{"id":181422,"date":"2018-09-13T22:06:36","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T02:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=181422"},"modified":"2018-09-13T22:06:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T02:06:36","slug":"prrd-completely-trusts-military-lorenzana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/09\/13\/prrd-completely-trusts-military-lorenzana\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD completely trusts military: Lorenzana"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_181425\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-181425\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/40486134_2587095558182750_377124916299825152_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-181425\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/40486134_2587095558182750_377124916299825152_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/40486134_2587095558182750_377124916299825152_o.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/40486134_2587095558182750_377124916299825152_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/40486134_2587095558182750_377124916299825152_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/40486134_2587095558182750_377124916299825152_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-181425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">But the defense chief added that Duterte has nothing to worry about about as the security forces are solidly behind the President. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/junglefighterdivision\/photos\/pcb.2587097498182556\/2587095551516084\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/junglefighterdivision\/?tn-str=k%2AF\">2nd Infantry Jungle Fighter Division\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; President Rodrigo Duterte&#8217;s challenge to military personnel to oust him shows his complete trust and confidence to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Ang tingin ko sa kanya<\/em>\u00a0(What I think of him is that) he\u2019s very comfortable naman with the support of the military and the police. Ako din ganun din (I feel the same way). I think it\u2019s a dare.\u00a0<em>Para bang kayong mga nag-iisip dyan, para bang<\/em>\u00a0(It&#8217;s like saying &#8216;hey all of you who are thinking, it is like), but he\u2019s very comfortable that he has the support of the military and the police.\u00a0<em>dine<\/em>-dare\u00a0<em>lang niya siguro<\/em>\u00a0(I think he is just daring them),&#8221; Lorenzana said in an interview with reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Lorenzana said the Chief Executive&#8217;s challenge to the military was brought about by reports or rumors that some people are actively recruiting active duty personnel for their alleged plots.<\/p>\n<p>He added that they are still confirming these rumors.<\/p>\n<p>But the defense chief added that Duterte has nothing to worry about about as the security forces are solidly behind the President.<\/p>\n<p>During Tuesday\u2019s televised one-on-one interview with Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo, Duterte said Trillanes\u2019 Magdalo group, Communist Party of the Philippines founding chairman Jose Maria Sison, and other opposition groups are in a \u201cloose conspiracy\u201d to overthrow his government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have combined and we have the evidence and we have the conversation provided by a foreign country sympathetic to us,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n<p>The President then dared soldiers to join Trillanes if they think that the senator, a former Navy officer known for his failed coup attempts against former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, can do better in running the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge you to go to Trillanes. If you want another President, fine,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; President Rodrigo Duterte&#8217;s challenge to military personnel to oust him shows his complete trust and confidence to the Armed &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":181425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-priam-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181422","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}