{"id":165635,"date":"2018-05-30T23:32:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T03:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=165635"},"modified":"2018-05-30T23:32:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-31T03:32:52","slug":"duterte-to-joma-dont-worry-about-your-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/05\/30\/duterte-to-joma-dont-worry-about-your-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte to Joma : Don’t worry about your safety"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThere is no Aquino-style killing where I will shoot someone from behind,\u201d Duterte said in his speech during the Presidential Security Group (PSG) Change of Command.(PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Wednesday clarified his previous statement against Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria Sison, saying “Aquino-style” assassination will not happen to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no Aquino-style killing where I will shoot someone from behind,\u201d Duterte said in his speech during the Presidential Security Group (PSG) Change of Command.<\/p>\n

The President was apparently referring to former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino who was shot in the back as he got out of the plane that brought him to the Philippines from the United States on Aug. 21, 1981.<\/p>\n

Duterte had earlier threatened to kill Sison if the peace talks that the President wanted to be held in the Philippines fail.<\/p>\n

The President said that what he wanted to say was \u201cif it is not successful, then I will guarantee that he can go out of the country unhampered, unfettered, unbridled\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe does not have to worry about his safety. If you come home, do not worry about being killed. I will not do that,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

Duterte appealed anew to Sison to come home and discuss peace within a \u201csmall window of 60 days” the President has provided to the communist leader.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m giving you my word of honor. It is my word and I would say, you go home, let\u2019s talk earnestly, sincerely,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n

Duterte, however, said he would not give way to Sison\u2019s demand for a coalition government.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs long as you do not ask a coalition government, which I cannot give and will never give, you can come home and talk to me and the others, and maybe in the fullness of God\u2019s time we can achieve peace in our land,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Commander-in-Chief said his invitation to Sison to come home was in line with his desire to achieve peace not only with communist rebels but with other groups.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was elected by the people not only by the military and the police, but all, including the Moro, also have this desire and confidence to talk to us about peace,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy job is not go to war. My job cannot be killing our own countrymen. My job, my task, my mandate is to give peace to everybody,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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