A speech by Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte was briefly disrupted after a cockroach crawled on his shoulder in a campaign rally days before the Philippine elections.
President Duterte seemed unfazed when the toilet bound cockroach scrambled onto his shoulder as he addressed a campaign rally on Wednesday night.
Duterte, 74, was endorsing Senate candidates at the event in central Bohol province when the insect ran up his left shoulder, video footage showed.
A female aide hurried forward to flick the dirty bug off, but it ran down the front of the president’s shirt.
Alerted by his anxious aide, Duterte swatted the roach away.
He then stomped on the floor and joked that the insect may have been planted by the main opposition Liberal party.
“It’s Liberal! That’s for sure,” Duterte said to laughter from the crowd.
Duterte then continued with the rest of his two-hour speech.