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WATCH: The parts of Duterte’s speech that made Andanar cry

Rosette Adel - Philstar.com

MANILA, Philippines – Presidential Communications Secretary  Martin Andanar on Monday disclosed the parts of President Rodrigo Duterte’s speech that made him cry.

On Sunday, Andanar described Duterte’s speech, which he saw the draft of, as “powerful” and “emotionally stirring”. He predicted it would “awaken the patriotism in every Filipino. Ahead of the State of the Nation Address (SONA), he also mentioned that the president will make an announcement that will make Filipinos fall from their seats.

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“Noon ako'y nagtago sa kuwarto, doon na ako naglupasay. Doon (Duterte's patriotism, care for the younger generation) ako naiyak. Naluha ako, but that's just me,” Andanar earlier said when asked for his reaction after initially reading Duterte's speech.

These statements however raised expectations of Filipinos on Duterte’s  delivery of his speech in his first SONA. Netizens and some personalities questioned Andanar’s earlier statements and lamented that they waited for the part where Duterte’s speech will move them.

Some personalities and netizens took to Twitter to criticize Andanar for his earlier pronouncements and even dismissed it as “spin.” Sen. Panfilo Lacson said instead of “crying” Duterte’s speech made him laugh.

Due to this, other netizens even created a Twitter account named “Umiyak nb si Martin” containing tweets that show Andanar’s struggle of finding time to cry during Duterte’s speech.

Andanar however said when the first time he read Duterte’s speech, the first and the last page of 15-page speech of the president moved him. He revealed to Philstar.com, that he cried when Duterte talked about the separation between God and the State since he is a former lay minister as well as other parts of the speech.

Watch the video below to find out what else made Andanar cry. 

Video by Philstar.com/Rosette Adel

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