AFP, PNP loyal to Constitution

Amidst President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim of an ouster and destabilization plot against him, the Armed forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) said they will remain loyal to the Philippine Constitution.

During the AFP-PNP press conference yesterday at The Royal Mandaya Hotel, Chief Inspector Milgrace Driz, Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 spokesperson, said that they will follow the president as authority mandated by the constitution.

“We do not tolerate any movement, rather, we are supporting the Constitution mandated to us,” Driz said, adding they fully support the President as long as he has constitutional authority.

Lieutenant Colonel Ezra Balagtey of the East Mindanao Command, for his part, said they will remain solid professional and focused on the mission to secure the communities.

He said they are still undivided so there is no way for coup d’état to happen and they have been conducting loyalty check every week by swearing allegiance of oath to the flag and the Constitution.

PRO 11 and the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) also said they have been checking their men’s loyalty regularly.

“Kung may pagbabago man ng leadership let it happen in the most legal way,” Balagtey said, adding that they do not want their transformation be wasted.

“We do not tolerate any movement, rather, we are supporting the Constitution mandated to us.”

Chief Inspector MILGRACE DRIZ, Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 spokesperson