{"id":168241,"date":"2018-06-28T23:27:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T03:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=168241"},"modified":"2018-06-28T23:27:57","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T03:27:57","slug":"people-always-listen-to-the-president-for-different-reasons-lacson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/28\/people-always-listen-to-the-president-for-different-reasons-lacson\/","title":{"rendered":"People always listen to the President for different reasons: Lacson"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: \u201cIt is good advice, but may not be applicable because her father is the President of the Republic,\u201d Lacson said in a statement. (Photo<\/a>: PTV\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday said that Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte\u2019s advice to the public not to listen to her father, President Rodrigo Duterte, interpret religious texts may be good but not applicable since people always listen to the head of the state, albeit for different reasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is good advice, but may not be applicable because her father is the President of the Republic,\u201d Lacson said in a statement.<\/p>\n

He said that when the President speaks in public, people will listen for different personal reasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he talks, Filipinos listen for different reasons – some are waiting for his mistakes so they can have a field day criticizing him; others want to be informed, so they will learn and be guided by his policy statements; the rest may simply want to be entertained, and make their day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn any case, we all listen,\u201d Lacson said.<\/p>\n

But for Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, the President should be responsible for his statements since, as head of state, all his statements must have the presumption of truth.<\/p>\n

\u201cSa akin, siya ay Presidente ng Pilipinas. Dapat<\/em>\u00a0responsible\u00a0siya sa bawat salita na lumalabas sa bibig niya. Hindi yung mga Pilipino o yung mga nakakarinig sa salita niya ang bahalang mag-<\/em>filter\u00a0kung ano ang paniniwalaan o hindi<\/em>\u00a0(For me, he is the President of the Philippines. He should be responsible for every word that comes out of his mouth. It’s not for Filipino people or those who hear his words to decide what they should believe or not to believe),\u201d Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said during the Kapihan sa Senado news forum.<\/p>\n

\u201cDapat lahat ng sinasabi ng Pangulo ng bansa ay may<\/em>\u00a0presumption\u00a0na ito ay totoo at ito ay tama<\/em>\u00a0(Everything what the President of the country says should have a presumption of truth and accuracy),\u201d Trillanes said.<\/p>\n

Both the senators\u2019 statements were in reaction to Sara Duterte\u2019s appeal to Filipinos not to listen to her father when he talks about the Bible or the Quran as the President is not a priest or an imam.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease do not listen to him interpret the bible or quran, he is not a priest, a pastor or an imam. He is the President, listen only when he speaks about his work. And criticize him on his work not on his \u2018talkkalese,\u201d the younger Duterte said on her Instagram post Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo not waste your negative energy on his interpretation of the bible; that is his opinion. He is protected by the Constitutional right to freedom of speech and expression even if he is President,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

This was after President Duterte drew flak for his remarks about God during his speech at the National Information and Communications (ICT) Summit in Davao City on Friday.<\/p>\n

While mentioning the Bible\u2019s creation story, Duterte stated: “Adam ate it then malice was born. Who is this stupid God?”<\/p>\n

Duterte said that it did not make sense how God created \u201csomething perfect\u201d and then \u201cthink of an event that would tempt and destroy the quality of your work.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his speech, however, the President asserted his belief in a \u201cuniversal mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

Malaca\u00f1ang officials have since defended President Duterte\u2019s remarks, stressing that it was his \u201cpersonal belief\u201d which he, and anyone else, had the right to express.<\/p>\n

\u201cIyan po ay personal na paninindigan ng Pangulo. Alam ninyo iyong ating kalayaan ng malayang pananampalataya, kasama po iyan yun sa wala kang paniniwalaan na pananampalataya<\/em>\u00a0(This is the personal belief of the President. You know, the freedom of religion includes the freedom not to believe in religion),\u201d Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Monday in a radio interview.<\/p>\n

He further said that Duterte\u2019s remarks were deeply rooted from his unpleasant experience being allegedly molested by a priest when he was studying at the Jesuit-run Ateneo de Davao University.<\/p>\n

Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo, for his part, said that Duterte was not insulting or calling God stupid but merely \u201cquestioning\u201d the theory of creation, comparing the President to academicians and scientists who also questioned the story of creation.<\/p>\n

He added that he saw Duterte\u2019s statements against Catholicism as no different from other religions who also questioned other faiths.<\/p>\n

And like Roque, Panelo said that Duterte was merely \u201cexpressing\u201d his opinion because it was a concern \u201cpersonal\u201d to him and that the 1987 Constitution itself gave Filipinos the right to express themselves provided laws are not violated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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