PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. shrugged off the latest tirades of former President Rodrigo Duterte on his foreign trips as “pasyal.”

Marcos is on a weeklong working visit in Germany and Czech Republic.

“Ito ‘yung schedule ko o. San yung pasyal? This is my schedule for today. Where is the pasyal? Wala. Ayan o ‘yung kasama ko rito, kasama nyo kami. We don’t make pasyal,” Marcos said.

“Even in the places that I know where I’ve spent a lot of time with, hindi ko napupuntahan yung mga dati kong pinupuntahan because we’re here to do this,” Marcos added.

Meanwhile, Marcos is confused with Duterte’s change of tune on Charter Change.

“And as to the other comments, nako-confuse kasi ako sa–kay PRRD kung bakit papalit-palit e. So I’ll have to examine it further really kasi very kulang ang naririnig ang balita at ang kaniyang mga remarks,” Marcos said.

“So, tingnan ko muna kung ano ba talaga ang sinabi niya para maintindihan ko dahil hindi ko talaga naintindihan kasi parang naiiba. Bawat salita niya iba e. So, I will try to make sense of it,” Marcos added.

Duterte is celebrating his 79th birthday March 28.

Asked what is President’s wish, Marcos said “Well, yes. We will, of course, wish him a happy birthday, and many happy returns. At talaga namang that is, alam mo naman tayong mga Pilipino ginagalang natin ‘yung mga very important occasions na ganiyan.”

“Like I told you before, although there is an official greeting from the Office of the President, there will also be greeting. Personal ko namang kilala si PRRD. So, like I told you many times before, hindi ako namemersonal. Para sa akin, hindi naman madali, pero nahihiwalay ko ‘yung trabaho at saka ‘yung personal. So, I don’t see a problem there,” Marcos said.

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