Published April 21, 2021, 1:41 PM
President Duterte intends to resign alongside any former military official in his Cabinet if he — or anyone of them — gets entangled with corruption.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at the Malacañang Golf (Malago) Clubhouse in Malacañang Park, Manila on April 19, 2021.
(KING RODRIGUEZ / PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / FILE PHOTO)
But so far, the President is convinced that his Cabinet members, who previously served in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), remained corruption-free. Duterte is even satisfied with the performance of these retired military officers in his official family.