MANILA, Philippines — The administration of President Rodrigo Duterte is focused on addressing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Sunday, amid efforts made a pro-Duterte group to establish a revolutionary government. Roque noted that the call to form a revolutionary government came from a private group and that the organizers are free to publicly express their opinion. ADVERTISEMENT“The focus, however, of the administration is addressing COVID-19 and mitigating its socioeconomic impact,” he said in a statement. A group of Duterte supporters, the People’s National Coalition for Revolutionary Government and Charter Change, on Saturday assembled at Clark Freeport in Pampanga to present a resolution purportedly approved by 300 supporters, including those that it said participated online. Both the defense department and the national police force, however, expressed opposition to the creation of a revolutionary government.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 23, 2020 06:01 UTC