{"id":111942,"date":"2017-08-14T23:21:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T03:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=111942"},"modified":"2017-08-14T23:21:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T03:21:50","slug":"abella-duterte-supports-any-move-to-correct-govt-institutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/14\/abella-duterte-supports-any-move-to-correct-govt-institutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Abella: Duterte supports any move to \u2018correct\u2019 gov\u2019t institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_111946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111946\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/abella-1-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111946\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/abella-1-3.jpg\" alt=\"Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella (PNA Photo)\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/abella-1-3.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/abella-1-3-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2014 Malaca\u00f1ang on Monday said President Rodrigo Duterte is supportive of any move that would correct government institutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout making reference to any particular individual, the President is highly supportive of all moves that will set the Philippine government in order,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said during a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n<p>The Palace official issued the statement when asked if the President is supportive of the move to impeach Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Andres Bautista over allegations of unexplained wealth.<\/p>\n<p>Bautista is currently under fire after his wife, Patricia, alleged that the Comelec chief has PHP1 billion in ill-gotten wealth.<\/p>\n<p>Several lawmakers said the allegations against Bautista cast doubt on the integrity of the 2016 elections and are calling for his impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>Abella said the President has made it clear beforehand about his stand on corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe (Duterte) has been very clear about that and it&#8217;s one of his campaign promises. So each and every move that entails bringing about a correction in our institutions is welcome and I am sure he is supportive of,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Abella, however, clarified that his statements do not point to any specific individual.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is not in reference to any particular individual,\u201d he said. (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2014 Malaca\u00f1ang on Monday said President Rodrigo Duterte is supportive of any move that would correct government institutions. \u201cWithout &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":111946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[21199,6054],"class_list":["post-111942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-abella","tag-duterte","mauthors-jose-cielito-reganit","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}