Duterte: Military is supposed to shut up, specially on peace efforts with communists

From Update.Ph (May 26): Duterte: Military is supposed to shut up, specially on peace efforts with communists

Soon-to-be seated president Rodrigo Duterte said, during an interview with media Thursday around 1:20 am, the military is supposed to shut up specially if he, as the incoming commander-in-chief, is trying hard to find peace for the country amid the communists insurgency.

“Ang military supposed to shut up, pagka sundalo ka shut up. Lalo na kung pag I’m, the incoming commander-in-chief, trying hard… to find peace for my country, tapos andiyan ka,” Duterte said after he was asked to comment by media on 10th Infantry Division deputy commander Colonel Casiano Monilla’s statement that release of all communist prisoners is an ’emotional issue’ for the armed forces.

Duterte said Colonel Monilla can be designated to find a solution to communist insurgency. He said that warriors should not be emotional. Duterte said the NPA side also has deaths, “if you cannot accept that, then you are not a warrior, then you are not suppose to be their.”

“Ang warrior, you go to a fight you do not carry hate, kasi mamatay ka talaga kasi magwala ka. It’s very important for a warrior and a soldier na he goes around just doing his duty without the hate,” he said.

“Matagal na itong gera na ito, tanungin ko siya, 1972, matagal na itong away, bakit hindi nila natapos hanggang ngayon,” he said.

Colonel Monilla told the Inquirer that a possible peace pact with the communists will benefit the military. “There will be a significant drop on the casualties among our soldiers. There will also be a decrease in the number of families who are deprived of their fathers,” he said.

However, Monilla said releasing all political prisoners is an emotional issue for the military. “This is as a very emotional issue for the armed forces especially that the cost of bringing them to justice is not just about money, but also countless lives of our soldiers,” he said.

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