BACOLOD CITY–The 149-member League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) has thrown help behind President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and the First Household following the threats and verbal assaults of Vice President Sara Duterte towards the Chief Govt and First Girl Liza Araneta-Marcos over the weekend.
“The League of Cities stands in steadfast help of President Marcos and his administration, and we name on all leaders to prioritize the welfare of our residents over private disputes,” the LCP mentioned in an announcement on Sunday signed by Quezon Metropolis Mayor Pleasure Belmonte, performing nationwide president, and Bacolod Metropolis Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, nationwide chairman.
The town mayors added that they “categorically condemn any conduct or actions that threaten the steadiness of the duly constituted authorities led by Marcos.”
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Calling Duterte’s outburst “each unbecoming of her workplace and reckless,” the LCP mentioned, “such recklessness endangers not solely the protection of our leaders but additionally the peace and safety of the whole Filipino.”
“Any suggestion or assertion that the Vice President can be harmed and the heinous instruction of retaliation to, in flip, hurt the President, the First Girl, the Speaker of the Home, or any key authorities official is deeply irresponsible and a grave menace to our democracy and the rule of regulation,” they added.
The LCP famous that the use of public funds by the Workplace of the Vice President “should be addressed in a fashion befitting the gravity of public belief, not by way of accusations, name-calling, or divisive conduct.”
“We, the 149 members of the LCP, demand a right away cessation of all inflammatory rhetoric and private assaults,” town mayors mentioned as they “urge all events concerned to uphold the best requirements of professionalism, integrity, and respect, significantly amongst our authorities officers, who characterize the Filipino folks.”
The LCP additional mentioned they categorical “unwavering help and prayers for the protection and safety of each public official, and most particularly the First Household.”
“Any threats to their safety might be met with the total power of the regulation. The League of Cities is not going to tolerate acts or rhetoric that sow division, incite violence, or undermine the sanctity of public service,” town mayors mentioned.
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