{"id":266210,"date":"2020-08-23T08:04:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T12:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=266210"},"modified":"2020-08-23T08:04:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T12:04:09","slug":"no-present-clamor-for-revolutionary-govt-panelo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/23\/no-present-clamor-for-revolutionary-govt-panelo\/","title":{"rendered":"No present clamor for revolutionary gov\u2019t: Panelo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a statement, Panelo said the call of a revolutionary government \u201cmust come from the people and not from a single organization or an individual\u201d. (File photo<\/a>: Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo on Sunday brushed aside efforts of a pro-Duterte group to establish a revolutionary government, saying it will only matter if there is an \u201coverwhelming call\u201d from the public.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Panelo said the call of a revolutionary government \u201cmust come from the people and not from a single organization or an individual\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt must be an overwhelming call, and there is no present perceptible people\u2019s clamor for such,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Panelo described it as an idea \u201cpregnant with repercussion\u201d, noting that the society might not even be \u201cready\u201d for a revolutionary government.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it is a workable concept, it may be late in the day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He recognized that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte himself threatened to impose a revolutionary type of government but noted that it was only due to alleged plots to oust him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the President may have at one time in the campaign or in another in one of his speeches, expressed a need for it, he was quick to qualify it as only if all others means constitutionally allowed to effect a radical change in the social, political, and economic structure fail,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

With or without a revolutionary government, Panelo emphasized that Duterte is already carrying out \u201cnecessary changes\u201d in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresently PRRD is effecting the necessary changes in our country and succeeding despite the opposite view of a boisterous minority,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He, however, said calls for a revolutionary government could be subject for debate.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor academic discussion, it is a titillating idea for discourse,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, the People\u2019s National Coalition for Revolutionary Government and Charter Change assembled at Clark Freeport in Pampanga pushing for the establishment of a revolutionary government and the adoption of a new federal constitution.<\/p>\n

Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Archie Gamboa, confirmed that he received an invitation from the group.<\/p>\n

The group also sent invitations to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief, Lt. Gen. Gilbert Gapay.<\/p>\n

Lorenzana and the PNP have thumbed down calls for the establishment of a revolutionary government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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