{"id":26074,"date":"2014-09-17T19:29:18","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T11:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=26074"},"modified":"2014-09-17T22:55:32","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T14:55:32","slug":"there-will-be-a-way-for-term-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/17\/there-will-be-a-way-for-term-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"There will be a way for term extension"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Benigno S. Aquino III graces the premier screening of the \u201cRescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust\u201d at the Rizal Hall of the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on Thursday (August 07) documentary showed how the Philippines became asylum of approximately 1,300 Jews who escaped Nazi tyranny during World War II. The Rescue was orchestrated by their Philippine President Manuel Quezon, US High Commissioner Paul McNutt, US Army Colonel Dwight Eisenhower, and the five Frieder brothers. (Photo by Benhur Arcayan \/ Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 For President Aquino, there is still a way to amend the Constitution and lift the provision limiting him to a single term.<\/p>\n

Speaking with reporters on board a plane from Madrid to Brussels, Aquino said that it is still possible for him to run for presidency in the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n

This is even if it will be requiring him to amend the constitution in less than two years before the polls.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t we have a saying that if one wants something, nothing is impossible, but if he doesn\u2019t, nothing is possible?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also added that if that is what the people will, he will do so even at the expense of a Constitutional amendment.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, if the vast majority think that this is the route that has to be taken, then there will be a way based on the Constitution to afford that opportunity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

To do this, Aquino said he will be deciding based on \u201cwhat would be in the best interest of the state,\u201d with the guidance of his conscience.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy conscience will tell me, after listening to everybody\u2014this is the course to take,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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