Trillanes: ‘Fanatic’ support for Duterte delayed rally behind De Lima

But why did it take over two years for them to act?Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, who suffered the same fate as De Lima during the administration of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, shared on Monday his idea why it took so long.

“The political environment back then was such that there was very fanatical in favor of [President Rodrigo] Duterte,” he said, speaking partly in Filipino, at a press conference at Club Filipino in San Juan. “These really admired Duterte.”“What’s different now is the political environment,” he added.

According to him, people have become more critical of the President — despite the recent elections in May when not a single opposition senatorial candidate landed a seat in the Senate. Trillanes, one of the President’s staunchest critics, said that he also believed that the administration had tinkered with survey results to give the chief executive high approval and trust ratings.Before his 4th State of the Nation Address, the President’s approval and trust rating scores were both 85 in the Pulse Asia survey and his net satisfaction rating was 68 in the Social Weather Stations survey.

“Do you think it is unthinkable or out of character for Mr. Duterte to tinker with the surveys?” Trillanes said. “Is there anything off-limits to him as far as morals are concerned? Nothing is off-limits for Mr. Duterte.”

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