MANILA - The Philippine National Police on Friday said there is no reason for the police or military to grab power from President Rodrigo Duterte, as the country’s law enforcement agencies are happy with how the chief executive is running things.

Duterte has said the PNP or the Armed Forces are free to oust him in a coup if they feel that he is no longer capable as a leader.

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PNP spokesperson Senior Superintendent Bong Durana, however, said the 170,000-strong PNP is very satisfied with the President’s leadership.

“As far as the PNP is concerned, we will follow what’s written in the constitution,” Durana said in a Palace press briefing.

“In my 30-plus years in service, it is only now that the PNP leadership is empowered, unlike before there are a lot of political influences. The president has given almost a free hand to the PNP to do their job," he added.

Duterte has said he is not afraid of being overthrown in a coup, and has in fact expressed preference to it instead of relinquishing his post to Vice President Leni Robredo.

Interior and Local Government officer-in-charge Eduardo Año, a former military chief, said “there is no existing condition” that would call for a coup or junta. He said the military is satisfied with Duterte’s leadership.

Duterte earlier this week said he was “tired” and thinking of stepping down, as he expressed frustration over the rampant corruption in government and persistence of the illegal drug trade.