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Will Duterte's ex-wife cross paths with current partner on June 30?

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Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/06/23/elizabeth-zimmerman-062316.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Elizabeth Zimmerman with long-time photographer of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte, Rene Lumawag. <em>Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><h3>Elizabeth says she may ask to be seated separately from Honeylet</h3><p>DAVAO CITY - The former wife of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte said she may request that she and her children be seated separately from <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/nation/06/03/16/dutertes-partner-honeylet-is-former-beauty-queen">Cielito &#x27;Honeylet&#x27; Avanceña</a>, the current partner of the incoming chief executive, during the presidential inauguration.</p><p>Elizabeth Zimmerman refused to comment on how she will deal with Avanceña if they cross paths during Duterte’s inauguration in Malacanang on June 30.</p><p>“I cannot answer that but maybe I will ask somebody from the PMS [Presidential Management Staff] that we sit separately with my children and my grandchildren so they could sit also separately,” Zimmerman told reporters at the sidelines of a photo exhibit on Duterte&#x27;s early days as a politician.</p><p>“I’m there [inauguration] for my children, because if I’m not there, maybe my children will not attend. So I’m there for my children.”</p><p>Duterte and Zimmerman <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/nation/04/19/16/duterte-seldom-feels-guilt-sorry-psych-report">separated in July 1988</a>.</p><p>Zimmerman filed a petition to nullify their marriage and the court approved her petition two years later, ending their 27-year civil marriage. Their church marriage, however, is still valid.</p><p>READ: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/05/19/16/duterte-its-better-not-to-have-a-first-lady"><strong>Duterte: It&#x27;s better not to have a first lady</strong></a> </p><p>Duterte and Zimmerman have three children: Davao City Mayor-elect Sara Duterte, Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, and new heartthrob <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/video/lifestyle/05/18/16/kilalanin-social-media-heartthrob-baste-duterte">Sebastian Duterte</a>.</p><p>Duterte has a 12-year-old daughter with Avanceña named Veronica or Kitty.</p><figure class="op-social"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_3gqvpkL4yM" width="510"></iframe></figure><p>READ: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/video/focus/05/13/16/honeylet-avancea-kamay-na-bakal-sa-likod-ni-duterte"><strong>Honeylet Avancena, Duterte&#x27;s lady love</strong></a> </p>

Will President-elect Rodrigo Duterte's former wife, Elizabeth Zimmerman, cross paths with Duterte's common-law wife, Honeylet Avanceña, during the presidential inauguration on June 30?

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Will Duterte's ex-wife cross paths with current partner on June 30?

Dharel Placido,

ABS-CBN News

Published Jun 23, 2016 07:36 PM PHT

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