Duterte does not want to have bulletproof glass protection on his podium
President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the Presidential Security Group (PSG) to remove the bulletproof glass protection placed in front of his podium.
The Chief Executive of the Philippines spoke during an event for the distribution of certificate of land ownership award to agrarian reform beneficiaries on June 13.
As the President was about to start his speech, he called out the attention of the PSG. He ordered them to remove the glass protection in front of him.
Based on a report from Rappler, Duterte said that he does not mind dying.
His security team immediately followed his order and this received applause from the crowd.
Duterte orders the bullet-proof glass taken away from him, saying he doesn’t mind dying. PSG staff promptly remove it, to the crowd’s delight. RTVM screenshot | via @piaranada pic.twitter.com/2dBDcRFhro
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) June 13, 2019