{"id":50807,"date":"2015-05-30T02:55:50","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T18:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=50807"},"modified":"2015-05-30T17:14:03","modified_gmt":"2015-05-30T09:14:03","slug":"duterte-god-will-enlighten-me-give-me-reason-to-run-for-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/05\/30\/duterte-god-will-enlighten-me-give-me-reason-to-run-for-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte: God will enlighten me, give me reason to run for president"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Davao<\/a>
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo “Rody” Duterte (Photo from Duterte’s official Facebook page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Amidst public calls, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo \u201cRody\u201d Duterte finally considered running for presidency in the coming national elections but only if God will \u2018enlighten\u2019 him and give him a \u2018cause to do it.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the first time that I have mentioned the possibility of being the president. Then let me also have a taste of how you can handle people when you are in power not to harass but legally,\u201d he said in a radio interview.<\/p>\n

Duterte claimed that he has been seeking God\u2019s guidance on deciding whether to seek higher office or not.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always said that God will somehow enlighten me. I\u2019ve been asking, I\u2019ve been praying: \u2018God, I do not like it. I do not need it. \u2018Pag ginusto mo, you give me a cause to do it.\u2019 Pero ito ngayon, well I am thinking about it, really. Pinag-iisipan ko na, na kung may sampu, o 100 people like De Lima campaigning for me, and Etta Rosales… mananalo ako niyan. Mananalo ako! Etta Rosales and De Lima will provide the edge,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

(I\u2019ve always said that God will somehow enlighten me. I\u2019ve been asking, I\u2019ve been praying: \u2018God, I do not like it. I do not need it. If it\u2019s your will, give me a cause to do it.\u2019 And right now, well I am thinking about it, really. I\u2019m thinking about it now, that if there is 10 or 100 people like De Lima campaigning for me, and Etta Rosales\u2026 I will win for sure. I will win! Etta Rosales and De Lima will provide the edge.)<\/p>\n

\u201cMakakita lang ako ng isang libo na pareho ng utak ni De Lima, na magkampanya laban sa akin, panalo na ako. Then I will file my certificate of candidacy. Then I will announce it now,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

(If I\u2019d just\u00a0see at least 1,000 [persons] who have the same thinking\u00a0as De Lima\u2019s, who will be campaigning against me, I will surely win. Then I will file my certificate of candidacy. Then I will announce it now.\u201d<\/p>\n

It can be recalled that Duterte had been engaging in arguments with Justice Sec. Leila De Lima and former Commission on Human Rights (CHR) chairperson Etta Rosales who wanted to make him liable for the \u2018Davao Death Squad\u2019 and the \u2018sumary killings\u2019 that took place in Davao City.<\/p>\n

Duterte had already aired his side regarding the matter, clarifying that it was not a death squad but the \u2018Davao Development System\u2019 and that he knew nothing about the extrajudicial killings.<\/p>\n

With or without knowledge of the squad or the massive killings, Duterte was held responsible as he was the \u2018highest official in the city.\u2019<\/p>\n

Duterte, for his defense, pointed out that De Lima was also liable for \u2018criminal neglect\u2019 and that Rosales was answerable for infringing his right to \u2018freedom of expression.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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