Duterte Vs Marcos: Manila Says Ready to Use Force to Quell Secession Call |Vantage with Palki Sharma

A constitutional crisis has broken out in the Philippines and it is so serious that it threatens to divide the country a former president is up in arms he is facing his own political ally we are talking about Rodrigo Duterte he is on the path of war against the current president listen to this when I was mayor the anti-drug office showed me a list his name was there but I don't want to expose it because he is a friend we know each other but you started a conflict Mr. President, it is possible that you will follow your father's destiny and what you feared would divide the nation.

It will be a bloody moment. That statement is from last week. Duterte points to Marcos Jr., the current Philippine president, Marcos Jr., until recently. Duterte. and Marcos Jr were allies, in fact Duterte's daughter Sarah is the current vice president of the Philippines. She works with Marcos Jr., she is his deputy, but her father is now an adversary of the president. Why, for power, is that what it comes down to? It is a power struggle and this is how it began Marcos Jr wants to change the Constitution there is speculation that he can play with the limits of the presidential term this is what the current Constitution

says

you can remain president for only one term, that is years, no can come back after that not even After a lapse, you can be president only once apparently Maros Junor wants to change that or so Duterte

says

and if that happens it will be a controversial step especially given the history of this country.

Marcos Jr is the son of Ferdinand Marcos the infamous director of In the Philippines he remained in power for two decades. His reign lasted until the 1980s. He was overthrown after a revolt. A mass uprising against the regime led to revisions to the Constitution and term limits were established. He could only be president for one term. designed to keep out dictators like Marco Señor, but now his son may want to end these limits. He doesn't say it in so many words but he doesn't address the controversy either. He doesn't deny it. Everything the president has said is what he wants. improve the economy and the current constitution does not allow it, it does not allow reforms, that is why he wants certain amendments and such statements only increase anxiety.

The president says he wants to relax some economic provisions and the current Philippine constitution restricts them. foreign investment Marcos Junor wants to lift these restrictions to attract more FDI or foreign direct investment to the Philippines. In fact, I have a quote from him. This is what he says. The 1987 Constitution was not written for a globalized world and that is where we are now. we have to make adjustments to be able to increase economic activity in the Philippines, that's all he says for now, but in the past he has supported the idea of ​​broader reforms and that is what Duterte says he is worried about, what he is fighting for openly against the president who

call

s him a drug addict. and throw abuses at him refuse refuse to protect the institution that I now

call

the armed

force

s and the police do not forget our civilians do not think of a single family only son last week proposed something radical

duterte

wants to divide his country his his hometown is a island called mindo is in the southern philippines

duterte

said a signature campaign is going on in mindo voters are being asked if the island should secede from the philippines now these are radical and disturbing developments and what is

manila

's reaction What the army can provoke, the country's National Security Advisor has spoken, he says and I quote that any attempt at

secession

will be responded to by the government with Determined Force.

The official did not name former President Duterte, but the warning was clearly directed at him and this is also serious. Due to Minda's volatile past in the Philippines, the majority of citizens are seen to be Catholic, but Mindo has a significant Muslim population and this island has seen decades of fighting since the 1960s. More than 120,000 people have died here mainly due to separatism. In 2017, martial law was implemented. here it was imposed here and this was after violent clashes broke out between Islamic separatists and the Philippine army. The island has also been a breeding ground for ISIS activity.

The movement was violently crushed by Duterte himself when he was president, so he proposed dividing the country in Mindo. Duterte is playing with fire these are the ingredients of turbulent times for the Philippines from impeachments to inaugurations yes it is a political story we are on the scene the race for the White House is heating up we are defeating Biden how dare you say that yes en Breaking news, we are live with the latest coverage from the White House, the State Department and the Capitol. We know the topic, but above all, we know the actors to bring you the latest in-depth analysis of all the key stories we cover.

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