DUTERTE SAID "I SHAKE TREES TO STIMULATE TO SEE IF ANYONE IS ALIVE"

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After his controversial tirades to the Roman Catholic faith, calling their c and while the growing dismay and reactions of the netizens had become heavy to the Palace. President Rodrigo Duterte has created a three-man committee to hold a dialogue with Catholic and other religious group leaders to patch the boundaries between the church and the state.

But the Malacanang stated that they will insist the separation of the two institutions following the mandates of the rule of law of the land.

“I am doing it deliberately. You know why? This country is in the doldrums. I am shaking the tree to see that they are alive. I am shaking the tree so even my words are rude and I am trying to see the boundaries [of free expression],” the President said.