MANILA, Philippines — President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s inauguration will be held, as scheduled, in Malacañang on June 30. This was despite the tradition of holding presidential inaugurals at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila’s Rizal Park.
Incoming Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, after meeting with outgoing Presidential and Communications Operations Office Secretary Sonny Coloma Jr., on June 21 confirmed that the inauguration would be held at Malacañang’s Rizal Hall.
Reporters from newspapers, social media and other radio stations will be given monitors where they can watch the event live.
Only 500 guests are invited to the inauguration, 190 of them Duterte’s “personal guests” while the rest will be members of his cabinet, the diplomatic corps and congress.
Andanar also said, that Duterte told the members of his cabinet and other officials he would appoint not to bring their wives/spouses and other members of their families because of limited seats.
Andanar also said that the media would not be allowed to cover inside the palace except Duterte’s TV crew, the Radio-TV Malacañang (RTVM), which will feed the live video to TV networks. (Eagle News)