{"id":211041,"date":"2019-04-23T05:01:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T09:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=211041"},"modified":"2019-04-23T05:01:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T09:01:47","slug":"palace-bares-oust-duterte-matrix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/23\/palace-bares-oust-duterte-matrix\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace bares \u2018Oust-Duterte’ matrix"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo shows the “Oust Duterte” matrix to the members of Malaca\u00f1ang Press Corps on April 22, 2019. (PNA photo by Azer Parrocha)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Malaca\u00f1ang on Monday bared a matrix, which shows the names of journalists and media organizations involved in an alleged plot to destroy the image of President Rodrigo R. Duterte.<\/p>\n

This comes after the Manila Times published the same matrix, which the Palace was supposed to release for the first time on Monday.<\/p>\n

In a speech in Tuguegarao on April 16, Duterte said intelligence reports have been fed to him from \u201cforeign\u201d sources about the supposed coordinated media plot to discredit him.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo admitted that the President himself ordered him to release the matrix in a Malaca\u00f1ang press conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe instruction of the President is just to touch on it,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

However, the spokesperson clarified that he had no knowledge as to how the Manila Times managed to get a copy of the matrix even before the Palace had released it.<\/p>\n

Panelo also denied that the Office of the President (OP) gave the Manila Times a copy of the matrix.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m supposed to expose it today\u00a0e naunahan pa ako ng<\/em>\u00a0Manila Times (released it ahead of me),\u201d Panelo said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe source of that is from the Office of the President, from the President himself. I don\u2019t know how he got one but it\u2019s coming from the President. I talked to him the other day,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Proper validation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Panelo defended the matrix, stressing that the President has basis to release it and that it underwent \u201cproper validation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou must remember that the President has so many sources so he got the matrix from one of his sources,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just saying that this is intelligence information-sharing. That\u2019s how they call it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Spokesperson emphasized the importance of releasing the matrix, saying it is the government\u2019s \u201cconstitutional duty to inform the public of what\u2019s happening\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there is an ouster plan then people should know about it. People have the right to know what\u2019s happening in this government and that includes people who want to destroy this government,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Enemies of the state<\/strong><\/p>\n

Panelo floated the possibility that the journalists and media organizations listed in the matrix could be feeding their stories to \u201cenemies of the state\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI suppose they are the enemies of the state.\u00a0Sino pa ba ang gustong magpabagsak kundi yung mga kalaban ng estado<\/em>\u00a0(Who else would want to overthrow the government if not enemies of the state)?\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Among the names mentioned in the matrix are members of the National Union of People\u2019s Lawyers, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), and Rappler.<\/p>\n

According to Panelo, the matrix worked in such a way that a certain \u201cBikoy\u201d, the source of these negative reports against the President, would provide stories to Vera Files President Ellen Tordesillas, who would later distribute the stories to the NUPL, PCIJ, and Rappler to write about.<\/p>\n

Let them be<\/strong><\/p>\n

Panelo said the purpose of releasing the matrix is just to \u201cexpose\u201d the ouster plot, but the Palace would refrain from filing any charges against the journalists and media organizations involved at the moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cPinapabayaan lang natin<\/em>\u00a0(We just let them be). We just want them to know that we know. And we want the people to know that they are on this,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

He, however, said \u201covert acts to bring down the government\u201d made by these journalists and media organizations might force the Palace to consider the filing of charges.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut if the plot thickens and they perform acts which are already violation of the penal laws, that\u2019s a different story,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He acknowledged that all threats against the Duterte administration are taken seriously but he expressed confidence that it would not succeed.<\/p>\n

\u201cLahat naman ng<\/em>\u00a0plot (All the plots) against the administration will be serious but whether it would succeed or not is another thing,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Panelo said releasing the matrix was already an act of telling the public not to trust the journalists and media organizations mentioned.<\/p>\n

He noted that the President will just continue doing his job to give Filipinos a more comfortable life.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe counter-propaganda is the achievements done by this administration and the result as you have seen is the very high satisfactory and trust rating of the President. Survey after survey,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Panelo said the Palace is also ready to face whatever libel charges journalists and media organizations may file against them.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh di sige<\/em>\u00a0(Go ahead). This is a democratic country nga eh, everyone has the right to sue. But whether or not that will prosper is another story. But we will not stop anybody from filing, that\u2019s their right,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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