{"id":251455,"date":"2020-04-07T02:47:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T06:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=251455"},"modified":"2020-04-07T02:47:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T06:47:39","slug":"duterte-to-step-down-if-elly-pamatong-can-solve-covid-19-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/07\/duterte-to-step-down-if-elly-pamatong-can-solve-covid-19-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte to step down if Elly Pamatong can solve Covid-19 crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on December 20, 2019. REY BANIQUET\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 If lawyer Elly Pamatong can stop the transmission of the 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in three weeks, President Rodrigo Duterte said he was willing to step down.<\/p>\n

Duterte made this remark after Pamatong reportedly started rumors that the President had been hospitalized either for heart attack or Covid-19 and that he should take over as the incumbent, full-fledged President of the Philippines.<\/p>\n

\u201cTinanong ako ng staff diyan paglabas, \u2018Anong masabi mo sa sinabi ni Pamatong?\u2019 Sabi ko, \u2018Tama siya. Tama talaga siya.\u2019 Sabi niya siya lang ang maka<\/em>\u00a0(I was asked by the staff there outside, \u2018What can you say about Pamatong\u2019s remark?\u2019 I said \u2018He\u2019s right. He\u2019s really right\u2019. He said) — he will solve the problem in three weeks,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

He said he was willing to speak to Pamatong if he pays him a visit in Malaca\u00f1an Palace, even give up the presidency.<\/p>\n

\u201cKung magpunta siya dito, mag-usap kami. Kung ang solusyon niya<\/em>\u00a0okay, and then\u00a0sabihin ko sa<\/em>\u00a0military\u00a0na, \u2018Adre, tama si Pamatong. Alis na ako<\/em>\u00a0(If he comes here, we can talk. If he has a good solution, I can tell the military, \u2018Adre, Pamatong is right. I can leave),\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said if there was any truth to reports that Filipinos were suffering under his leadership, he was willing to resign.<\/p>\n

\u201cSabi ko eh kung totoo ‘yang pinapahirapan ko ‘yung Pilipino, eh<\/em>\u00a0anytime\u00a0po sabihin ni Pamatong bababa na ako at sinabi ng<\/em>\u00a0military,\u00a0\u2018Sige, totoo ‘yan. Subukan niya itong<\/em>\u00a0three weeks\u2019(I said if it\u2019s true I\u2019m giving Filipinos a difficult time, anytime Pamatong says so, I can step down and when the military says, \u2018Yes, that\u2019s true. Let\u2019s try three weeks\u2019). Okay,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Duterte has repeatedly said that he was willing to step down anytime, saying he was frustrated by corruption in government.<\/p>\n

Last week, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo denied rumors that Duterte was hospitalized at Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan City.<\/p>\n

He said Duterte is \u201cfit and healthy\u201d and currently doing his presidential duties at his official residence at the Bahay Pagbabago in Manila.<\/p>\n

Last year, Pamatong filed a quo warranto petition before the Supreme Court seeking to nullify Duterte’s presidential win in 2016.<\/p>\n

However, the high court dismissed the petition because Pamatong does not have the legal standing to file the petition and the one-year prescription period has lapsed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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