President Rodrigo Duterte stated anew on Tuesday that the boyfriend of singer, actress Agot Isidro, senatorial bet Pilo Hilbay, is gay.

"Itong si Hilbay... P***** i** na 'to. Naging solicitor general wala namang gawa. Pinuno yung opisina niya ng mga bakla," Duterte said at the PDP-Laban campaign rally in Cagayan.

"Hilbay, isang bak--, ang girlfriend niya, si Agot Isidro. 'Yun namang boyfriend niya, bakla," he added.

Hilbay, running for senator under the opposition slate Otso Diretso, previously responded to the statement of the President and had set things straight about his gender.

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"Ser, lalake po, na naniniwalang hindi kabawasan ang maging member ng LGBT," he had said in a Twitter post.

Further, the President also dropped the name of his staunch critic, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV.

"Si Trillanes bakla o lalaki? Ayaw niyong maniwala? Magtanong kayo ng kaibigan ninyong bakla. Sige, hinahamon ko kayo. Magtanong kayo," he said.

While raising discussions about being gay in his speech, Duterte appealed to the members of the LGBT in the crowd not to get mad at him. —LDF, GMA News