“The kiss was made to excite the audience. It means nothing to me, to him. I swear,” she said.
Gabriela was saddened that the woman had to defend that the act has no malice.
“It is unfortunate that the woman found it her obligation to publicly defend the act as ‘no malice,’ when it is the president who is duty-bound to explain not only because it was upon his prodding but he is bound as a public official by rules of ethics to explain his unruly act,” the group said.
“Consent or no consent, malice or no malice, this is outrageous, repulsive, unacceptable behavior,” Every Woman stressed.
Duterte, in the past, has been called a sexist and a misogynist for his comments on women.
Just last month, Duterte said that the next ombudsman should not be a woman and that some jobs are not for women, implying that they cannot withstand threats and intimidations.
Duterte’s officials and supporters usually dismiss such comments as instances of “sarcasm” or part of the president’s supposed humor.
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