A Letter to the President: What I Think About You


 September 13, 2021

President Rodrigo Road Duterte

Malakanyang Palace

San Miguel, Manila

Metro Manila

Dear President Duterte

I have never written a letter to a president before, but I felt that if anyone were to read my letter, you would.

At the start of your term, I thought you were ruthless and lead the country as what’s right in your eyes, seeing those people who were killed from the “tokhang” operation you started, watching the family members of those who were killed by the police. If I’m being honest I didn’t like you as not just a president but as person at the start… BUT as the saying goes “don’t judge a book by its cover", and indeed you proved that saying to me, the reason is that you are not just a ruthless lead but an effective one at that.

So to you president, I humbly ask for forgiveness from what I thought you were, for all the assumptions I made in my head or to my family.


Sincerely

Joel John Carlo Orio


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