Vice President Sara Duterte said the government should not show mercy to terrorists and criminals after her meeting with the heads of security sector on Monday, September 5.
Duterte set the meeting while President Bongbong Marcos is in his state visit to Indonesia and Singapore.
The Vice President met with officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine Army, Philippine Air Force, Philippine Navy, Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection, and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology.
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“Initially, we discussed the peace and order situation in our country today and how we can maintain the security of the country until President Marcos comes back from his state visits,” Duterte said in a press conference.
Duterte said that the country should address security problems to recover from the pandemic.
“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 said.
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Duterte said that they haven’t monitor any security threat in the country.
“Wala po. Wala po kaming na-discuss na terror threat,” she said.
