VICE President Duterte yesterday held a meeting with the government’s security sector, saying they “should show no mercy to criminals and terrorists.
“Our policy against criminals and terrorists and those that support and espouse their ideologies of violence should be hardline. We should show no mercy to criminals and terrorists,” she told uniformed officials headed by AFP Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente Bacarro at the Department of Education’s main office in Pasig City.
The Vice President, the concurrent education secretary, issued the order as the country’s caretaker while President Marcos Jr. is on state visits to Indonesia and Singapore.
Duterte said the meeting was aimed at solidifying the inter-agency linkages “to beef up the country’s military defense and pave the way for achieving inclusive development.
“Our objective was to strengthen existing coordination and enhance interagency cooperation on issues concerning our national security and the country’s development,” Duterte said. “As the caretaker, may I reiterate the Marcos administration’s direction towards aggressively pursuing programs and projects that will address social inequities and further propel the country’s progress post-pandemic,” she added.
She emphasized that the Marcos’ administration is gearing towards economic revival and is “aggressively pursuing programs and projects that will address social inequities and further propel the country’s progress post-pandemic.”
