Former President Benigno Aquino III told Liberal Party (LP) members to "speak up" about the controversial policies being pushed by the Duterte administration, LP secretary-general Kit Belmonte said Tuesday.

"Former President Aquino's guidance was for us to speak up... Ang mahalaga, magsalita kami sa issues," Belmonte told reporters after the LP caucus in Quezon City.

Vice President Leni Robredo and incarcerated Senator Leila de Lima made the same call to be more vocal about dissent.

"This has happened before. In the past, this paved the way for a one-man rule. We will not be silenced. Our nation deserves no less. Democracy demands dissent,” Robredo earlier said.

Despite these statements from party leaders, LP members should not be "demonized" as the LP is not out to block all measures being forwarded by the majority in Congress, Belmonte said.

"Maraming position ang administrasyon na hindi rin naman masama like 'endo'... 'Pag maganda, obligado kami suportahan," Belmonte said.

(The administration has a lot of good position too like it's bid to end contractualization... If the policy is good, we will support it.)