Malacañang has named the Magdalo group led by Sen. Antonio Trillanes 4th as among those that have connived to oust President Rodrigo Duterte from power.
DUTERTE’S TALK SHOW President Rodrigo Duterte answers questions from Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo in Malacañang on Tuesday. It was supposed to be an ‘address to the nation’. SCREENSHOT FROM RTVM.
In a television interview, Palace spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said it was Magdalo’s “hobby” to destabilize governments, referring to its role in alleged attempts to overthrow the Arroyo administration.
“Itong grupong Magdalo ay talaga namang iyan ang kanilang hobby, magpatalsik ng gobyerno, bagama’t hindi naman sila nagwawagi (This Magdalo group, their hobby is to overthrow a government but they never succeed),” Roque noted in an interview with GMA-7’s Unang Hirit.
“Itong grupong Magdalo ay talaga namang iyan ang kanilang hobby, magpatalsik ng gobyerno, bagama’t hindi naman sila nagwawagi (This Magdalo group, their hobby is to overthrow a government but they never succeed),” Roque noted in an interview with GMA-7’s Unang Hirit.
He made the statement after Duterte accused Trillanes of coalescing with the “yellows” or the Liberal Party (LP) and the communist rebels to remove him from the presidency by October.
But apparently, a military armored vehicle does not a destabilization plot make.
On Tuesday, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) downplayed a posted photo wherein the military armored vehicle was seen along Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (Edsa), where two popular revolts were launched, toppling two sitting presidents.
According to Col. Edgard Arevalo, AFP spokesman, sighting such vehicle is part of “normal occurrences.”
“We wish to categorically state that there were no such sizeable movements of military aircraft or armored vehicles,” Arevalo said in a statement.
He added that all routine movements are properly coordinated, and such may happen any time of the day or night “especially in localities where there are military camps.”
“Some [movements]are even announced to the public in so far as they will not compromise operational security. We urge the public to stay calm. There is no cause for alarm,” Arevalo said.
He reminded the public to refrain from spreading rumors or conjectures, which he said would not help.
Meanwhile, a military source said the military armored vehicle spotted along Edsa was part of their “logistics run” and there was nothing to worry about it.
The source echoed Arevalo’s statement that there was nothing to worry about.
He, however, declined to state where the military vehicle was headed.
Trillanes and LP stalwarts have denied Duterte’s allegation they were plotting his ouster, saying the President was merely paranoid.
Roque said Duterte had basis as he has access to information, which may have led him to conclude that his enemies were out to overthrow him.
“Iyong sinasabi lang ni Presidente, katotohanan na alam na ng mga Pilipino at ito po ay katotohanan na nakalap din ng Presidente sa mga intelligence reports na tanging siya lang ang nakakakita (What the President said is the truth that the Filipinos know, and the truth that the President gathered from intelligence reports that he alone sees),” he added.
Without mentioning names, the Palace official said “many” of the members of the LP cannot “move on” and accept Duterte as President.
“Hindi na rin sekreto na marami doon sa mga dilawan ang talagang hindi makapag-move on doon sa pagkatalo noong 2016. Marami sa kanila ayaw kilalanin ang ating Presidente (It’s no secret that many of the yellows cannot move on from their loss in the 2016 elections. Many of them have refused to acknowledge our President),” Roque added.
“At syempre po, hindi naman nakakapagtaka na kung sila ay magkakaroon ng kasunduan, para nga dito sa pagpapatalsik kay Presidente (And of course, it cannot be denied that they have plans to oust the President),” he said.
Duterte, returning from his state visits to Israel and Jordan on Saturday, said the public should be wary of the LP, Trillanes and the communist rebels that are planning to remove him from office.
The President added that he received an intelligence report about the supposed ouster plot from “sources from a foreign power.”
The LP has rejected Duterte’s claim that it was plotting to kick him out from Malacanang with the help of the communist rebels and Trillanes.
With reports from DEMPSEY REYES
https://www.manilatimes.net/palace-tags-magdalo-in-anti-duterte-plot/440501/
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