{"id":197624,"date":"2019-01-14T00:08:20","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T05:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=197624"},"modified":"2019-01-14T00:08:20","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T05:08:20","slug":"pinoys-fed-up-with-attacks-vs-prrd-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/14\/pinoys-fed-up-with-attacks-vs-prrd-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinoys \u2018fed up\u2019 with attacks vs. PRRD: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his message during the birthday celebration of former Presidential Adviser on Political Affairs Atty. Francis Tolentino held at the Tagaytay International Convention Center in Tagaytay City, Cavite on January 3, 2019. VALERIE ESCALERA\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The continuous attacks of critics against President Rodrigo R. Duterte are \u201cfalling flat on their faces\u201d with the rise of the Chief Executive\u2019s approval and trust ratings, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Monday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made this remark after the recent Pulse Asia Survey, conducted Dec. 14 to 21, 2018, showed that the President received an approval and trust rating of 81 and 76 percent, respectively, despite attacks hurled by his critics and detractors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe December 2018 Pulse Asia rating should serve as a timely reminder to the rabid political opposition, especially to the loose cannonball critic, outgoing Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, that the continuous assaults against the President and his administration are falling flat on their faces with the rise of PRRD\u2019s approval and trust ratings,\u201d Panelo said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cSenator Trillanes\u2019 rants go against the sentiments of 81 percent of Filipinos approving the President’s performance and the 76 percent trusting him as our Chief Executive,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo said the survey figures showed that Filipinos are fed up with politicking and are contented with the President\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe handwriting on the wall as graphically shown by the survey figures is glaring. Our people are fed up with the destructive politicking dished out by the opposition and PRRD\u2019s critics and detractors,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFilipinos want to maintain the visible and continuing genuine change, as well as the tangible results they are witnessing and experiencing under the current leadership of the President,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo, meanwhile, urged the political opposition to engage the administration in \u201ca healthy debate of programs and platforms productive and beneficial to the Filipino people\u201d instead of criticizing.<\/p>\n

\u2018Baliw\u2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Trillanes is currently facing a complaint for grave threats, which stems from the senator’s alleged confrontation with Labor Undersecretary Jacinto \u201cJing\u201d Paras, where the lawmaker allegedly \u201cthreaten(ed) to kill the private complainant Jacinto Paras.”<\/p>\n

Earlier, the Pasay City Metropolitan Trial Court has set for Feb. 15 the hearing on the grave threat complaint filed by Paras against Trillanes.<\/p>\n

Panelo said that Trillanes, who has repeatedly called the President\u00a0\u201cbaliw\u201d<\/em>\u00a0(crazy), must be referring to himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cSenator Trillanes’ latest attack against the President, even calling him\u00a0\u2018baliw\u2019<\/em>\u00a0because criminal charges have been filed against him for his transgressions is a distorted, if not a fallacious argumentation,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he described PRRD as \u2018baliw\u2019, he must have been referring to himself and correctly so,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo said that although Trillanes claimed he is not afraid of facing the criminal suits against him, his rantings show \u201cthat he is in mortal fear of going back to jail.\u201d<\/p>\n

He, meanwhile, said that he expects the political noise to escalate further with the election period for the May midterm polls in the horizon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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