STATEMENT OF SEN. FRANCIS "KIKO" PANGILINAN ON REVGOV INITIATIVES
Focus on COVID hunger and joblessness, not revgov: Pangilinan

"Malacañang should rein in efforts by some groups to establish a revolutionary government and instead rally people to find ways to tide the Filipinos over the COVID pandemic.

The nation is already grappling with hunger and joblessness as a result of the lockdown, PhilHealth mess, and lack of funds. The Filipinos will get nothing out of this distraction.

The concept of a revolutionary government is not stated in any existing legal documents, such as the 1987 Philippine Constitution. Let us not depart from the constitutional order.

While the moves of the individuals behind the revolutionary government should be taken with a grain of salt, we must remain vigilant to thwart it as such could be a thinly-veiled dictatorship that would concentrate power in the hands of the president -- which freedom-loving Filipinos should resist."