A potential breaking up of the camp of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte this early has been prevented by a simple apology to one of the key supporters of the country’s presumptive new leader.

In a news conference on Friday, Peter Laviña, Duterte’s transition team spokesman, said the presumptive President’s inability to meet with Pastor Apollo Quiboloy was “not intentional.”

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