By Fernan Angeles
IN what appears to be an act disowning the group composed of his staunch supporters, President Rodrigo Duterte has denied any hand on the recent call for a revolutionary government.
“Marami ngayon, may naglalabas na revolutionary government tapos ako ang sinasabi na… Wala akong pakialam diyan, wala akong kilala na mga tao na ‘yan at hindi ko ‘yan trabaho,” Duterte said in a taped address aired Tuesday.
Earlier reports had the Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte-National Executive Coordinating Committee, a group of the President’s supporters, calling for a meeting to push for a revolutionary government.
However, groups critical of the government see the move as another bid to push Charter change.
Malacanang, however, does not seem inclined to the idea of holding the MRRD-NECC criminally liable for violating the Anti-Terrorism Law even as the President himself said that the call for a revolutionary government “came from a private group and the organizers are free to publicly express their opinion.”
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque assured the public that the government is currently focused on addressing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.