MANILA — Where does President Rodrigo Duterte want to be laid to rest? The Libingan ng mga Bayani isn't one of his options.

"When I die, burn my body. Cremation. At ilagay mo lang ako sa tabi ng nanay pati tatay ko," Duterte told the Filipino community on Tuesday during a state visit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

(When I die, burn my body. Cremation. Then place my ashes beside the body of my mother and father.)

Duterte said he doesn't want to be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, like his predecessors.

"Ayaw ko 'yang sa Libingan ng mga Bayani. Maraming krus doon, naka-linya, ganoon. Eh buti lang sana kung isa lang asawa ko. Dalawang asawa ko," Duterte said without elaborating.

(I don't like the Libingan ng mga Bayani. There are many crosses lined up there. If I had one wife, maybe, but I have two wives.)

Among those who can be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani besides presidents are Medal of Valor awardees, secretaries of national defense, chiefs of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, war veterans and national artists, among others.

Former presidents Elpidio Quirino, Carlos P. Garcia, Diosdado Macapagal and Ferdinand Marcos are interred at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.

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