{"id":209906,"date":"2019-04-14T05:11:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T09:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=209906"},"modified":"2019-04-14T05:21:38","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T09:21:38","slug":"dont-believe-acdc-journalists-duterte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/14\/dont-believe-acdc-journalists-duterte\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t believe \u2018ACDC\u2019 journalists: Duterte"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech during the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) campaign rally at the Kaamulan Park in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon on April 13, 2019. JOEY DALUMPINES\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo R. Duterte has urged the public not to believe in journalists he tagged as \u2018ACDC\u2019 or those who “attack and collect money, defend and collect money.”<\/p>\n

In a speech in Malaybalay, Bukidnon on Saturday (April 13) night, Duterte lambasted media practitioners anew for producing false reports in exchange for payment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey accept [payment] from clients to [write] political attacks. ACDC [attack and collect money, defend and collect money]. You attack to get paid. So don\u2019t believe that they are clean,\u201d Duterte said during a PDP-Laban campaign rally.<\/p>\n

Duterte claimed that these journalists would \u201cattack\u201d politicians but \u201cprotect\u201d the rich.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou protect the rich and hide their secrets, but attack us politicians who genuinely want reform. That\u2019s the truth. You are just being paid,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Duterte also shrugged off corruption allegations against him reiterating that portion of his assets was inherited from his deceased parents.<\/p>\n

The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) earlier released a report on the Duterte family\u2019s unexplained wealth including an unregistered law firm.<\/p>\n

He said the law firm used to be his \u201cbackup plan\u201d in case he lost the elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving a law office was my backup plan in the past years in case I lose in the elections. At least if I lose, I would have a sanctuary and a source of income which is my law office,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

Duterte, a motorcycle rider since he was Davao City Mayor, also explained the reason why he decided to sell motorcycles.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut that\u2019s the only issue that they attacked me with apart from selling motorcycles. If you are a motorcycle rider, you immediately become a businessman because if your motorcycle model grows old, you will want to replace it with a new one. If not, you trade it for a new model and just add money. But those transactions weren\u2019t for profit,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Malaca\u00f1ang has insisted that the President has \u201cproperly declared\u201d his wealth, stressing that not identifying where the source of the wealth came from does not violate the Constitution.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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