{"id":179728,"date":"2018-09-02T03:39:02","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T07:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=179728"},"modified":"2018-09-02T03:39:02","modified_gmt":"2018-09-02T07:39:02","slug":"2019-elections-will-clean-duterte-vows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/09\/02\/2019-elections-will-clean-duterte-vows\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 elections will be clean, Duterte vows"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cI will limit the firearms to only two. Uniformed security, dalawa lang (just two),\u201d Duterte said. (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The upcoming 2019 mid-term elections will be clean, President Rodrigo R. Duterte assured Friday, saying he will not allow intimidation and vote-buying to take place.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be clean. The votes will be cast and will be counted correctly,\u201d Duterte said during the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) leadership assembly in Pasay City on Friday.<\/p>\n

Duterte is national chairman of the PDP-Laban.<\/p>\n

Speaking before around 300 PDP-Laban members, Duterte emphasized that everyone, regardless of the political party, will be treated fairly.<\/p>\n

Duterte hailed PDP-Laban for being a \u201cprincipled [political] party,\u201d and encouraged its members to maintain the party\u2019s integrity.<\/p>\n

He then reassured them his full support and underscored that the public interest must be preserved and protected at all cost.<\/p>\n

Duterte said he would establish checkpoints nationwide to limit the number of security guards and firearms of the candidates and make sure that the campaign and election period is secured.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will limit the firearms to only two. Uniformed security, dalawa lang (just two),\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou must surrender your excess firearms. Do not go around in excess of about two. But we will assign every candidate security,\u00a0pero wala talaga yang<\/em>\u00a0(but there\u2019s really no) terrorism-terrorism na yan,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, PDP\u2019s public information committee chairman Ronwald Munsayac shared on his official Facebook account the list of personalities who might possibly run under the President\u2019s political party.<\/p>\n

They are PDP-Laban members Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III; Special assistant to the President Christopher “Bong” Go; Presidential Political Adviser Francis Tolentino; Davao City Rep. Karlo Nograles;\u00a0Maguindanao 2nd District Rep. Zajid \u201cDong\u201d Mangudadatu; Makati Rep. Monsour Del Rosario; Quirino Rep. Dakila Carlo \u201cDax\u201d Cua; broadcast journalist Jiggy Manicad and singer Freddie Aguilar.<\/p>\n

The list also include Davao City Mayor Sara Z. Duterte; Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque; Bureau of Corrections Director Ronald \u201cBato\u201d dela Rosa; actor and former Sen. Lito Lapid; Taguig Rep. Pia Cayetano; actor Robin Padilla; former Interior Secretary Rafael “Raffy” Alunan and columnist Ramon Tulfo, who were considered \u201cfriends of PDP-Laban\u201d.<\/p>\n

The list also contained the names of re-electionist senators Cynthia Villar; JV Ejercito; Sonny Angara; Grace Poe and Nancy Binay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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