President Rodrigo Duterte has no plans of staying long in Kuwait even if he’s dead set on visiting the Gulf state out of gratitude.
In a speech before newly elected barangay chiefs of CALABARZON Thursday (June 14), Duterte expressed gratitude to Kuwait for agreeing to all of his demands for the contents of the agreement for the protection of Filipino migrant workers.
Among the President’s demands which were included in the contract is the prohibition on employers’ confiscation of the Filipino workers, a mandatory one day off, and the freedom to cook their own food and practice their own religion.
“So about seven of them were granted. That’s why I’m going to Kuwait. Huwag kayong mag-alala. I will just take the commercial flight. Mag-commercial lang ako just to say ‘salamat po’ and then I’ll take the next available flight back home. Just to show our gratitude,” he said in Laguna.
Duterte lashed out at Kuwait for the “inhumane” treatment of Filipino workers after the body of domestic helper Joanna Demafelis was found in a freezer in February.
The incident led to the ban on deployment of Filipino workers to Kuwait for a few months.
Duterte lifted the deployment ban after the agreement with Kuwait was signed.
In a speech before newly elected barangay chiefs of CALABARZON Thursday (June 14), Duterte expressed gratitude to Kuwait for agreeing to all of his demands for the contents of the agreement for the protection of Filipino migrant workers.
Among the President’s demands which were included in the contract is the prohibition on employers’ confiscation of the Filipino workers, a mandatory one day off, and the freedom to cook their own food and practice their own religion.
“So about seven of them were granted. That’s why I’m going to Kuwait. Huwag kayong mag-alala. I will just take the commercial flight. Mag-commercial lang ako just to say ‘salamat po’ and then I’ll take the next available flight back home. Just to show our gratitude,” he said in Laguna.
Duterte lashed out at Kuwait for the “inhumane” treatment of Filipino workers after the body of domestic helper Joanna Demafelis was found in a freezer in February.
The incident led to the ban on deployment of Filipino workers to Kuwait for a few months.
Duterte lifted the deployment ban after the agreement with Kuwait was signed.
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