MANILA, Philippines — Former president Rodrigo Duterte called on the military and police to “protect the Constitution” amid a “fractured” government.
In a press conference in Davao City late Monday, the former leader, whose daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, is facing investigation by the House of Representatives over her use of intelligence funds, told reporters only the military could correct the governance in the country.
“There is a fractured governance in the Philippines right now. There is no urgent remedy. It is only the military who can correct it,” he said.
He later went on to claim that his successor, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., was a “drug addict.”
The older Duterte’s statements came after his daughter ranted in a virtual press conference that if anything happened to her, she would have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., first lady Liza Araneta-Marcos and Speaker Martin Romualdez assasissted assassinated.
Former president Rodrigo Duterte. FACEBOOK/RODY DUTERTE
