Acting presidential spokesperson and Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (File photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo Roa Duterte will continue his advocacies for good government, anti-corruption, and anti-illegal drugs even as a private citizen, Malacanang said Thursday. Acting presidential spokesperson and Communications Secretary Martin Andanar made this assurance after Duterte mentioned feeling "patriotic" about soon transferring the reins of government to the newly elected president. "Di namin napag uusapan kung anong preparasyon ang ginagawa ng ating Pangulo para sa kanyang paghahanda na maging isang private citizen but knowing the president but also based sa sinabi niya nung nakaraan, ipagpapatuloy niya ang kanyang advocacy for good government, para labanan ang korapsyon at labanan ang ipinagbabawal na droga sa ating lipunan (We have not discussed preparations of the President to become a private citizen but knowing the President but also based on what he previousl
wouldn t be good enough. and that is why we are in not a fight for the majority or for the midterms. we re in a fight for the soul of our country. we re in a fight for who we are going to be as a country. do we get to continue this grand experiment in democracy? do we get to use this opportunity to reset our economy and our recovery to put the american family first and make sure there s equal opportunity for everybody? or are we going to allow that fundamental right of voting to be taken away? and what we have to realize is that this is a washington problem. when you get outside of the beltway, the american people understand this. they want us to fight corruption. they want our presidents to have, you know, to be free of conflict of interest.
concerns of republicans in a compromised bill, it still wouldn t be good enough. and that is why we are in not a fight for the majority or for the midterms or in a fight for the soul of our country. we are in a fight for who we are going to be as a country. do we get to continue this grand experiment in democracy? do we get to use this opportunity to reset our economy and our recovery to put the american family first and make sure there s equal opportunity for everybody? or are we going to allow that fundamental right of voting to be taken away? and what we have to realize is that this is a washington problem. when you get outside the beltway the american people understand this. they want us to fight corruption. they want our presidents to have to be free of conflict of interest. they want voting to be secure and to be easy so that you don t have to choose between