{"id":218667,"date":"2019-06-13T22:30:26","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T02:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=218667"},"modified":"2025-01-08T13:33:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:33:15","slug":"duterte-not-worried-about-losing-kapa-members-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/13\/duterte-not-worried-about-losing-kapa-members-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte not worried about losing Kapa members&#8217; support"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_217832\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217832\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/JAL16-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-217832\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/JAL16-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/JAL16-copy.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/JAL16-copy-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-217832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech during the 2019 Eid&#8217;l Fitr Celebration at the Arcadia Active Lifestyle Center in Davao City on June 6, 2019. TOTO LOZANO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; President Rodrigo Duterte is not worried about the risk of losing the support of members of the religious group Kapa Community Ministry International Inc. after he ordered its shutdown for alleged involvement in pyramiding schemes, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of Kapa members on Thursday afternoon joined a prayer rally in General Santos City to appeal Duterte\u2019s shutdown on the group\u2019s investment operations.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy flomax online <a href=\"http:\/\/psychrecoveryinc.com\/images\/gif\/flomax.html\">http:\/\/psychrecoveryinc.com\/images\/gif\/flomax.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, however, downplayed Kapa members\u2019 call for Duterte to reconsider the shutdown.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy azithromycin online <a href=\"http:\/\/psychrecoveryinc.com\/images\/gif\/azithromycin.html\">http:\/\/psychrecoveryinc.com\/images\/gif\/azithromycin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Ang naririnig lang natin sa<\/em>\u00a0TV,<em>\u00a0iyong mga nagsasalita, pailan-ilan eh<\/em>\u00a0(What we hear on TV, those who have been talking, there are only a few). There are millions \u2018<em>di ba, ang miyembro diyan sabi nila<\/em>\u00a0(of members),\u201d Panelo said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Eh kung makita mo iyong milyon nasa kalsada, iyon ang<\/em>\u00a0(If there are millions on the streets then) we can say<em>\u00a0na<\/em>\u00a0they are outraged and they are all against it.\u00a0<em>Pero kung<\/em>\u00a0one, two, three, four<em>\u00a0lang, hindi naman natin alam iyon<\/em>\u00a0(But if it\u2019s one, two, three four only, we don\u2019t know that),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if there is a chance that Duterte may change his mind and listen to Kapa members, Panelo insisted that the religious group may face charges for large-scale estafa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as the President is concerned, there\u2019s a continuing crime of swindling or estafa,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy zithromax online <a href=\"http:\/\/psychrecoveryinc.com\/images\/gif\/zithromax.html\">http:\/\/psychrecoveryinc.com\/images\/gif\/zithromax.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNa kay Presidente iyan. Pero basta iyan ang<\/em>\u00a0line\u00a0<em>ni<\/em>\u00a0(It\u2019s up to the President. But that\u2019s the line of the) President.<em>\u00a0Kasi<\/em>\u00a0you have to look at his position.\u00a0<em>Ang posisyon niya<\/em>\u00a0(His position), as far as he is concerned, there is a continuing crime.\u00a0<em>Kaya nga pinasarado niya eh<\/em>\u00a0(That\u2019s why he ordered its shutdown),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Securities and Exchange Commission earlier flagged Kapa for allegedly soliciting investments in the form of donations and at a monthly interest rate of 30 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Kapa founder Pastor Joel Apolinario denied the allegations, insisting that Kapa is a legitimate religious organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; President Rodrigo Duterte is not worried about the risk of losing the support of members of the religious group &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":217832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218667","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218667"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280958,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218667\/revisions\/280958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}