Former President Rodrigo Duterte has accused President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of being a drug addict and challenged the military to protect the constitution, saying there is no one else to correct the current fractured governance in the Philippines.
Former President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday took a jab anew at President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. , calling him a drug addict, and challenged the military to protect the constitution.“There is a fractured governance sa Pilipinas ngayon . Nobody can correct Marcos, nobody can correct Romualdez… There is no urgent remedy… It is only the military who can correct it,” Duterte said in a press conference.Duterte also asked the military if it would continue to support Marcos if it knew he was a “drug addict.
Iyang threat, yang patay-patayan, pati rin itong loko-lokong Malacañang,” the elder Duterte said in a press conference.The Vice President earlier clarified that her assassination statement was not implied as a threat. Her remarks were made during a virtual press conference where the younger Duterte slammed the House of Representatives order to transfer her chief of staff, Atty. Zulieka Lopez, from the House detention facility to the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong City.
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