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Retired generals demand justice for slain fellow, not coup d'état

The Philippine Star|November 29, 2024
VP Sara Duterte can take if from Choy's tweet: "Ku'ng ako yu'ng assassin na kausap ni Sara, gagawin ko pa ba ang patrabaho niya ku'ng patay na siya? Sino na ang magbabayad sa akin? At ku'ng patay na siya pero bayad na ako, bakit ko pa gagawin ang patrabaho niya?" Though not a fan of Sara, Choy's words can be the VP's new alibi of "impractical death threat."

That's to rebut Justice Usec. Jesse Andres' point that there's no such thing as "conditional death threat." "There was a condition in what she said," Sen. Bato Dela Rosa defended Sara. "If someone tries to kill her, she said she will have them killed too... basically, nothing will happen if she isn't harmed.

To which Andres countered: "A threat is a threat. If I say, 'I'll kill you if I don't like your face', it's still a threat. 'I'll kill you whether I like it or not'; a threat is a threat." Rody Duterte's spokesman babbled that unnamed retired and active-duty generals told the ex-President they plot a coup d'état. That's why Rody incited the AFP and PNP to "correct the fractured government... of a new cocaine addictPresident." Duterte supporters flocked to the EDSA Shrine to mimic the 1986 People Power Revolt.

In the original event a million people crowded EDSA, inspiring the military to break from dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Last Tuesday the Duterte crowd peaked at 600. Police videoed some of them gnashing that they were paid only P200 instead of the promised P500 to join.

On Wednesday 159 real retired generals and other Philippine Military Academy grads signed a manifesto for justice.

They called for "immediate action and accountability in the murder of PNP Brig.

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