Proof of Life effort of Malacañang shows how Duterte is copying the Marcos playbook

Wazzup Pilipinas!

Ferdinand Marcos at a 1980s press conference denied rumours that he was sick. He turned out to be suffering from complications due to lupus.

Questions on the President’s whereabouts earlier surfaced after his public address was postponed twice.

The Palace, care of Bong Go, recently released “proof of life” of Rodrigo Duterte amid rumors he was sick or dying. 

A video showing Pres. Rodrigo Duterte exercising was posted this Saturday morning by his ally amid questions about his whereabouts and health condition as the country faces a surge in #COVID19 cases. 

While many Filipinos are once again suffering form lockdowns, curfew and other interventions made by the Duterte Government due to the increase of COVID-19 cases, he is there showing proof of life in a motorcycle and jogging around Malacañang.

Meanwhile, VP Leni Robredo’s team or should I say the OVP, started mass testing and incentivize those who are afraid of getting tested by giving basic needs to assure that Filipinos have food on their table, setting up isolation facilities and other services for the frontliners.

You see the contrast of leadership. Just think.

Kung pinoprotektahan nila laban sa Covid19, bakit siya lumalabas pa? Samantalang magsalita lang sa harap ng camera ay hindi pwede.

Kaya naman palang tumakbo, bakit yong uupo at magsasalita lang hindu nya magawa? Inutil ba?

Siya ba talaga yan? Eh ang daming impersonator na kamukhang kamukha niya. Palpak talaga mag isip at kumilos. 

So.. Duterte who doesn't like wearing masks while speakng in meetings, and hardly wears a face shield in public spaces.. wears both while jogging and at home? Peculiar.

Hindi siya yan. Madilim na nga, tapos naka full facemask at faceshield pa... Also, amputi niya ah! At ang payat! Hirap na nga mag-lakad iyan. Parang biglang lumiksi siya! May himala!

Marcos loved to portray himself as a strong and powerful man as he ruled the Philippines for more than two decades, but under all the pretense was an ailing man desperately clinging on to power.

I remember Marcos doing a shadow boxing to show media that he is okay. Months later after EDSA People Power people found out tons of medical equipment and machines in his room at Malacañang. 

October 29, 1985 - Government TV showed President Ferdinand E. Marcos jogging and putting a golf ball in an attempt to refute reports that he is suffering from a serious illness.

Aprl 10, 2021 - Malacañang, care of Bong Go, releases photos and videos of Duterte doing a Marcos-style jogging?

Parang the more they show proof of life, talagang mas mapapadoubt ka na peke.

Senator Bong Go , while you are at it , why don’t you post a photo of the president with his shirt rolled up, showing his “abs”. Marcos had one before.

Seems like Duterte is the copycat in the making. Way to go, Rodrigo!

Trying hard ipakita na healthy. Sana trying hard mag serbisyo na lang.

Ay kung kakayahan sa pag jogging lang naman ang patunay na buhay ang presidente at husay ng performance, si Manee Pakyaw na iboboto ko sa 2022. Ay Isa pa palang unqualified to become president yang boksingerong iyan. Wala na bang matino at karapat-dapat sa posisyon?

We are in serious trouble. That they need to show Duterte walking and jogging at night in leather shoes is not right. I believe the President is seriously ill and they are covering it up. A ruderless country means no one is in charge and we are at the edge of chaos.

Palace said, reason why we don't see the president its bec of the pandemic /ecq.... he needs to protect himself.

But he jogs outside his house? If he can afford an expensive motor bike, he can purchase indoor exercise equipment too.

I think, this video will lead to more speculations. Whoever thought of this....wrong move.

Isang beses na lang isang linggo magpakita e di pa magawa? Pero malakas daw at eto pa nag ja jogging! Di kailanagan ng mga Pilipino ang ganyan. Daming problema ng bansa yan lang ang kayang gawin?

We always see & hear #DutertePalpak struggle while talking & walking and then all of a sudden, he moves oh-so-sprightly while jogging in the wee hours of the morning. It’s a body double. No fucking doubt. Fo shizzle ma dizzle.

The cadence, the posture... so different from that of... 

Is it safe to presume this not who they say he is?

The joke is on whoever leaked this video.

Di ba mas risky yan kaysa dun sa gumawa siya ng live na statement para sa taong bayan? O sige kahit man lang para dun sa mga ubod ng samba sa kanya, na itinuturing na siya ang the best in the solar system, may risk po ba yun kahit sandaling FB live lang or Zoom or Teams... anyare?

Another kanin na may kandila na naman ito... Andaming arte... Kung nagawa nila ito, bakit hindi pa magpalabas ng video dispelling all the rumors going around? If this is how government deals with issues, hindi nakapagtataka we are in this shit.

Don't expect wise logical moves from them. It's their nature.

Anyway, kahit maayos naman yung kanyang kalusugan, ang problema talaga ay yung kanyang makademonyong pag-iisip at sobrang katamaran.

Hindi namin kailangan ng buhay na pangulo. Kailangan namin ang nagtatrabahong pangulo.

Nakakaawa na tayo Pilipinas. Ano ba ginawa natin to deserve this inutil? Parang awa mo na magresign ka na or mamatay ka na. Ibigay na sa capable hands ang liderato. Hindi ko kailangan ng video mo kahit magpatiwarik ka pa diyan, kung wala pa ring plano, you are still good as dead.

His death would mean thousands of lives saved and number of islands to be reclaimed. I am not saying it will be easy, but his incompetence would also kill us, not him and his friends. 

At least he has a senator acting as his personal assistant, aide, photographer, and provider of "proof of life" during these occasions when he seems to be hiding rumored to be undergoing medical treatment for yet unknown sickness.

And the senate president has been tolerating a senator blatantly showing no independence from the executive. 

Bar to become a Senator or Congressman, has turned out to be low, if not lower!  We yearn for those previous generations who were able to elect lawmakers of distinguished as well as of high caliber!  Let’s get out of this trap in our lifetime, can we?

So sad this is happening. Wala na ba talagang delicadeza? I miss all those lawmakers who are really doing their job for the people. And those voters that really took to scrutinize the candidates ability/qualification for the said position. To think their was no Internet before making research about a person very difficult.