{"id":153870,"date":"2018-02-22T21:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T02:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=153870"},"modified":"2018-02-22T21:00:13","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T02:00:13","slug":"duterte-on-rapplers-reporter-ban-i-am-invoking-executive-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/22\/duterte-on-rapplers-reporter-ban-i-am-invoking-executive-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte on Rappler\u2019s reporter ban: ‘I am invoking executive action’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Duterte said Rappler’s reporters would be allowed to cover again his events if the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would declare it 100 percent Filipino-owned online news outfit.(Photo: <\/a>Rappler\/Facebook)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he was \u201cinvoking executive action\u201d when he issued directive to ban Rappler\u2019s reporter Pia Ranada from covering Malacanang events.<\/p>\n

Duterte said Rappler’s reporters would be allowed to cover again his events if the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would declare it 100 percent Filipino-owned online news outfit.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause it is not a legitimate agency according to SEC. So I am now invoking executive action based on the SEC ruling,\u201d Duterte said in a media interview following his visit to the wake of Joana Demafelis in Sara, Iloilo.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they say they are now legitimate, they can enter (Malacanang) again. No problem with me. But unless they are not legitimate, since it is not Filipino-owned, that is illegal,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Duterte said Rappler might be Central Intelligence Agency-sponsored \u201cbecause CIA has been known to \u2013 well, the Rappler, if you will read, it takes every chance, if there\u2019s a chance, to undermine you.\u201d<\/p>\n

“That is the history of America, CIA, and \u2018yung political dissenters,\u00a0inaalagan nila at<\/em>\u00a0eventually mamili\u00a0\u2018yan sila ng kandidado na mautusan nila kagaya nito ngayon<\/em>\u00a0(That is the history of America, CIA and those political dissenters, they are taking care of them and eventually pick a candidate whom they can dictate just like this one),\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque explained that Rappler\u2019s reporter was allowed to cover Malacanang despite SEC\u2019s decision on Jan. 11 revoking its registration for violating foreign equity restrictions in mass media \u201cbecause of liberality of the President.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLiberality ceased because of her insistence that her fake news was in fact news. It\u2019s not really the fact that she reported fake news, but her insistence after the Senate hearing that her story was still true that really led to the decision to ban her,\u201d Roque said in a media interview in Iloilo.<\/p>\n

Roque said the directive to ban Rappler\u2019s reporters from the entire Malacanang complex was issued at 2pm on Feb. 20 (Tuesday).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot allow anyone into the President\u2019s home especially a person who insists on disrespecting the home by reporting fake news,\u201d the Palace spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s not make it freedom of the press issue; spreading fake news inside somebody\u2019s home is coarseness,\u201d he added.\u00a0(PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0— President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he was \u201cinvoking executive action\u201d when he issued directive to ban Rappler\u2019s reporter …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":146634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[15359,43727,13135,43314],"class_list":["post-153870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-harry-roque","tag-pia-ranada","tag-president-rodrigo-duterte","tag-rappler","mauthors-jelly-musico","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153870","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=153870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}