{"id":260608,"date":"2020-07-06T05:40:17","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T09:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=260608"},"modified":"2020-07-06T05:40:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T09:40:17","slug":"duterte-emotional-over-4-soldiers-death-not-sick-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/06\/duterte-emotional-over-4-soldiers-death-not-sick-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte ’emotional’ over 4 soldiers’ death, not sick: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte reviews a document during a meeting with members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) at the Malago Clubhouse in Malaca\u00f1ang on June 22, 2020. ROBINSON NI\u00d1AL JR.\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte treats the deaths of four soldiers gunned down by police officers in Jolo, Sulu as a personal loss, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Monday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this remark after observers noticed that Duterte looked low-spirited, even sickly, during his speech at the Edwin Andrews Air Base in Zamboanga City last Friday where he appealed to soldiers to stay calm, and discouraged them from taking revenge against the police for the killing of four of their comrades.<\/p>\n

Duterte\u2019s Zamboanga City visit was the first time he met with government troops since the country was hit by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cTalagang<\/em>\u00a0he took it very personal\u00a0itong nangyari po sa<\/em>\u00a0Jolo\u00a0kaya nga po nangako rin siya na bibigyan po ng katarungan<\/em>\u00a0(He really took what happened in Jolo as a personal loss which is why he promised that justice would be served),\u201d he said in a virtual presser.<\/p>\n

Roque, however, allayed concerns over Duterte\u2019s health, saying he was not suffering from any condition but was simply \u201cemotional\u201d over the four soldiers\u2019 deaths.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not health-related, it\u2019s more of an emotional issue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He compared Duterte\u2019s feeling to that of a father grieving the loss of his own child, noting that his voice was cracking while delivering his speech.<\/p>\n

\u201cMatamlay talaga siya dahil talagang kusang malungkot. Para siyang ama na namatayan ng anak<\/em>\u00a0(He is really low-spirited because he is sad. He\u2019s like a father who lost a son),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, he also appealed to wait for the results of the investigation of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) into the alleged \u201cmisencounter\u201d between members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Jolo, Sulu.<\/p>\n

\u201cHayaan muna natin mag-imbestiga ang<\/em>\u00a0NBI\u00a0dahil siya ho mismo ang naging parang pinaka apektado bukod pa po sa pamilya ng mga namatayan<\/em>\u00a0(Let us wait for the results of the investigation of the NBI because the President himself is the most affected by their deaths besides their families),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Roque said Duterte is set to address the public in Davao City on Tuesday (July 7) to give updates on the Covid-19 situation.<\/p>\n

In his speech last Friday, Duterte acknowledged that the incident has created animosity between the AFP and PNP, \u201cwhich is not good because, in the end, it would be the people (who) will bear the brunt of all these things\u201d.<\/p>\n

He told the military not to hold a grudge against the police as \u201cthere is a more important task to do and that is to protect the people of the Philippines\u201d.<\/p>\n

Killing police officers will not bring their four comrades back to life, he added.<\/p>\n

He also told both the military and the police to wait for the result of the investigation being conducted by the NBI, which will be made public \u201cso that everybody will understand the situation\u201d.<\/p>\n

Four members of an Army intelligence unit were tailing reported suicide bombers affiliated with the Abu Sayyaf group in Jolo, Sulu last June 29 when they were shot dead by PNP officers.<\/p>\n

Killed in the incident were Maj. Marvin Indammog, Capt. Irwin Managuelod, Sgt. Jaime Velasco, and Cpl. Abdal Asula.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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