{"id":132410,"date":"2017-11-19T21:56:49","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T02:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=132410"},"modified":"2017-11-19T21:56:49","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T02:56:49","slug":"de-lima-warns-duterte-revolutionary-govt-supporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/19\/de-lima-warns-duterte-revolutionary-govt-supporters\/","title":{"rendered":"De Lima warns Duterte, revolutionary gov’t supporters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Sen. Leila de Lima (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Senator Leila de Lima, on November 19, warned the President and the supporters of his threat of a revolutionary government to be careful of what they wish for.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should never welcome a military takeover. But because of this infantile call for [Rodrigo Roa] Duterte to declare a revolutionary government, that is exactly what we might end up with, and Duterte\u2019s head at the end of a stake,\u201d de Lima said.<\/p>\n

The detained Senator was referring to the President\u2019s threat in October, citing allegations of destabilization attempts against his administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cA revolutionary government means the abrogation of the Constitution, the only thing that is keeping Duterte president of the country. Without the Constitution, there is no longer any legal basis for keeping Duterte in power,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

De Lima was specific in pointing the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) as the institution to likely grab power in the situation, and this might\u00a0ruin Duterte.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far as I am concerned, the military has no particular reason why it should want to keep Duterte as President in the absence of the 1987 Constitution,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She then added, \u201cHis record in kowtowing to China and selling out the Spratlys is notorious among the generals and junior officers. The AFP has never felt any affinity to the number one external security threat to the Philippines.\u201d<\/p>\n

For de Lima, the sooner the AFP realizes that Duterte, is a \u201ccivilian leader who has not shown any resolve in asserting the Philippines\u2019 victory\u201d regarding the country\u2019s territories in the West Philippine Sea and his threat for a revolutionary government is \u201cnow the country\u2019s most immediate domestic threat,\u201d it will grab power for itself.<\/p>\n

The President on November 18 complained that his statement about a revolutionary government was cut so it was easy for people to judge him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said if things go out of control at tumagilid \u2018yung gobyerno<\/em>, \u2018yun ang <\/em>predicate ko <\/em>(and the government falls, that is my predicate). It was not an outright statement na mag-<\/em>revo \u2013 alam mo na <\/em>(to start a revolution)… when people\u2026People judge best when they condemn,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cKasi ang<\/em> statement ko, pinaghati,<\/em> chop-chop \u2018yan <\/em>(Because my statement was chopped). And only what is good for a public criticism will come out,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He further stressed that he did not like Martial Law especially its restrictions and he just wanted to warn any attempts to \u2018topple\u2019 his government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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