PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte rejected a “no election” (no-el) scenario in 2019 because he “believes in democracy,” his spokesman said on Thursday.
“[The President and I] have talked about [the proposal of no-el.] I will quote the President, ‘I will not have any hand in that.’ He is strongly opposing no-el for Charter change. That is his stance,” Secretary Harry Roque told a press briefing.
“He believes in democracy and he believes in the elections. He wants the referendum to go with the election [next year],” Roque said.
Roque also said that the President would want to lead by example and expected his allies not to benefit from charter change through the no-el.
“Let’s put it this way. He has asked the consultative committee to add a provision to make sure he will not benefit form charter change. He would like to see all his allies do the same thing not to benefit from charter change, leading by way of example,” Roque said.
However, Roque said that if there would be a people’s initiative, the government would have no choice but to bow to the will of the Filipinos. RALPH VILLANUEVA
“[The President and I] have talked about [the proposal of no-el.] I will quote the President, ‘I will not have any hand in that.’ He is strongly opposing no-el for Charter change. That is his stance,” Secretary Harry Roque told a press briefing.
“He believes in democracy and he believes in the elections. He wants the referendum to go with the election [next year],” Roque said.
Roque also said that the President would want to lead by example and expected his allies not to benefit from charter change through the no-el.
“Let’s put it this way. He has asked the consultative committee to add a provision to make sure he will not benefit form charter change. He would like to see all his allies do the same thing not to benefit from charter change, leading by way of example,” Roque said.
However, Roque said that if there would be a people’s initiative, the government would have no choice but to bow to the will of the Filipinos. RALPH VILLANUEVA
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