By Genalyn Kabiling
President Duterte is not a quitter, and will continue to serve the nation despite recently expressing readiness to relinquish his post to a military junta or a competent successor, according to a Palace official.
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said the President will not be resigning anytime soon, believing the Chief Executive was merely exasperated by the lingering corruption in government.
“The intention is precisely to tell the people that he is disgusted, exasperated, he wants to resign but he will not do it,” Panelo said in a television interview. “He’s so pissed off but knowing him, he is not a quitter,” he said.
Panelo, however, said the President was not the kind of public servant, who would cling on to power.
“If he sees and feels that the situation is ripe for him to step down, he will. But not now, I don’t think so,” he added.
Asked if Duterte will finish his term, Panelo said: “I think so.”
President Duterte recently said he was mulling on resignation amid difficulties in resolving the problems of corruption and illegal drugs within his term. Duterte, however, was reluctant to quit since a constitutional succession means being replaced by Vice President Leni Robredo, whom he said was not competent for the job.
Instead, Duterte said he might step down only if political allies like Senator Francis Escudero and former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. or a military junta would take his place.
Duterte’s term will end on June 30, 2022.
Panelo, meantime, said the President is expected to fire more high ranking government officials for alleged involvement in corruption.
“He didn‘t expect that the magnitude of corruption is this much. So he has to make double time in firing officials… until corruption has dwindled to the minimum,” he said.
Panelo said the anti-corruption campaign would also be intensified by the government. “He has been saying that the illicit drug trade is still there, then there must be more actions against these people in the coming days,” he said.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/08/17/duterte-not-a-quitter-panelo/
President Duterte is not a quitter, and will continue to serve the nation despite recently expressing readiness to relinquish his post to a military junta or a competent successor, according to a Palace official.
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said the President will not be resigning anytime soon, believing the Chief Executive was merely exasperated by the lingering corruption in government.
“The intention is precisely to tell the people that he is disgusted, exasperated, he wants to resign but he will not do it,” Panelo said in a television interview. “He’s so pissed off but knowing him, he is not a quitter,” he said.
Panelo, however, said the President was not the kind of public servant, who would cling on to power.
“If he sees and feels that the situation is ripe for him to step down, he will. But not now, I don’t think so,” he added.
Asked if Duterte will finish his term, Panelo said: “I think so.”
President Duterte recently said he was mulling on resignation amid difficulties in resolving the problems of corruption and illegal drugs within his term. Duterte, however, was reluctant to quit since a constitutional succession means being replaced by Vice President Leni Robredo, whom he said was not competent for the job.
Instead, Duterte said he might step down only if political allies like Senator Francis Escudero and former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. or a military junta would take his place.
Duterte’s term will end on June 30, 2022.
Panelo, meantime, said the President is expected to fire more high ranking government officials for alleged involvement in corruption.
“He didn‘t expect that the magnitude of corruption is this much. So he has to make double time in firing officials… until corruption has dwindled to the minimum,” he said.
Panelo said the anti-corruption campaign would also be intensified by the government. “He has been saying that the illicit drug trade is still there, then there must be more actions against these people in the coming days,” he said.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/08/17/duterte-not-a-quitter-panelo/
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