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Duterte: Alvarez not Catholic so he can have many wives

Duterte: Alvarez not Catholic so he can have many wives

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President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez can have many wives because he is not a Catholic.

Speaking during the inauguration of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) crisis management center, Duterte said the number of Alvarez's wives shouldn't be an issue because he is not Christian.

"I've had my faults, plenty. But pera? Corruption? I have no money, but I have many wives. You said that you need money to have so many wives. My wives are all rich, just like the Speaker Alvarez. Now he is facing a disbarment. This is a world of hypocrisy. Sino bang walang babae dito?" he said.

"That should be a non-issue, actually. Kung alam ba ninyo, Speaker Alvarez is not a Catholic. He's just like me, his grandfather, Chinese. Ang nanay niya, Kalagan, Muslims. The Muslims of Davao. My lola is Maranao. I am half-Chinese, half-Maranao, but my father is a Cebuano," Duterte added.

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Duterte explained Alvarez can have many wives as long as he can support his children.

"Ganun kami kaya kahit magsabi 'yang Bebot na 'yan na apat, lima, wala tayong magagawa. He never converted to Christianity, so he's not bound by the rules of the number of women that you can have.

"If you are an atheist, you can have as much as you want. The thing there is that you are able to support the children," Duterte added.

Alvarez admitted that he had a girlfriend after Cathy Binag, the girlfriend of Davao del Norte 2nd District Rep. Antonio Floirendo Jr., claimed that it was her spat with Alvarez's girlfriend, Jennifer Maliwanag Vicencio, that triggered Alvarez's own spat with Floirendo.

Alvarez also admitted in a DZMM interview that he has "many" children out of wedlock. He is married to Emelita Alvarez with whom he has four children. He has four other children with other partners.

The Speaker is being threatened with disbarment after admitting his extra-marital relationships.

He has filed a complaint at the Ombudsman against Floirendo for graft over the government's allegedly anomalous lease of land to a firm "wholly owned" by the Floirendo family.

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