Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte wants to keep Davao house for sentimental reasons
Rodrigo Duterte has stepped in to defuse a potential family feud over his Davao City house that was put up for sale, saying he is unwilling to offload the property due to its sentimental value.
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Duterte's partner Honeylet Avancena said she was seeking buyers for the residence, citing her emotional concerns ever since the Davao mayor was held in a detention centre in The Hague over his charges linked to his war on drugs, in which thousands of purported dealers and users were killed.
'It hurts my chest every time I go inside. I'm the only one who enters now. There are four house helpers, but no master,' Avancena told radio station DZRH.
'We abandoned it after what happened. I cannot sleep there any more because the lawyers asked us to install CCTV even inside the bedroom.'
A 'for sale' sign was seen in front of the house over the weekend, but it later disappeared.
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Paolo Duterte, the ex-leader's lawmaker son, said the home was the first his father bought with his own money, and he 'doesn't want to let it go'.
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