{"id":176989,"date":"2018-08-15T23:08:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T03:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=176989"},"modified":"2018-08-15T23:08:13","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T03:08:13","slug":"no-option-pick-next-president-vp-drilon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/15\/no-option-pick-next-president-vp-drilon\/","title":{"rendered":"No other option to pick next president but VP: Drilon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_162916\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162916\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Leni-Robredo-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-162916\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Leni-Robredo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Leni-Robredo-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Leni-Robredo-1-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-162916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Wala pong\u00a0option\u00a0sa ating Saligang Batas. Kung magbitiw po ang Pangulo, ang Pangalawang Pangulo ang mag-assume\u00a0ng\u00a0position,&#8221; Drilon told reporters in an interview.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VPLeniRobredoPH\/photos\/ms.c.eJxFkduNRTEIAztamTf039jqwIX8jpwxEHIhVJlClKD0Ry5EAAqiqPQDOSAWuAYQVgfEO2HVAFURLaVcoD4tl9D4HEG6wKwBfIFDPFT8HN4Jr5eoAbygejD3Gwzj4FzA6MRv229S6YTZ7TIOjktMS15Lzhxxc~_Qkgn8O4vykDCxA15rvkUkGyF3deW5a96TaQQuQ2keme6ID7AHqJ~_~_juKUuz2GdUFkQ3A4~_UDO64KQzRzwHxrE3JRpAd~_SS2fYS3C0Z12JTq~;IPGIOA5w~-~-.bps.a.1631099317007730.1073742160.283945495056459\/1631099697007692\/?type=3&amp;amp;theater\"> (File photo: VP Leni Robredo\/Facebook)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>&#8212; There is no other option to select the next President of the Philippines aside from the assumption of the sitting vice president, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The explanation comes following musings from President Rodrigo Duterte on his readiness to step down if the likes of Senator Chiz Escudero and former senator Ferdinand &#8220;Bongbong&#8221; Marcos Jr. will succeed him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Wala pong<\/em>\u00a0option\u00a0<em>sa ating Saligang Batas. Kung magbitiw po ang Pangulo, ang Pangalawang Pangulo ang mag<\/em>-assume\u00a0<em>ng<\/em>\u00a0position,&#8221; Drilon told reporters in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>(There are no other options in our Constitution. If the president will step down, the vice president will assume the position.)<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said the chief executive may have been saying these out of frustration but he believes he will not surrender. &#8220;<em>Nasasabi lang niya &#8216;yon. Siguro dahil nga pagod<\/em>\u00a0(That might be musings because of exhaustion).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But should the president resign, Sotto answering to a theoretical question, said the government will run as usual.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As I&#8217;ve said, our government is stable,\u00a0<em>may<\/em>\u00a0system,<em>\u00a0may<\/em>\u00a0structure a<em>ng gobyerno natin, kahit sinong nakaupo tatakbo &#8216;yan<\/em>\u00a0(As I&#8217;ve said, our government is stable, the government has a system and a structure, it will run as usual no matter who is in the position),&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, President Duterte floated the possibility of his resignation due to frustration with corruption problems in the Philippines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA&#8212; There is no other option to select the next President of the Philippines aside from the assumption of the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":162916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176989","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=176989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}