{"id":183142,"date":"2018-09-26T23:01:14","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T03:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=183142"},"modified":"2018-09-26T23:01:14","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T03:01:14","slug":"prrd-enjoys-overwhelming-support-military-police-lacson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/09\/26\/prrd-enjoys-overwhelming-support-military-police-lacson\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD enjoys \u2018overwhelming support\u2019 from military, police: Lacson"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lacson was reacting to Duterte’s recent frustration over reports that some soldiers are allegedly \u201cin cahoots\u201d with his critics to oust him. (File Photo<\/a>: Senator Ping Lacson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo Duterte has nothing to worry about the alleged destabilization plot against him as he enjoys \u201coverwhelming support\u201d from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP), Senator Panfilo Lacson said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been talking to many military officers, even police officers and most of them, lahat halos na nakausap namin<\/em>\u00a0(almost all of them we’ve talked with), they are happy with the way the President is treating the AFP and PNP,\u201d Lacson said in a media interview.<\/p>\n

Lacson was reacting to Duterte’s recent frustration over reports that some soldiers are allegedly \u201cin cahoots\u201d with his critics to oust him.<\/p>\n

Duterte also said the Communist Party of the Philippines, political opposition including the Liberal Party, and the Magdalo group of Senator Antonio Trillanes IV were plotting to remove him from the presidency.<\/p>\n

In the same interview, Lacson said he understands where the President\u2019s frustration is coming from, given the strong and consistent support Duterte has provided the AFP.<\/p>\n

Since assuming the presidency, Duterte has doubled the salaries of soldiers and policemen and saw to it that the military is well provided with modern weapons and equipment, as well as medical, health and other benefits.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I can understand his frustration. Pero (But) being politically mature and having the experience he has in politics, I think he should understand\u00a0na hindi niya pwede makuha lahat ang<\/em>\u00a0(that he cannot get) 100 percent support ng (of the) armed services,\u201d Lacson said.<\/p>\n

He pointed out that there would always be some elements who could be dissatisfied with the advancement of their careers or just simply dissatisfied.<\/p>\n

“So they are opening themselves up, they become vulnerable to possible recruitment,” Lacson said.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Lacson, a former PNP chief, stressed that it is not normal either for members of the military to talk with political groups.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s nothing unusual, but it should not be interpreted as normal because the AFP should be apolitical,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDi sila dapat makipagusap o makipag<\/em>-corroborate with political groups. After all,\u00a0ang<\/em>\u00a0commander-in-chief\u00a0nila iisa lang, ang<\/em>\u00a0duly elected president (They should not be talking or corroborating with political groups. After all, they have only one Commander-in-Chief, the duly elected president),\u201d Lacson said.<\/p>\n

He said the same goes with Trillanes\u2019 sympathizers within the AFP.<\/p>\n

The member of Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class 1971 said while having supporters of Trillanes in the service could not be prevented, his sympathizers should strictly \u201cadhere to the principles of the AFP.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDi pwedeng nagsi-<\/em>sympathize\u00a0ka<\/em>\u00a0and overtly you will do something to express disgust\u00a0sa<\/em>\u00a0CIC\u00a0mo. Di ba may<\/em>\u00a0principle\u00a0sa<\/em>\u00a0loyalty,\u00a0pagka nasa loob ka ng<\/em>\u00a0mainstream, you remain loyal (One cannot sympathize and overtly do something to express your disgust to your Commander-In-Chief. There is the principle on loyalty: if you are in the mainstream, you remain loyal),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow if you cannot remain loyal, you get out and start opposing,\u201d Lacson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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