MANILA \u2013 The former mayor of the southern city of Davao, Rodrigo Roa Duterte formally took his oath on Thursday noon as the Philippines\u2019 16th chief executive.<\/p>\n
Duterte replaced outgoing Pres. Benigno Aquino III who arrived around 10:25 a.m. in Malaca\u00f1ang.<\/p>\n
The two met for over 30 minutes at the President\u2019s Hall Sala before Aquino was given departure honors at the Palace Grounds.<\/p>\n
After the final military honors highlighted by 21-gun salute was given for Aquino, the incoming and outgoing leaders of the country talked again very briefly before Duterte escorted his predecessor to the vehicle that brought Aquino to his residence at Times Street in Quezon City.<\/p>\n
After the singing of national anthem and a joint prayer, veteran singer Freddie Aguilar sang Duterte\u2019s campaign jingle \u201cDuterte para sa Tunay ng Pagbabago\u201d to the tune of Aguilar\u2019s famous song \u201cIpaglaban Mo.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then incumbent Senate President Franklin Drilon read the Joint Resolution No. 1 of the Congress, sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal, proclaiming Rodrigo Duterte and Ma. Leonor \u201cLeni\u201d Robredo as winners of the presidential and vice presidential elections last May 9, 2016.<\/p>\n
In a simple ceremony attended by around 600 guests at the Rizal Hall in Malaca\u00f1ang Palace, Duterte was sworn in by Supreme Court Associate Justice Bienvenido Reyes, with his left hand placed on top of the Bible held by his youngest daughter, Veronica.<\/p>\n
The oath-taking was witnessed by Duterte’s children, Paolo, Sarah, and Sebastian.<\/p>\n
Among the guests present during the ceremony were former Presidents Fidel V. Ramos and Joseph Ejercito Estrada.<\/p>\n
After taking his oath as President, President Duterte administered the mass oath-taking of his Cabinet members.<\/p>\n
The new President also met with members of the Diplomatic Corps led by new Department of Foreign Affairs Sec. Perfecto Yasay at the President\u2019s Hall. The President offered a toast to which the Papal Nuncio delivered a response.<\/p>\n
Living up to his promise to hit the ground running right after his inauguration, President Duterte held his first meeting with his Cabinet members at the Aguinaldo State Dining Room before concluding the inauguration day with a tour of the Presidential Museum and Library.<\/p>\n
Duterte, winning by a landslide victory in the May polls, is the first Philippine president from Mindanao.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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