{"id":169018,"date":"2018-07-03T07:54:29","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T11:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=169018"},"modified":"2018-07-03T07:54:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T11:54:29","slug":"palace-on-duterte-church-there-should-be-a-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/03\/palace-on-duterte-church-there-should-be-a-ceasefire\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace on Duterte, Church: There should be a ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: With this, Roque said, “Remember the President is also human.” (YANCY LIM\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Malaca\u00f1ang asked for a \u201cceasefire\u201d between the Chief Executive and the Church on Tuesday, July 3.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, Jr. called for this midst the tension between President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and several Church leaders, and institutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always bilateral. If there\u2019s going to be a cessation of hostile language, it has to be from both institutions,\u201d he told the reporters in a press briefing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s not just the President who should be told that as we hold this dialogue, that perhaps there should be a ceasefire. It should also be told to some Church leaders as well,\u201d Roque continued.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the spokesperson cited an opinion piece by Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo saying that \u201cGod did not give us Duterte to be our President. The 16 million voters chose him to be President and he is now President. But God can write straight with crooked lines. Even from something bad, good can come out.\u201d<\/p>\n

The piece read that while Duterte was elected by 16 million voters, it was \u201cnot even the majority\u201d of the 50 million Filipino voters in 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is not even a majority president,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

With this, Roque said, \u201cRemember, the President is also human. He will react if he reads something again prominently reported in the media.\u201d<\/p>\n

The spokesperson said that if \u201cthey\u201d can talk, Dutert could also talk back.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really a dialogue. It\u2019s a two-way street. Tell also the auxiliary bishop that perhaps he should not have said what he said,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

Roque also stressed that the President will not interfere and will allow religious institutions have their freedom-respecting it \u2013 but it will always be a conversation.<\/p>\n

The word war between Duterte and the Church began with his controversial speech when he called God \u201cstupid\u201d and questioned several verses in the Bible such as the Creation and the Last Supper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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