"I have been stretching my patience too long before on this matter because of numerous requests by politicians. But now, I am sorry to tell them that they have to follow the rule if they want to come here," he said.
Duterte was apparently enraged by the fatal shooting last week of a local trader’s son allegedly by a grandson of Maguindanao Gov. Andal Ampatuan.
The suspect, Mohamad Ampatuan Bahnarin, 18, allegedly shot Carlo Asistido at the Venue entertainment complex here using a gun reportedly handed to him by one of his bodyguards. — Edith Regalado