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'No place in the AFP': Military officials reject proposed revolutionary government

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Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/ancx/culture/2019/04/bannershooting.jpg"/><figcaption>The team works with anything from service pistols to long guns like M16s and M4s. Photo: Pat Mateo via ANCX</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - Two ranking military officials on Monday rejected a proposal to establish a revolutionary government, saying an extraconstitutional measure was not necessary in the country.The advocacy pushed by supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte has been tagged by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana as &quot;illegal and unconstitutional.&quot;While some reforms may be needed, Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Southern Luzon Command, told the Commission on Appointments he &quot;does not believe in a revolutionary government.&quot;&quot;There are provisions in the Constitution that are obsolete. Maybe that is what we should look at,&quot; Parlade said.&quot;I still believe we need to support reforms in government... This can be done through legislation,&quot; he said.The proposed revolutionary government &quot;has no place in the Armed Forces,&quot; said Philippine Army chief-of-staff Maj. Gen. Rowen Tolentino.&quot;We don’t have any idea why this news is coming out. But as what was spoken by Gen. Parlade a while ago, we are following the duly constituted authorities,&quot; Tolentino said.&quot;May military law po tayo na di pinapayagan &#x27;yung mga ganyang pagsali sa mga organisasyon na that is not constitutionally legal,&quot; he said.(We have a military law that disallows soldiers to join organizations that are not constitutionally legal.)Over the weekend, the group called &quot;Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte-National Executive Coordinating Committee,&quot; launched an initiative to establish a revolutionary government in the country, aimed at adopting a federal form of government.The Philippine National Police also rejected the proposal.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/22/20/group-of-duterte-supporters-calls-for-revolutionary-government-launches-peoples-initiative">Group of Duterte supporters calls for revolutionary government, launches people&#x27;s initiative</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/23/20/pnp-says-will-never-support-revolutionary-govt-push">LINK Govt says to focus on COVID-19 response amid revolutionary gov&#x27;t push; PNP, DND reject movement</a></li></ul>

Two ranking military officials on Monday rejected a proposal to establish a revolutionary government, saying an extraconstitutional measure was not necessary in the country.

Two ranking military officials on Monday rejected a proposal to establish a revolutionary government, saying an extraconstitutional measure was not necessary in the country.

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'No place in the AFP': Military officials reject proposed revolutionary government

Katrina Domingo,

ABS-CBN News

Published August 24, 2020 05:19 PM PHT

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