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BY RHICK LARS VLADIMERALBAY
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Thursday, April 13, 2017
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(Continued from April 11, 2017)
THE PALACE should have expected that sooner or later this would happen.
With its ambivalence toward the media and the administration’s talking heads sent on a tailspin every time President Duterte embarks on a lengthy tirade (throwback to Ernesto Abella and his spiel on “using creative imagination” when interpreting the president’s speeches), employees were bound to start leaking “inside” information.
Though there are other much more scandalous revelations on Alt Malacañang’s Twitter feed (@AltMalacanang) – such as gems’ on a certain senator’s private relations, a Cabinet member’s double life, the uncertain tenure of a popular appointee, as well as certain doubts and grumblings in the Duterte camp – the most interesting narrative it has unearthed is the saga of Bongbong Marcos and his quest for power.
“[Bongbong Marcos] will assume DILG post once one year ban is over. PRRD promised post to him. Sueno was not personally corrupt, one of his staff was,” Alt Malacañang tweeted on April 4, after the ill-timed sacking of Interior chief Ismael Sueno.
“The firing is part of BBM saga. [Three] usecs corrupt but pro BBM people. Sueno was never meant to stay long. Corruption claim all smoke & mirrors,” it added in a subsequent post.
Alt Malacañang also hints at the nuances why Duterte showed a 180 degree turn on his “destabilization” accusations against Leni Robredo, calling on his supporters to back down on their threats to unseat the VP.
“Meanwhile, BBM confident VP Leni impeachment won’t push thru. Since PRRD is committed to him, removing Leni creates unwanted complications.”
The 1987 Philippine Constitution gives the incumbent President the power to “choose” who the second highest executive official will be, but the candidate needs to be confirmed “by a majority vote of all the members of both Houses of the Congress, voting separately.”
With Senate President Koko Pimentel and Pantaleon Alvarez (who both have the numbers needed to secure a confirmation from Congress) also “toying” with the idea of becoming Vice President, an impeachment would render Bongbong’s electoral protest useless.
Now with a few thousand followers, Alt Malacañang also touches on devoted Duterte fanatic Mocha Uson (“Palace comms tired of Mocha’s unbridled postings. PRRD read some of her posts and exclaimed: “Putang-ina Bong Go, anong pinagsasabi nya!”), inside gags in the Malacañang (“The joke going around the Palace is the poor gets EJK or extrajudicially killed, admin people [get] EJF or extrajudicially fired.”) and the April 2 “Palit Bise” rally (“Someone inside the Palace is angry – “Gawagawa ng rally, tapos walang pupunta. Mga gago!”) among others.
Again, it has yet to be confirmed if the people running the page are truly employed by Duterte’s government, but their candid tweets do paint a compelling picture of the inner workings of our President’s allied circle – backbiting, infighting and all. (rhickalbay@gmail.com/PN)
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