Pro-Duterte Post of Singapore PM supporting the Mayor is Misleading.
Misleading. Singapore Prime-Minister Lee Hsien-Loong is not supporting Mayor Rodrigo Duterte for his presidential bid or any other candidates.
This was the statement released by the Singapore Embassy in Manila after an online post recently became viral claiming that the Prime Minister is supporting Duterte.
Following the continuous spread of the “misleading” online post, The Singapore Embassy in Manila said it “takes a serious view of the misleading FB post. We are seeking legal advice.”
The embassy even requested for the immediate removal of the post to which they believe is a clear misinterpretation.
Earlier the embassy have already appealed to the Filipino people to stop sharing the post.
In a report, the embassy of Singapore said that they decided to put up a second clarification because they view this incident seriously and they want the misleading post to be taken down while it is still being shared around
In the misleading post, the Prime Minister is seen with Mayor Duterte as the photo was captioned, “Mayor Rodrigo Duterte is the only presidential candidate that could make Philippines like Singapore.”
Immediately after the spread of the post, the embassy denied it and called it “untrue.”
In the statement, the Singapore embassy pointed out that their country do not endorse any candidate and let the Filipinos chose their leader wishing that the Philippines will have a well conduct of the elections.
Other international groups have also reacted to Duterte’s remarks on to which the Davao City Mayor referred as joke.