9. “Whistling is not a sexual thing. You know, you don’t have any business stopping me at all. That’s a freedom of expression…Who gave you the right to presume I was whistling because I saw you? You have to be in a room, isa ka lang— a man and you.”

At a press conference in Davao City last June 1, 2016, Duterte catcalled GMA reporter Mariz Umali. He was called out for his behavior by Umali’s husband and fellow GMA reporter Raffy Tima. When pressed for his take on the incident, the president argued that he was free to whistle since the act itself is not inherently sexual.

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