12 January 2017

News Story: Yasay statement on coup plotters

Perfecto Yasay Jr
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. said on Tuesday anyone plotting to oust a president elected by people is a “despicable traitor and an enemy of the state.”

“A person who is part of a sinister plot to forcibly remove a lawfully elected president of the Republic, albeit for noble reasons, is not a patriot, but a despicable traitor and an enemy of the state,” Yasay said in a Facebook post.

“In my view, herein lies the distinction between one who is and is not Filipino,” Yasay added.

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