Duterte to AFP: You want another President? Fine

President Rodrigo Duterte has challenged the military to oust him as Commander-in-Chief.

“I have stated...I said my clear stand on the matter. If the Armed Forces think that I am not competent, that I am not qualified to be sitting here as President, I have discussed this matter with them in a command conference. Bahala kayo. [Nasa] inyo [yan],” Duterte said Tuesday.

“Ngayon, kung sabihin ninyo wala akong ginawa, anong kasalanan ko? [Sabihin niyo] kasama ko si Trillanes, mag-simpatya kayo [sa kanya]? Eh kung ganoon, kung ganun kayong klase ‘di doon kayo. Doon kayo. If you want another President, fine,” Duterte added.

President Duterte voided the amnesty granted to former mutineer and Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV by issuing Proclamation 572 last week. Its legality is based on the argument that Trillanes did not apply for amnesty and did not admit to his past crimes even if Department of Defense records show that Trillanes applied for amnesty, admitted guilt to all violations of all and that the Defense department found his application for amnesty in order.

Trillanes, a former Navy officer, is a staunch critic of the President's drug war and has also alleged the Chief Executive of accumulating ill-gotten wealth in the past.

“Sinabi ko naman sa inyo, just tell me. The major commanders can come here and we’ll have coffee, and I’ll say, sige, inyo na. Gustuhin ninyo, inyo na,” Duterte said.

“Then let us see how you do it,” he added. —NB, GMA News