the life of Mayor Rudy Duterte but the public official flatly refused with Robin’s plan to make a movie for him.
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has been tagged as brutal by different public and private sectors and that was the main reason why, Time Magazine has called the mayor as “The Punisher,” in one of its previous article.
Mayor Duterte also noted that it is not the first time he was asked for his permission for a movie about his life but he always refused the offer and noted that he is a private person. The mayor even noted that he does not hold a mobile phone and don’t want his name emblazoned in billboards for the city’s projects.