cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/6764369

(This is News from the Philippines, btw.)

So the news is that someone at a UPI rally said that the AFP (the army of the Philippines) should pull back from the president because well… we all know Marcos Jr. here is very much corrupt so, and if he doesn’t want to, the army is the first of many to get support of to maintain that. But if I’m misinterpreting, here’s the important bits:

Several speakers at the UPI rally at the People Power Monument in Quezon City on Sunday called on Marcos to resign or for the Armed Forces of the Philippines to withdraw support from the commander-in-chief.

“That’s close to inciting sedition, so we will investigate them. Those words have no place in civil society,” Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla said in an interview with reporters at Camp Crame in Quezon City.

“We will go for truth, accountability, and justice, and go through the due process, whoever needs to be held accountable for this,” he added.

While Remulla did not point to a particular statement at the UPI rally, Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI) host Jeffrey “Ka Eric” Celiz called on Marcos to resign.

Later in the program, he called on the AFP to withdraw its support from the chief executive, citing the military’s withdrawal of support from President Joseph Estrada during the 2001 EDSA revolt, which led to the latter’s ouster.

“All this will end in peace, legality, and constitutionality. If the Armed Forces of the Philippines withdraw support from Marcos, that is legal. That is legitimate,” Celiz said.

“The Armed Forces shall be the protector of the state and the people. And the people [are] not represented by Marcos. The state is not owned by Marcos. The government is not Marcos,” he added.

The statements were made at the UPI rally amid the organizers’ initial agreement with the Quezon City local government to refrain from “seditious statements.”