President Rodrigo Duterte admitted that he’s already losing sleep because of thinking about the current situation of the country amid the COVID-19 crisis.
In his televised address on April 6, Duterte said that he’s thinking about where to get the money to help the people if ever that the crisis continues in the country in the upcoming months.
“Hindi natin gusto ‘yan. Ayaw ko — ayaw kong magkulong ng tao. It gives me nightmares kaya ako pumayat. Kasi ako ‘pag nagising ng gabi, ‘pag umihi ako, hindi ako bumabalik sa kama. Diresto ako sa lounging chair at mag-isip na ako maabutan ako ng daybreak magtingin ako sa labas sa bintana paano ko… Sa akin lahat eh,” Duterte said.
“Maghiram o mag… The 100 billion pesos for one month or the 270 billion pesos for two months ‘yan naka-program na as earlier estimated is not enough. I’m calling on the Secretary of Finance to generate. Magnakaw ka, maghiram ka, wala akong pakialam, i produce mo ‘yung pera kasi ‘pag naubos na ito… Hindi ko malaman,” he added.
According to him, he’s already desperate on trying to solve the problem in the country that forced everyone living in Luzon to stay at home and the businesses to close.
“Ako, desperado na rin. Sabi ko nga nakatutok ako sa bintana makita ko na lang nag lu… May tulog ako? Kanina nagising ako mga three plus. ‘Pagka dalawang beses ako umihi before getting to bed. And once talagang mag-ihi ako isang beses then umaga na,” the President stated.
“Iyong gabi, nagising ako, nakatutok ako sa madilim na langit. Well, it’s a
private thing but nagdadasal ako. Basta nagdasal ako para sa bayan ko. Eh
kasi ‘yung iba, iba ang Diyos nila eh,” he added.
Even Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Wednesday said that the President is having a hard time to get a sleep.
However, they’re confident that the President is in good health.
“Sa totoo lang po nakita naman natin ang itsura niya. He’s actually fit and healthy, but gaya nga ng sinabi niya eh hindi siya makatulog nang wasto sapagkat iniisip niya ang problema ng ating bayan,” Panelo said
“So other than lack of sleep, eh mukha namang okay si Presidente,” he added.
Panelo also assured the public that the 75-year-old chief executive was being protected well from the virus.