{"id":203927,"date":"2019-02-25T20:59:06","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T01:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=203927"},"modified":"2019-02-25T20:59:06","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T01:59:06","slug":"prrd-scolds-military-police-for-coup-attempts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/25\/prrd-scolds-military-police-for-coup-attempts\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD scolds military, police for coup attempts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech at the Proclamation and Kick-off Rally of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-LABAN) held in the City of San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan on February 14, 2019. KARL NORMAN ALONZO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— \u201cTo whom do you turn over the government after a coup?\u201d<\/p>\n

President Rodrigo R. Duterte raised this question to military and police officers during the first national assembly of the\u00a0Liga ng mga Barangay sa Pilipinas<\/em>\u00a0in Pasay City on Monday night.<\/p>\n

The event coincided with the commemoration of the 33rd People Power Revolution where both military and police played a huge part in removing dictator former president Ferdinand Marcos from office.<\/p>\n

Duterte specifically scolded military and police officers for joining coup attempts to return the power of the government to political rivals.<\/p>\n

\u201cKanino mo i-turn over ang gobyerno? Doon sa kalaban niya sa pulitika\u00a0<\/em>(To whom are you going to turn over the government? The rival politician)?” Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou better stop it.\u00a0Kung ganun \u2018wag kayong makialam<\/em>\u00a0(don\u2019t get involved). If that is your habit. What for?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

The President also urged both military and police to instead return the government to the Filipino people.<\/p>\n

\u201cSabi ko sa kanila kung mag-kudeta kayo, mag-mutiny kayo, \u2018wag mong isauli sa pulitiko, isauli mo sa Pilipino<\/em>\u00a0(I told them, if you\u2019re going to attempt a coup d\u2019etat or mutiny, don\u2019t return it to politicians, return it to Filipinos),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Duterte also mentioned how the military and police have formed a \u201cpower movement\u201d involving the rich.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng sinabi ko lang nitong sa military pati pulis, kayo rin kasi, may\u00a0<\/em>power movement diyan itong mga mayaman (What I\u2019m saying is the military and police have a power movement with the rich),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Duterte mentioned the \u201ccrowd of Roxas\u201d as elitists but did not provide details who he was referring to.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Di ba \u2018yung crowd ni Roxas. \u2018Yan sila ang — mga elitista. Tapos \u2018yan sila ang mag<\/em>\u00a0-power-power movement (Those in the crowd of Roxas are elitists. And then you have a power movement),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTapos kung kayo naman military pati pulis, sumasali kayo tapos sabihin niyo, ‘O dito kami sa kampong ito’\u00a0<\/em>(And then you, military and police, join them and say, \u2018We\u2019re joining this camp’),\u2019\u2019he added.<\/p>\n

Last year, Duterte expressed his \u201cill feeling\u201d towards some people in the military who are allegedly communicating with the opposition Liberal Party to oust him.<\/p>\n

However, former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said that Duterte still enjoys overwhelming support from the military despite these claims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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