{"id":42654,"date":"2015-02-16T23:37:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T15:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=42654"},"modified":"2015-02-16T23:37:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T15:37:03","slug":"cardinal-vidal-president-aquino-should-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/16\/cardinal-vidal-president-aquino-should-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinal Vidal: President Aquino should resign"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_42664\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42664\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/noy-aquino1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-42664\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/noy-aquino1.jpg\" alt=\"President Benigno S. Aquino III presides over the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board Meeting at the Aguinaldo State Dining Room of the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on Monday (February 16, 2015). (Photo by Rey Baniquet \/ Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau \/ PCOO)\" width=\"600\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/noy-aquino1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/noy-aquino1-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/noy-aquino1-600x541.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Benigno S. Aquino III presides over the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board Meeting at the Aguinaldo State Dining Room of the Malaca\u00f1an Palace on Monday (February 16, 2015). (Photo by Rey Baniquet \/ Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau \/ PCOO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Retired Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, as chairman of the National Transformation Council (NTC), urged President Benigno Aquino III to step down from his office following the death of the 44 Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) police commandos in the gruesome Mamasapano clash on January 25.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVarious assemblies convened by the National Transformation Council (NTC) has strongly advocated that the President should step down. Recent developments have made this call even more urgent and imperative,\u201d he said in a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Archbishop Ramon Arguelles, Archbishop Emeritus Fernando Capalla, Archbishop Romulo dela Cruz, Bishop Filomeno Bactol and Bishop Ramon Villena all supported Vidal\u2019s calls.<\/p>\n<p>Vidal, however, clarified that they have no plans of joining any alleged coup d\u2019\u00e9tat plots against President Aquino. NTC\u2019s intention was only to prompt the public to stand united for change.<\/p>\n<p>According to Presidential Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma\u2019s text message, the President maintained that he would not heed to calls of resignation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we respect contrary views, we affirm the President&#8217;s firm commitment to fulfill his sworn duty until the completion of his term of office,\u201d he said in the text.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Cebu Bishop Jose Palma veered away from Vidal\u2019s demands and said that the other bishops and archbishops in Cebu have no plans of getting involved in political issues.<\/p>\n<p><em>With report from Cyra Moraleda<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, as chairman of the National Transformation Council (NTC), urged President Benigno Aquino III to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":42664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,95,483],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news-ph","category-politics","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42654","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=42654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}