Edge Davao 8 Issue 184

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VOL. 8 ISSUE 184 • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2015

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DAVAO CURFEW MISCONSTRUED Duterte bashers claim 1 am curfew as prelude to Martial Law

PLACARD PROTECTION. Two Lumad teenagers use a placard with an anti-government slogan as protection from the heat of the afternoon sun during a march-rally in time for International Human Rights Day yesterday along Roxas Avenue. Lean Daval Jr.

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Kitchie: I’m not anti-Duterte

By NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVO

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HE deluge of remarks that immediately flooded social media on Wednesday night after Mayor Rodrigo Duterte went on national television for an interview with DZMM pointed to a number of gray areas where the toughtalking presidentiable was misconstrued for his statements. The use of “curfew” as a terminology to mean the alcohol regulation ordinance enforced in Davao City elicited

the loudest howl from social media, especially from Duterte bashers who believed that the “curfew” will be a prelude to Mayor Duterte’s declaration of Martial Law. “I find it hilarious, if not ridiculous, that the mainstream media could misinterpret the statement of Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte about the 1a.m. curfew for a “curfew” imposed during Martial Law which curtails people’s movement during specified hours at

night,” said Duterte supporter Manny Piñol. “They got it all wrong. Totally wrong.” Duterte was asked by DZMM panel composed of Karen Davila, Vic de leon Lima and Gerry Baja with a slew of probing questions which the Davao City Mayor answered straightforwardly. Piñol said that when Mayor Duterte talked about imposing a 1 a.m. “curfew,” he was actually referring to the curfew he imposed in Davao

City for the serving of alcohol, beer and other intoxicating drinks. Piñol singled out an article written by Nestor Corrales, which read in part: “Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he would implement a nationwide curfew if elected president in the 2016 national elections. “’Pag ako naging president, ala-una (ng madaling araw) sarado na,” he said in an inter-

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By JON JOAQUIN jon@edgedavao.net

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INGER-SONGWRITER Kitchie Nadal yesterday clarified that she is “not anti-Duterte” and that she might even vote for the Davao City mayor for president. Speaking to EDGE Davao in a phone interview, Nadal said people had misunderstood a Facebook post she had written last week in which she said womanizing “has to be con-

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