{"id":169262,"date":"2018-07-04T07:17:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T11:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=169262"},"modified":"2018-07-04T07:17:31","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T11:17:31","slug":"palace-on-killings-attempt-to-erode-confidence-in-pres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/04\/palace-on-killings-attempt-to-erode-confidence-in-pres\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace on killings: Attempt to erode confidence in Pres"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE:\u00a0Roque was reacting to Akbayan party-list Representative Tom Villarin (YANCY LIM\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Malaca\u00f1ang found the recent slays of mayors as attempts to undermine the public\u2019s confidence on President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe continue to adhere to the rule of law and consider the recent killings of high-profile figures as an attempt to erode confidence in the President, whose main platform of governance rests on fighting crimes,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, Jr. said in a statement on Wednesday, July 4.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no culture of impunity in the Philippines as we do not condone any state-sponsored killing,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson then mentioned that the administration\u2019s focus on security and restoration of order in the community cannot be deterred.<\/p>\n

He also said that the people\u2019s acknowledgement and trust on Duterte as \u201cthe protector of people\u201d is evident with the surveys revealing the Filipino\u2019s high satisfaction, approval, trust, and performance ratings.<\/p>\n

Roque was reacting to Akbayan party-list Representative Tomasito “Tom” Villarin, who said that the President\u2019s consistent verbal attacks against various institutions upholding the rule of law, led to a \u201cvicious cycle of violence that destroys society.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Villarin, this was also born out of \u201ca weakened state and a population desperate for security thereby pushing everyone to bad decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe free license was given by President Duterte himself by making it clear that no one will face legal repercussions for the extrajudicial killings that are done in pursuit of his anti-illegal drug policy and tagged in the so-called Duterte\u2019s reversed \u2018Schindler\u2019s list’ where those in it are not for saving,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuterte is exploiting the public’s insecurity and fear, and demonstrated by his willingness to go any length to get results,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Villarin\u2019s statement came after the consecutive slays of mayors from Luzon this week.<\/p>\n

On Monday morning, Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili was reportedly shot dead with a sniper during a flag-raising ceremony in front of the town\u2019s hall.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on Tuesday afternoon, General Tinio, Nueva Ecija Mayor Ferdinand Bote was killed in a shooting incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Malaca\u00f1ang found the recent slays of mayors as attempts to undermine the public\u2019s confidence on President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. \u201cWe …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":160926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[15359,2444],"class_list":["post-169262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-harry-roque","tag-rodrigo-duterte","mauthors-bea-kirstein-t-manalaysay","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169262","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=169262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}