BUDAPEST: I had hoped not to have to write about President Rodrigo Duterte for the next few days, while attending the 11th World Congress of Families and the Global Forum for Political Leaders at the Hungarian Parliament here in Budapest, both of which get underway today. But DU30 managed to remain the center of attention after he declared martial law in Mindanao while visiting Moscow. He had arrived at the Russian capital on Tuesday for a four-day state visit, but had to cut it short after members of the so-called Maute group reportedly occupied parts of Marawi City in Mindanao, torching the cathedral and holding a priest and several parishioners hostage. He left Moscow after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and arrived in Davao on Wednesday evening.
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