Palace tells detractors: Accept defeat in elections
Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 09:21:35 +0000
Malacañang yesterday renewed its call to the opposition and critics of President Duterte to accept defeat in the midterm polls, instead of questioning the credibility of the elections because their bet lost did not make it to the “Magic 12.”
Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the statement after Bayan Secretary General Renato Reyes said that the “Duterte magic” was a form of systematic cheating and rigging of the elections.
Panelo said that the Palace expected the likes of Reyes to cry cheating and question the Duterte magic following the defeat of their senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares, along with many Left-leaning party-list groups in the polls.
According to Panelo, the people have already seen through the “sophistry” of espousing their feigned brand of nationalism for many decades, taking advantage of the poor man’s plight.
“Their loss is a clear indictment that our people do not believe in their advocacies, especially on the war on drugs, extra-judicial killings, South China Sea, one-man rule, etc., which they have foisted and peddled to the people,” he said.
“Our people’s rejection should have been a wake-up call to re-assess their actions. Unfortunately, Mr. Reyes –
instead of throwing in the towel and yield to the resounding voice of the electorate – opts to throw his false and malicious narratives at the Duterte administration,” he added.
Panelo also said that Reyes should be “humble enough” to accept the electoral defeat, saying that their strategy to attack administration bets just triggered a backlash against opposition candidates.
“They should have presented an alternative platform of governance and discussed how their brand of politics would be much better than the kind that the administration candidates would provide,” he said.
He then urged the opposition, critics, and detractors of President Duterte to bow to the majesty of the rule of the majority, and reiterated the administration’s call to them to set aside partisanship and unite for the betterment of Filipinos. (Argyll Geducos)