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'Masamang damo 'yan': Trillanes dismisses rumors on Duterte's health

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Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/08/22/20180822-duterte-trillanes.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Composite</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA- &quot;Nagpapaawa lang yan.&quot;This is how opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV described President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s supposed health problems.Trillanes on Wednesday said he believes Duterte is simply using issues on his health as a distraction over more pressing national concerns such as the rising prices of commodities.Trillanes said he suspects that the &quot;coma gimmick&quot; may have even come from the President&#x27;s camp.“Masamang damo yan si Duterte kaya hindi yan mamamatay kaagad. Nagda-drama lang yan para kaawaan,” he said.(Duterte is like a weed that&#x27;s why he won&#x27;t die easily. He is only seeking pity from the public.)Rumors over the President&#x27;s health spread after Communist Party of the Philippines founding chairman Joma Sison said he has received a report that Duterte has fallen into a coma over the weekend.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/20/18/palace-denies-jomas-claim-duterte-is-ill">Palace denies Joma&#x27;s claim Duterte is ill</a></li></ul>The President has debunked the claim after appearing in a Facebook live video on Monday.But Trillanes believes Duterte only wanted to divert the public.“Nagpapaawa lang yan…I believe he is healthy kaso tamad. Hindi niya ginagawa ang kaniyang mga tungkulin na magbigay ng solusyon sa mga problema ng bayan,” the senator said.“Ang primary objective nila dyan ay para kaawaan ng mga Pilipino, para hindi siya sisihin dito sa mga nagtataasang presyo ng mga bilihin,” he added.(He is only seeking pity. I believe he is healthy but lazy. He is not doing his job to provide solutions to the country&#x27;s problems.)(Their primary objective is to gain the sympathy of Filipinos so he will not be blamed over the rising prices of commodities.)<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/21/18/duterte-tells-sison-matagal-pa-ako">Duterte tells Sison: Matagal pa ako</a></li></ul>

Trillanes said he suspects that the "coma gimmick" may have even come from the President's camp.

Trillanes said he suspects that the "coma gimmick" may have even come from the President's camp.

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'Masamang damo 'yan': Trillanes dismisses rumors on Duterte's health

Sherrie Ann Torres,

ABS-CBN News

Published Aug 22, 2018 07:20 PM PHT

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