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PNP probes groups behind RevGov call
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine National Police chief Gen. Archie
Gamboa has ordered the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)
to investigate the proponents of the proposal to form a revolutionary
government to be led by President Rodrigo Duterte.
“Political
stunts such as this are ill-timed considering that we are in the midst
of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic,” Gamboa said in a statement on
Tuesday. “I have directed the CIDG to investigate the individuals behind
it and to determine if there is any basis to file criminal charges.”
Gamboa earlier confirmed that he was among several government officials
invited to meet with the Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte-National Executive
Coordinating Committee (MRRD-NECC) about their proposal for a
revolutionary government but, he stressed, the PNP had nothing to do
with it.
“The information was then leaked to the media making
it appear that we were involved, or worse, that we consented to it,” he
said.
Unsupportive and hostile
Security forces
declared that they would not support any move to establish a
revolutionary government even as other Duterte supporters rejected the
idea and called for charges of inciting to sedition be filed against the
proponents.
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra was among the
ranking officials who rejected the proposal and said that “any complaint
for inciting to sedition will be seriously investigated by the
Department of Justice.”
The call for a revolutionary
government was made by the People’s Coalition for a Revolutionary
Government and Charter Change, which includes MRRD-NECC, during a
gathering in Clark, Pampanga, over the weekend.
The President
himself, who previously threatened to declare a revolutionary government
if his opponents tried to oust him, has also distanced himself from the
call and denied knowing anyone from the group that made the call.
Fact-checking the President
But netizens pointed out that the President cannot disavow knowledge of
the group because he attended and gave a speech at a gathering
organized by the MRRD-NECC in 2018.
Interior Undersecretary
Epimaco Densing III admitted that while the President certainly knew
some members of MRRD-NECC, Duterte had no hand in the call of the group
for a revolutionary government.
“He knows them. The chair of
that [group] is former (Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority) chief Gene Mamondiong so he knows them. Other members of the
MRRD-NECC are from the Cabinet so he knows that group,” Densing told
radio dzBB.
“However, let me make it clear that PRRD has no
hand on the ‘rev gov’ call of that group. It was their own initiative,”
Densing told the Inquirer in a text message.
No clear and present danger
But presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said that while the President
might know some leaders of the MRRD-NECC, Duterte has made it clear
that he does not support the call for a revolutionary government.
“What is important is the President has said he is not in support of
revolutionary government because obviously, his is a constitutional
government,” he added.
“Whether or not it is inciting to
sedition, it is really the realm of the police and the prosecutors, but
from what I’ve seen, there is no clear and present danger,” Roque said
in an interview over CNN Philippines.
The proposal, he said, was simply an advocacy that was “in no position really to threaten the existence of the republic.”
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