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As tensions escalate between admin and VP Duterte, AFP calls for calm and unity
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Published Nov 23, 2024 05:06 PM PHT

Gen. Romeo Brawner, Jr., AFP chief, and other top military officials observed an island seizure exercise on the Philippine-occupied Kota Island in the West Philippine Sea on Nov. 6, 2024. Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News

MANILA — The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Saturday called for Filipinos to stand together on Saturday, hours after Vice President Sara Duterte criticized President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos and House Speaker Martin Romualdez in a late-night online conference.
MANILA — The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Saturday called for Filipinos to stand together on Saturday, hours after Vice President Sara Duterte criticized President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos and House Speaker Martin Romualdez in a late-night online conference.
Duterte's latest comments puts relations between the Marcos Jr. administration and Vice President Sara Duterte under more strain as she said the President could not "control" his cousin and his ambitions for the presidency.
Duterte's latest comments puts relations between the Marcos Jr. administration and Vice President Sara Duterte under more strain as she said the President could not "control" his cousin and his ambitions for the presidency.
The online comments came as a House panel investigating the use of confidential funds by the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education ordered Duterte's chief of staff transferred to a correctional institute in Mandaluyong.
The online comments came as a House panel investigating the use of confidential funds by the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education ordered Duterte's chief of staff transferred to a correctional institute in Mandaluyong.
In a brief statement without reference to recent political developments, Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., AFP chief of staff, said that the military is a professional organization whose personnel are "loyal to the Constitution and Chain of Command."
In a brief statement without reference to recent political developments, Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., AFP chief of staff, said that the military is a professional organization whose personnel are "loyal to the Constitution and Chain of Command."
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Stressing the need for unity, Brawner said the AFP "shall remain non-partisan, with utmost respect for our democratic institutions and civilian authority."
Stressing the need for unity, Brawner said the AFP "shall remain non-partisan, with utmost respect for our democratic institutions and civilian authority."
The AFP chief said that the Philippines is "facing greater challenges that require the strength of a united country and armed forces."
The AFP chief said that the Philippines is "facing greater challenges that require the strength of a united country and armed forces."
He said the military is calling for "calm and resolve, and for everyone to hold on to our values of respect and nationalism that will guide is in these trying times."
He said the military is calling for "calm and resolve, and for everyone to hold on to our values of respect and nationalism that will guide is in these trying times."
In her streamed remarks, Duterte claimed that the House hearings into alleged irregularities in how the Office of the Vice President and Department of Education, which Duterte led until July, are meant to increase his chances to be president.
In her streamed remarks, Duterte claimed that the House hearings into alleged irregularities in how the Office of the Vice President and Department of Education, which Duterte led until July, are meant to increase his chances to be president.
Duterte also claimed that Romualdez wants her dead, alleging that she is the biggest threat to his political ambitions in the 2028 national elections.
Duterte also claimed that Romualdez wants her dead, alleging that she is the biggest threat to his political ambitions in the 2028 national elections.
She said that she has already talked to someone to have Marcos Jr. and his wife, and Romualdez killed in case the supposed plot against her succeeds.
She said that she has already talked to someone to have Marcos Jr. and his wife, and Romualdez killed in case the supposed plot against her succeeds.
The Palace has called Duterte's statement "an active threat" and has referred it to the Presidential Security Command "for immediate proper action".
The Palace has called Duterte's statement "an active threat" and has referred it to the Presidential Security Command "for immediate proper action".
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