PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will order his Cabinet members to secure his approval before attending Senate hearings, as he accused lawmakers of "stretching" their investigations for political purposes.

"This time, I will require every Cabinet member to clear with me any invitation, and if I think walang silbi (there is no point in attending) except to be harassed, to be berated in front of [the] public, eh, hintuin ko na 'yan at pagbawalan ko na (then I will stop them from going)," Duterte said in his pre-recorded address aired Tuesday.

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