VP Duterte mum on father's Mindanao secession push

JOYCE BALANCIO

ABS-CBN News

MANILA &mdash; Vice President Sara Duterte said Tuesday she would rather focus on development projects in Mindanao rather than comment on the proposed separation of Mindanao from the rest of the Philippines.<ul><li><a data-cke-saved-href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/2024/2/8/marcos-call-for-a-separate-mindanao-doomed-to-fail-1927" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/2024/2/8/marcos-call-for-a-separate-mindanao-doomed-to-fail-1927">Marcos: Call for a separate Mindanao &#39;doomed to fail&#39;</a></li></ul>&nbsp; &ldquo;Wala akong comment sa pulitika because everyone can go their way sa politics,&rdquo; she told reporters in Malaysia. &nbsp; &ldquo;But sa development projects naman doon sa Mindanao ay tinututukan natin. Kamakailan lang andoon si Pangulong Marcos sa Davao City para iprisinta ang transport modernization ng Davao City and of course iyong iba pang development projects sa iba pang lugar sa Mindanao,&rdquo; she added &nbsp; Her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, has been calling for Mindanao&#39;s secession, even as he also opposed the people&rsquo;s initiative to amend the Constitution.<ul><li><a data-cke-saved-href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/2/1/duterte-s-dream-of-mindanao-secession-practically-impossible-lawyer-1502" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/2/1/duterte-s-dream-of-mindanao-secession-practically-impossible-lawyer-1502">Duterte&#39;s &#39;dream&#39; of Mindanao secession &#39;practically impossible&#39;: lawyer</a></li></ul>&nbsp; He also instructed Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez to start soliciting signatures for Mindanao&#39;s secession. &nbsp; President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. however, rejected the proposal saying &ldquo;it is doomed to fail for it is anchored on a false premise&rdquo; and a &ldquo;sheer Constitutional travesty&rdquo;.<ul><li><a data-cke-saved-href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/2/9/duterte-ally-defends-mindanao-independence-push-after-marcos-objection-1149" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/2/9/duterte-ally-defends-mindanao-independence-push-after-marcos-objection-1149">Duterte ally defends Mindanao &#39;independence&#39; push after Marcos objection</a></li></ul> &quot;I strongly appeal to all concerned to stop this call for a separate Mindanao,&quot; Marcos Jr. said during the recent &ldquo;Constitution Day&quot; in Makati City.

&nbsp; He also instructed Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez to start soliciting signatures for Mindanao&#39;s secession. &nbsp; President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. however, rejected the proposal saying &ldquo;it is doomed to fail for it is anchored on a false premise&rdquo; and a &ldquo;sheer Constitutional travesty&rdquo;.<ul><li><a data-cke-saved-href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/2/9/duterte-ally-defends-mindanao-independence-push-after-marcos-objection-1149" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/2/9/duterte-ally-defends-mindanao-independence-push-after-marcos-objection-1149">Duterte ally defends Mindanao &#39;independence&#39; push after Marcos objection</a></li></ul> &quot;I strongly appeal to all concerned to stop this call for a separate Mindanao,&quot; Marcos Jr. said during the recent &ldquo;Constitution Day&quot; in Makati City.

&nbsp; &ldquo;Wala akong comment sa pulitika because everyone can go their way sa politics,&rdquo; she told reporters in Malaysia. &nbsp; &ldquo;But sa development projects naman doon sa Mindanao ay tinututukan natin. Kamakailan lang andoon si Pangulong Marcos sa Davao City para iprisinta ang transport modernization ng Davao City and of course iyong iba pang development projects sa iba pang lugar sa Mindanao,&rdquo; she added &nbsp; Her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, has been calling for Mindanao&#39;s secession, even as he also opposed the people&rsquo;s initiative to amend the Constitution.<ul><li><a data-cke-saved-href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/2/1/duterte-s-dream-of-mindanao-secession-practically-impossible-lawyer-1502" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/2/1/duterte-s-dream-of-mindanao-secession-practically-impossible-lawyer-1502">Duterte&#39;s &#39;dream&#39; of Mindanao secession &#39;practically impossible&#39;: lawyer</a></li></ul>

MANILA &mdash; Vice President Sara Duterte said Tuesday she would rather focus on development projects in Mindanao rather than comment on the proposed separation of Mindanao from the rest of the Philippines.<ul><li><a data-cke-saved-href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/2024/2/8/marcos-call-for-a-separate-mindanao-doomed-to-fail-1927" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/2024/2/8/marcos-call-for-a-separate-mindanao-doomed-to-fail-1927">Marcos: Call for a separate Mindanao &#39;doomed to fail&#39;</a></li></ul>

Vice President Sara Duterte said Tuesday she would rather focus on development projects in Mindanao.

Vice President Sara Duterte said Tuesday she would rather focus on development projects in Mindanao.

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VP Duterte mum on father's Mindanao secession push

VP Duterte mum on father's Mindanao secession push