Former President Rodrigo Duterte once again takes a swing at his successor President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, saying Marcos is ‘veering towards dictatorship.’
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00:00Former President Rodrigo Duterte once again takes a swing at his successor, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
00:07At a rally held in Mandawi City, Cebu on Saturday, February 22, he says Marcos is, quote,
00:13veering towards dictatorship.
00:30On September 21, 1972, the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. placed the country under martial law.
00:36Similarly, Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao amid the attack of Maute group members
00:40in Marawi City on May 23, 2017. Marcos' executive secretary Lucas Bersamin on February 23 calls
00:48Duterte's statement baseless and ridiculous. In a statement, Bersamin also implies the Duterte
00:54administration failed to uphold the constitution and the rule of law. Bersamin says,
00:58we will not backslide into the oppressive ways of the previous administration when critics were
01:03jailed upon trumped-up charges and when kill orders were publicly issued with glee and obeyed
01:08blindly. Organizers say the Mandawi rally was a, quote-unquote, indignation rally and not a
01:13campaign rally, meant only to decry Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment and denounce corruption,
01:19oppression, criminality, and illegal drugs. Despite this, local vets received the former
01:24president's endorsement. Duterte campaigned and asked supporters to vote for chosen candidates.