Duterte: People would eventually forget me
Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 09:55:42 +0000
Nearing halfway through his six-year term, President Duterte said he would retire soon and the people would eventually forget him.
But before he ends his term in 2022, the President has renewed his commitment to sustain the campaign against drugs, criminality, and corruption in keeping with his mandate to protect and preserve the nation.
“Kaya po ako naman ay talagang ginagawa ko lahat to protect the next generation. Itong lahat ng ito especially dito sa law and order remember I will not stay forever,” he said during the opening of the Palarong Pambansa in Davao City.
“In three years I will be gone. I will retire, you will forget me and that is good,” said the former Davao City mayor.
Duterte has cautioned anew that the country would unlikely to attain progress if there will be no law and order and corruption persists. Such dim economic prospect could happen even if the country’s leader is given more than one term, he admitted.
“‘Pag ang Pilipino hindi makaabot ng law and order enough for our civilization to survive maski ilang taon ang ibigay mo sa isang presidente walang mangyari. At kung ang Pilipino ayaw huminto sa graft and corruption, ganun rin,” he said.
“Even if you give anybody, for as long as there is no law and order in this country and for as long as there is corruption in government, you can never expect development and progress to take place,” he said. (Genalyn Kabiling)