[WATCH] Duterte under fire for cursing Pope Francis

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Monday came under fire for cursing at Pope Francis after he allegedly got caught in a traffic jam during the Catholic leader’s visit in the Philippines in January.

Duterte was irate over the bad traffic situation in Metro Manila when he cursed at the Pope.

The Davao mayor, during his speech on Monday at the Century Park hotel where he was formally declared PDP-Laban standard-bearer, said he got stuck for 5 hours in a traffic gridlock because of Pope Francis.

“From the hotel to the airport, alam mo inabot kami ng… limang oras. Sabi ko bakit? Sabi pinasarado daw,” he said.

Duterte said a friend told him that the traffic jam was caused by the Pope’s arrival.

“Gusto kong tawagan, ‘Pope p******* ka umuwi ka na. ‘Wag ka nang magbisita dito,’” Duterte said.

This drew laughter from some of his supporters in the audience.

However, this was not received well by other people, including Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda.

“Mayor Duterte, you can say all you want about politicians but you don’t curse my Pope Francis! #defendthepope,” Lacierda said on Twitter.

Mayor Duterte, you can say all you want about politicians but you don't curse my Pope Francis! #defendthepope

— Edwin Lacierda (@dawende) November 30, 2015

Duterte’s outburst also drew flak from other people.

Not the Pope, duterte. Not this time.

— Van Cblz (@vncblz) November 30, 2015

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Source: www.abs-cbnnews.com