{"id":183411,"date":"2018-09-28T04:49:26","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T08:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=183411"},"modified":"2018-09-28T04:49:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T08:49:26","slug":"macapagal-alive-today-say-lets-help-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/09\/28\/macapagal-alive-today-say-lets-help-country\/","title":{"rendered":"If Macapagal were alive today, he would say ‘Let’s help our country’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: SGMA leads the ceremony to mark the 108th bday of her father, the late President Diosdado Macapagal, at the Diosdado Macapagal Museum in Lubao, Pampanga. (Photo<\/a>: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Beat the Odds\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— If former president Diosdado Macapagal were alive today, what would he say to the Filipino people?<\/p>\n

Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said on Friday her father would urge Filipinos to \u201chelp our country\u201d and \u201csupport\u201d President Rodrigo Duterte.<\/p>\n

Arroyo made the remark as she led the event to commemorate the 108th birth anniversary of the late president at the Diosdado Macapagal Museum and Library in Lubao, Pampanga.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe would be telling the Filipino today let\u2019s help our country. The President (Duterte) has been president (for) two years, let\u2019s support him and give him a chance,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Arroyo also urged the public to give Duterte a chance to solve the country\u2019s problems.<\/p>\n

\u201cBigyan natin sya ng pagkakataon na masolusyunan yung mga sinisikap nyang masolusyonan (Let\u2019s give him [Duterte] a chance to solve whatever he strives to solve),\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Duterte remains to be the national official with the highest approval and trust ratings, according to a recent Pulse Asia survey.<\/p>\n

Results of the survey, held from Sept. 1 to 7, showed the President scored a 75-percent approval rating and a 72-percent trust rating.<\/p>\n

The elder Macapagal became the country’s president in 1961, while Arroyo duplicated her father’s feat by assuming the presidency in 2001.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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