{"id":187089,"date":"2018-10-26T21:20:21","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T01:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=187089"},"modified":"2018-10-26T21:20:21","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T01:20:21","slug":"palace-belittles-leftists-call-dutertes-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/10\/26\/palace-belittles-leftists-call-dutertes-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace belittles leftists\u2019 call for Duterte\u2019s resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_186205\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186205\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43878804_744161139252274_2089681836396511232_n-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-186205\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43878804_744161139252274_2089681836396511232_n-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43878804_744161139252274_2089681836396511232_n-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43878804_744161139252274_2089681836396511232_n-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43878804_744161139252274_2089681836396511232_n-1-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/43878804_744161139252274_2089681836396511232_n-1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-186205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panelo desribed the leftists\u2019 demand as \u201cmerely part of the continuing propaganda war\u201d waged by Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its founding chairman Jose Maria Sison against the Duterte administration. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PresSpokespersonPH\/photos\/rpp.396756967326028\/744161135918941\/?type=3&amp;amp;theater\">File Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PresSpokespersonPH\/\">Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang on Friday belittled the leftist groups\u2019 latest call for President Rodrigo Duterte to resign amid alleged violence being committed by the military.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is nothing new and surprising about the leftist group\u2019s latest call for the President to step down. It has called for the very government\u2019s ouster since time immemorial anyway,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a press statement.<\/p>\n<p>Last Oct. 22, the militant groups Kilusang Mayo Uno and Makabayan held protest rally by blocking a national highway in Barangay Lasang, Bunawan in Davao City and sought the resignation of Duterte.<\/p>\n<p>Panelo desribed the leftists\u2019 demand as \u201cmerely part of the continuing propaganda war\u201d waged by Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its founding chairman Jose Maria Sison against the Duterte administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn actual fact, it is Mr. Sison&#8217;s armed comrades who are inflicting violence throughout the country and threatening the safety of our people,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n<p>Panelo said suspected New People\u2019s Army (NPA) members have wreaked havoc in the past months in several parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>He was referring to the ambush of a government convoy in Camarines Sur that killed three policemen as well as the attack of a municipal police station in Northern Samar, torching heavy equipment in three barangays in Davao City and burning a logging company\u2019s equipment in Isabela province over refusal to pay &#8220;revolutionary taxes&#8221;, among other more deplorable crimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is very clear to us and to our people who the adversaries of this nation are. This administration is firmly devoted to protecting the security of all Filipinos and ensuring peace and order in our communities,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf someone should be blamed for promoting violence in the country, perhaps the CPP-NPA should point the finger at themselves,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang on Friday belittled the leftist groups\u2019 latest call for President Rodrigo Duterte to resign amid alleged violence being &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":186205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-jelly-musico","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187089","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=187089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}