Cory grandson frowns on calls for people power

Loyalists of former president Rodrigo Duterte invoking the people power revolution have hollow principles, according to the grandson of democracy stalwarts Corazon and Ninoy Aquino.

- ALEXIS ROMERO

"They invoked people power, which they had ignored during Duterte's term, for their own interests," Kiko Aquino Dee yesterday told The STAR.

Former presidential spokesman Harry Roque is hoping to replicate the 1986 peaceful revolt that toppled President Marcos' father, dictator Ferdinand Marcos, after two decades in power.

Dee has urged the President to acknowledge the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s jurisdiction over Duterte and rejoin the tribunal after the country withdrew six years ago during Duterte’s term.

Meanwhile, former presidential peace adviser Teresita Quintos Deles, who served during the second Aquino presidency, has called on the public not to forget the plight of drug war victims.

Malacañang yesterday also slammed supporters of Duterte after they urged the public to hold antigovernment protests along EDSA following his arrest and turnover to the ICC for alleged crimes against humanity.

“Isn’t this an attempt to overthrow the government?” Presidential Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said at a press briefing.