{"id":267359,"date":"2020-09-02T03:33:57","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T07:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=267359"},"modified":"2020-09-02T03:33:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T07:33:57","slug":"revgov-advocates-proposal-strange-incomprehensible-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/09\/02\/revgov-advocates-proposal-strange-incomprehensible-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"RevGov advocates’ proposal ‘strange, incomprehensible’: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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However, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said he found it peculiar how a group that claims to support the President would consider such an option. (PCOO file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The proposal of the pro-Duterte group seeking to establish a revolutionary government and adopt a new federal constitution is \u201cstrange and incomprehensible,\u201d Malaca\u00f1ang said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

After getting snubbed by the President, the Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte – National Executive Coordinating Committee (MRRD-NECC) expressed openness to having Vice President Leni Robredo as an alternative to lead the revolutionary government, which they are pushing to hasten charter change.<\/p>\n

However, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said he found it peculiar how a group that claims to support the President would consider such an option.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fairness, I don\u2019t know what they want. They claim to be supporters of the President so why would they want to unseat a constitutional president. So I find it strange. The whole exercise to me is incomprehensible,\u201d Roque said in an interview with CNN Philippines\u2019 The Source.<\/p>\n

He reiterated that Duterte has made up his mind to oppose calls for a revolutionary government but would not stop them from pushing for their advocacy.<\/p>\n

MRRD-NECC spokesperson Francisco Arlene Buan earlier said Duterte is still the best option to lead a revolutionary government given his previous statements in support of federalism.<\/p>\n

However, Buan said if Duterte refuses, they could also consider Robredo.<\/p>\n

In an address on Monday night, Duterte said talks about a revolutionary government should be \u201cdiscussed publicly, including the military.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roque explained that the President was simply expressing his \u201cdedication to the free marketplace of ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there are those who feel that there is a need for a revolutionary government, they should be heard in a public debate, in a public discussion of the issue, not sub rosa. Sub rosa was a word he used, which meant \u2018not in confidence or not in private\u2019,\u201d he said. \u201cIf the military wants to join the discussion, let them join the discussion but he has made up his mind as far as his personal conviction on it is concerned. He\u2019s not for it.”<\/p>\n

Roque noted that Duterte\u2019s conviction is that there is \u201cno need\u201d for a revolutionary government since he is a constitutionally elected President.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far as his personal conviction is concerned, he was clear he does not need the revolutionary government because it\u2019s a constitutional government and he will finish his term and go home to Davao,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Roque said a revolutionary government does not fall within the framework of the 1987 Constitution.<\/p>\n

\u201cI join the President in our belief that the Constitution should be upheld because all public officers took an oath to uphold the Constitution and the laws of the land,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Roque assured that the President, who was elected to a fixed term in office, would step down when his term ends in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough people can talk about it because they may have criticisms against the system, I join the President in our belief that the Constitution should be upheld because all public officers took an oath to uphold the Constitution and the laws of the land,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Roque, however, said a revolutionary government becomes constitutional once \u201cratified by the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re no strangers to revolutionary governments. Cory Aquino\u2019s government was a revolutionary government and it was during her term of office that we came up with the \u201887 constitution. So revolutionary government in the case of (the) Cory Aquino government is unconstitutional but if the people ratify it, then it becomes constitutional,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Roque broached the idea that people ratifying a revolutionary government may happen \u201cat some point in the future\u201d but said the President remains faithful to the 1987 Constitution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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