The country’s soldiers are “not mercenaries” who work for money but are loyal troops who render service out of “love for country,” President Duterte declared last Tuesday night.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte congratulates the personnel of the Philippine Army and Philippine Air Force for their successful operations against the New People’s Army as he delivers a speech following a meeting at the Malago Clubhouse in Malacañang, Manila on May 26, 2020. (TOTO LOZANO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
The President praised the government troops for their service to the nation during a meeting with Philippine Army and Philippine Air Force officers in Malacañang Tuesday night.
The commander-in-chief’s meeting with the military officers came following the military’s successful operations against the rebel New People’s Army (NPA) in Mindanao. The intensified operations were made after the President denounced the spate of rebel attacks during the coronavirus pandemic.
“Bilib ako. Saludo ako kung ginawa ninyo (I’m proud of you. I salute you for you have done). I’m not paying you. I know that you are not mercenaries. You do not do it for money,” Duterte said during the assembly held at the Malago clubhouse inside Malacañang Park.
“You do it out of passion for the love of country because we are all Filipinos and we know where to place ourselves when the time comes,” he added.
The President recently warned about the government’s intensified operations against the communist rebels involved in atrocities. He said there will be “more fighting spirit” against the rebel group after they attacked troops involved in relief operations during the coronavirus pandemic.
Duterte also said he wanted the troops to kill the rebels if their lives are put in danger.
“Magsabi ako ng totoo ha? Ang gusto ko — kasi pinapatay ‘yang sundalo ko pati pulis — ang gusto ko, ang order ko, patayin ninyo. Patayin ninyo. Kasi kung hindi kayo patayin, p*** papatayin talaga kayo (I will tell the truth. Because my soldiers and policemen are being killed, I want you, my order is you to kill them. Kill them because son of a b*** if you don’t they will really kill you),” he said in his remarks last May 12.
A P2-million reward has also been offered by the President for any information leading to the capture of a top commander of the communist rebel group.
The commander-in-chief’s meeting with the military officers came following the military’s successful operations against the rebel New People’s Army (NPA) in Mindanao. The intensified operations were made after the President denounced the spate of rebel attacks during the coronavirus pandemic.
“Bilib ako. Saludo ako kung ginawa ninyo (I’m proud of you. I salute you for you have done). I’m not paying you. I know that you are not mercenaries. You do not do it for money,” Duterte said during the assembly held at the Malago clubhouse inside Malacañang Park.
“You do it out of passion for the love of country because we are all Filipinos and we know where to place ourselves when the time comes,” he added.
The President recently warned about the government’s intensified operations against the communist rebels involved in atrocities. He said there will be “more fighting spirit” against the rebel group after they attacked troops involved in relief operations during the coronavirus pandemic.
Duterte also said he wanted the troops to kill the rebels if their lives are put in danger.
“Magsabi ako ng totoo ha? Ang gusto ko — kasi pinapatay ‘yang sundalo ko pati pulis — ang gusto ko, ang order ko, patayin ninyo. Patayin ninyo. Kasi kung hindi kayo patayin, p*** papatayin talaga kayo (I will tell the truth. Because my soldiers and policemen are being killed, I want you, my order is you to kill them. Kill them because son of a b*** if you don’t they will really kill you),” he said in his remarks last May 12.
A P2-million reward has also been offered by the President for any information leading to the capture of a top commander of the communist rebel group.
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