Philippines sees no call for revolutionary govt

Bloomberg

The Philippines said there is no overwhelming call for a revolutionary government, in response to a private group’s push to create one.
About 300 people, including supporters who participated online, assembled at the Clark Freeport to support a revolutionary government to be led by President Rodrigo Duterte until the end of his term in 2022, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported. The group urged Filipinos to adopt a new constitution, the report said.
“The call of a revolutionary government must come from the people and not from a single organisation or an individual,” Salvador Panelo, chief presidential counsel, said in a statement. “It must be an overwhelming call, and there is no present perceptible people’s clamor for such.”
The government is focussed on addressing
the coronavirus pandemic, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said in a
statement.