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Duterte meets with Honasan, RAM members


President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday met with Senator Gringo Honasan and some members of the Rebolusyonaryong Alyansang Makabansa (RAM).

The meeting took place in Malacañang before Duterte gave his speech at the 19th anniversary rites of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC).

 

RAM, which played a role in the 1986 People Power Revolution, is a group of officers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines that broke away from the leadership of then-President Ferdinand Marcos.

The group was also behind the August 28, 1987 failed military uprising during the administration of Marcos' successor, the late President Corazon Aquino.

Meanwhile, Honasan, a member of RAM, was charged last week with two counts of graft for the alleged misuse of  P30 million of his Priority Development Assistance Funds (PDAF) or pork barrel following his arrest.

The senator posted P60,000 bail for his temporary liberty. —Anna Felicia Bajo/KBK/KVD, GMA News