{"id":222531,"date":"2019-07-11T20:28:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T00:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=222531"},"modified":"2019-07-11T20:28:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T00:28:14","slug":"coup-attempt-vs-cayetano-wishful-thinking-duterte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/07\/11\/coup-attempt-vs-cayetano-wishful-thinking-duterte\/","title":{"rendered":"Coup attempt vs. Cayetano \u2018wishful thinking\u2019: Duterte"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_222532\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-222532\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/AAA1-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-222532\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/AAA1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/AAA1-2.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/AAA1-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-222532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech during the Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations (GOCC) Day at the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on July 11, 2019. ALBERT ALCAIN\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday night dismissed the remark made by his son, Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte, that there may be a coup for the House speakership despite the recent agreement among three contenders vying for the post.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte earlier announced that he will endorse Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano and Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco for House Speaker under term-sharing arrangement while Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin Romualdez agreed to be House Majority Leader.<\/p>\n<p>The younger Duterte said he is interested to find out who will win because of reports that one of the three bets plan to launch a coup on July 22 when the 18th Congress opens its first regular session and members of the House of Representatives elect their next Speaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave you heard of wishful thinking?\u201d Duterte replied when asked about his son\u2019s remark in a chance media interview after his event in Malaca\u00f1ang Palace.<\/p>\n<p>The President, meanwhile, said he has no doubts that Cayetano, his bet for House Speaker, will get enough votes during the election of the lower chamber\u2019s next leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlan? He will (get enough votes),\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo admitted that not everyone can be \u201csatisfied\u201d by Duterte\u2019s choice for the House of Representatives\u2019 top post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, you cannot satisfy everybody. But from what I hear, iyon na yun (that\u2019s it),\u201d Panelo said in a Palace briefing on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Panelo said the House will have to accept the President\u2019s decision because at least three lawmakers approached him to endorse a candidate in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>However, he said the vote of the House Speaker would still depend on the members of the lower chamber.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only reason why the President gave that suggestion is because those or vying for it went to him and sought his wise suggestion to settle the row between and among them,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President didn\u2019t want to interfere in the first place, didn\u2019t wanna intrude. It\u2019s them who somehow persuaded him to come in,\u201d he added.<em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday night dismissed the remark made by his son, Davao City Rep. 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