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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Duterte to order mass arrest of communists out on bail

MANILA (7 December 2017) - President Rodrigo Roa Duterte said Wednesday he will soon order the mass arrest of communists who are temporarily out on bail.



"For those who are out temporarily...any day I will order for their mass arrest," President Duterte said in his speech during the oath-taking ceremonies of the newly appointed generals and flag officers in Malacanang.

The President said the communists are now considered as criminals.

"If they ambush you, that's murder, multiple.  If they use an explosive, use of explosive is always a murder, then it's no bail for everybody," Duterte said, adding that he "gave too much, too soon" to the communists.

"One day, I will have just have you arrested.  You want to fight the country, create a revolution?  Fine.  We have been fighting you for 50 years and we will fight again for another 50 years.  That is what you want," Duterte said.

The President also warned legal fronts of communists which conduct mass actions to the detriment of the public.

"Yung mga executive orders na ayaw ninyo.  There's a law that would protect the Filipino people from lung cancer and everything...kayo nagbubuga-buga ninyo tinatakot nyo 'yong mass action.  Well, you try.  You try and I will show you that I am also sincere," Duterte said.

"When I say that I will arrest you and confiscate all those things that are not allowed by law, it is not mine.  It has been there for so many presidents to act," he said.

"Ngayon, dito sa akin, I will do it.  Why?  I will do it simply because it is the law.  Kung ayaw ninyo, well then, we can always prepare for that eventuality.  In the meantime, kayo man 'yung nauna-una dyan.  You always insist on the rule of law.  We will follow the law.  And if you don't, then the simple thing is to arrest you and place you in prison," Duterte added.

"If you come at by violent resistance, you place in danger the lives of people and the soldiers and the police, we will answer the appropriate action," Duterte said.

The President, meanwhile, thanked the newly appointed generals and flag officers for their service to the country, saying that they should remain loyal to the flag and the Constitution.

"In behalf of the Filipino people, as an elected official, I am extending my warmest congratulations for your rise in your careers to be where you are now," Duterte said.

"I discourage 'yang personal loyalties.  Nothing about that for me also.  Akin lang is alam ninyo ang tama, alam ninyo ang mali.  So there's the Constitution to guide you and if at all, it is really the document that binds us all," he said.


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