MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr called for calm on Wednesday after gunshots were fired at the Senate, insisting his government had no involvement in the incident and did not know who was responsible.
Marcos in a video message also said there was no instruction to arrest Senator Dela Rosa, adding: “We will get to the bottom of this.”
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—Reporting by Karen Lema and Mikhail Flores; Writing by Martin Petty
