10-26-2016, 09:41 AM
https://asiancorrespondent.com/2016/10/p...sinessmen/
Quote:Philippines: ‘Go ahead, pack your bags’, Duterte tells US businessmenhttp://newsletter.thaivisa.com/l/jzQgFpy...TuMSnatT1w
By Asian Correspondent Staff
MANILA: -- PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday fired yet another salvo against the United States, this time telling the long-time ally’s investors and businessmen that they can opt to pack up and leave the Philippines if his vulgar and scathing remarks have caused unease among the business community.
Responding to visiting U.S. State Department Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Daniel Russel’s assertion that conflicting statements by Duterte were creating a “climate of uncertainty”, Duterte said he was not worried about U.S. businesses leaving the Philippines.
“Go ahead. Pack your bags. We will sacrifice. We will recover, I assure you,” he said before boarding a flight to Japan for a three-day official visit to Tokyo, as quoted by The Philippine Star.