Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy
M. Taguiwalo clarified Monday that she is not calling for any press conference
Tuesday nor is she issuing any statement concerning any of the issues President
Rodrigo Duterte raised in his last press conference.
“Any stands and positions I have on the issues being raised
by the media concerning the President I will first bring up with the President
himself in closed door meetings,” she stressed.
She added that she would not any time soon issue any public
statement on these issues without making them first known to the (chief)
executive.
“What we will say, however, is that we are one with Pres.
Duterte in his administration’s intent to successfully pursue peace
negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and
the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). We are also one with him in his
efforts to eradicate corruption in government and to ensure that all government
agencies are able to perform their best so they can deliver much needed
services to the Filipino people,” Taguiwalo said.
The DSWD chief made the clarification after a message from
an anonymous number was sent to several media reporters purporting the
resignation of Taguiwalo and several leftist members of the Cabinet.
The message said that Taguiwalo, Agrarian Reform Secretary
Rafael Mariano, National Anti-Poverty Commission chair Liza Maza and Labor
Undersecretary Joel Maglungsod will be holding a press conference Tuesday at
the Kamuning Bakery and Café to resign from the Duterte cabinet in protest
against extra judicial killings and the Marcos burial at the Libingan ng mga
Bayani.
The owner of the Kamuning Bakery Café, where the Pandesal
Forum is regularly held, also denied any knowledge of the alleged press
conference.
Wilson Lee Flores said that there was no scheduled press
conference for Tuesday.
“We have received calls from several media organizations
that there will be a press conference tomorrow August 23 (Tuesday) morning at
the Kamuning Bakery Cafe. There is no press conference scheduled here tomorrow
morning, as far as we are concerned, there is no scheduled event of any kind
tomorrow here,” Flores said.
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