In keeping with President Rodrigo Duterte’s reputation for cussing, Senator Dick Gordon made a suggestion to include curse words in the country’s tourism slogan. Gordon said this should serve as a wakeup call for Duterte, who is always on the spotlight because of his expletive-laced controversial remarks.
Gordon has suggested the following slogans: “Welcome to the PI” or “Wow PI.”
PI stands for putang ina, which can be literally translated as, “Your mother is a whore.” Duterte used this phrase when asked about the possibility of talking about the drug-related deaths with POTUS Barak Obama in the ASEAN Summit last month.
“We have to protect the country from bad statements and the President has the duty to be a statesman. He must not be heard saying all bad words,” said Gordon who was the former Department of Tourism secretary.
It may be recalled that Gordon popularized the slogan, “Wow Philippines” when he was the DOT chief.
Gordon’s statement, which was made in jest during the Senate probe, elicited laughter from the crowd, including Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa.
Gordon also said that the President has become “too noisy,” ABS-CBN News reports.
“He is falling on his own sword, tripping on his sword because he talks and talks so the country is accused that that’s what is happening,” Gordon said in Filipino.
