'Respectful' Duterte wows Leni  on  VP's 'cordial' visit

  MANILA – A “respectful” and soft-spoken President Rodrigo Duterte left Vice-President Leni Robredo in all smiles during their “cordial” meeting at Malacanang Palace on Monday (July 4). "He was very respectful, malumanay magsalita... Nahihiya pa nga ako kasi mina-'ma'am' niya ako (He was very respectful, soft spoken… I felt embarrassed because he kept on calling me ‘ma’am’," Robredo said, describing her courtesy call on Duterte at a closed-door meeting in Malacanang’s study room. The two first met on Friday in Camp Aguinaldo at the turnover of command rites of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. "Malayo siya doon sa dati kong nakikita sa TV at sa preconceived idea ko of him. 'Yung sound and fury, nagmumura, madaling magalit, pinagagalitan kung sinong nakaka-get his ire. Ibang iba (It’s far from the Duterte that I saw in TV and my preconceived idea of him: The sound and fury, the expletives, being quick to anger. He was very different)," Robredo said in a TV interview.  Robredo said she came to “personally convey my message of support, that he has my full support”. “I was telling him that I owe it to the Filipino people to back him up," Robredo said, adding that she felt Duterte’s warmth during the meeting that lasted less than one hour. "His success will be the success of the entire country and he was very warm. He was very accommodating," she said, adding that Duterte said he had planned to arrange a meeting with her but that she beat him to it. Robredo said Duterte did not offer her any position in his Cabinet. However, the meeting seemed to have warmed the seemingly cold ties that the public saw between the Philippines' top leaders. Duterte was seen accompanying Robredo outside Malacanang at the end of their meeting. “Please do not bow,” a visibly amused Duterte was overheard as saying as he accompanied Robredo back to her vehicle. Robredo chuckled. “Para kang… do not put too much on it,” he said as a smiling Robredo climbed onto a waiting van. 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