President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday called on policemen not to join any “stupid” coup attempt against his administration amid reports of an ouster plot against him, dubbed “Red October.”“Do not go into such stupid thing as coup d’ etat. Just talk to me, and if I think that you are right, I will agree with you. ADVERTISEMENTMen in uniform need “not nurture personal loyalty” to him because he doesn’t need it, the President said. Escudero said that while “nothing is impossible,” it was “highly doubtful” that such a plot would pose a threat to the Duterte administration. Gabriela Rep. Arlene Brosas said the ouster plot was nothing but a “fictional scenario being stirred … to discredit dissent.” —With a report from Maila AgerRead Next

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 26, 2018 21:11 UTC