{"id":39664,"date":"2015-01-24T23:48:45","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T15:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=39664"},"modified":"2015-02-01T10:54:09","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T02:54:09","slug":"duterte-says-he-is-waiting-for-signs-from-god-vows-swift-reforms-if-elected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/01\/24\/duterte-says-he-is-waiting-for-signs-from-god-vows-swift-reforms-if-elected\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte says he is \u2018waiting for signs from God\u2019; vows &#8216;swift reforms&#8217; if elected"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_748\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-748\" style=\"width: 409px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/duterte.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-748\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/duterte.png\" alt=\"Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. Photo courtesy of Shem Longakit and Davao City by Battad\" width=\"409\" height=\"590\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. Photo courtesy of Shem Longakit and Davao City by Battad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has expressed that he\u2019s \u201cwaiting for signs from God to make the final decision\u201d regarding the possibility of running for the presidency in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis kind of decision is all God\u2019s will. I will leave it to destiny, it\u2019s up to God where he will put me,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tried to say no because I\u2019m not really interested [to run in the presidential race]. But the more I listen to the pain and sufferings of the people, well, I need a sign from God,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, he has been on a \u201clistening tour,\u201d traveling throughout Mindanao to turn an ear toward the voices of the people, in order to help him decide on whether or not to run for the highest seat of the land.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from tuning in to the heartbeat of the people, Duterte has also been speaking about a shift to federalism and stronger anti-corruption measures, vowing &#8220;swift and immediate reforms&#8221; should he become president in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf ever I will become the president, I will not sit there without any changes. The first task is to put an end to corruption. I will ask them [corrupt officials] to resign from the government. If they won\u2019t resign, then I will have them arrested. If you don\u2019t trust me as a dictator in the presidency, then that\u2019s your problem,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to residents of Butuan City on Thursday, at forum to promote federalism as an alternative system of government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has expressed that he\u2019s \u201cwaiting for signs from God to make the final decision\u201d regarding &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news-ph","mauthors-angie-duarte","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}