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<div class="containing-block"><div class="outer-container"><div style="display:none">Default News template and player embed</div><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://admin.brightcove.com/js/BrightcoveExperiences.js"></script><object class="BrightcoveExperience" id="myExperience4924757856001"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"/><param name="width" value="510"/><param name="height" value="350"/><param name="playerID" value="1880751799001"/><param name="playerKey" value="AQ~~,AAABtXvbPVE~,ZfNKKkFP3R9qoEvgz2KMCs8gaY-UGBkT"/><param name="isVid" value="true"/><param name="isUI" value="true"/><param name="dynamicStreaming" value="true"/><param name="@videoPlayer" value="4924757856001"/></object><script type="text/javascript">brightcove.createExperiences();</script></div></div><h3>&#x27;There&#x27;s going to be a metamorphosis,&#x27; says outgoing Davao mayor</h3><p>President-elect Rodrigo Duterte said he is enjoying his time as a rude person while he still can.</p><p>Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Duterte said he will change his behavior once he formally takes his oath as the 16th president of the Philippines on June 30.</p><p>&quot;I am not the president [yet]. Mamaya na, maghintay kayo. I&#x27;m really a rude person. I&#x27;m enjoying my time as a rude person. I am not the president. If I die tomorrow, what are they talking about?&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;But when I become a president, when I take my oath of office, if you want, I will conduct [myself] more in keeping with the dignity of the office, ibang istorya &#x27;yan. But I&#x27;m not [yet] the president,&quot; Duterte added.</p><p>According to Duterte, he will undergo a &quot;metamorphosis.&quot;</p><p>&quot;It will be a metamorphosis. Ladies and gentlemen of the media who are here, you know, when I get to be president, I have to tone down on my cursing. That would be a past, it&#x27;s going to be history. I have to concentrate more on what happens to this country and to develop it and to make it progress along the way. And there&#x27;s a lot of things which I have to do to complete,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;And when I come back, I would address you in a very polite manner,&quot; Duterte added.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m telling you how I&#x27;m going to behave. I said there&#x27;s gonna be a metamorphosis in the mind. Suddenly from a caterpillar, it blossoms into a butterfly,&quot; Duterte added.</p><p>READ: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/lifestyle/05/24/16/change-coming-from-nocturnal-mayor-to-diurnal-president" target="_blank"><strong>Change coming: From nocturnal mayor to diurnal president</strong></a><br/> </p><p>Duterte&#x27;s aide, Christopher Go, told ABS-CBN News last week that the mayor will no longer be nocturnal when he becomes president.</p><p>&quot;He told me he will adjust... He has to start early and finish work until matapos lahat. Kapag presidente na siya, once he assumes office, &#x27;di na siguro [pwede ang magpuyat],&quot; Go said. &quot;Working hours na iyan but pwede yang mag-extend hanggang gabi kung kakailanganin. Hindi uuwi yan hangga&#x27;t hindi matapos.&quot;</p><p>RELATED ARTICLE: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/blogs/opinions/05/11/16/opinion-change-will-come-it-begins-with-duterte-himself" target="_blank"><strong>Change will come, it begins with Duterte himself</strong></a><br/> </p>

President-elect Rodrigo Duterte said he is enjoying his time as a rude person while he still can.

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Change coming: Duterte vows to be 'presidential'

Rose Carmelle Lacuata,

ABS-CBN News

Published Jun 03, 2016 02:12 AM PHT

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Updated Jun 03, 2016 02:43 AM PHT

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