Term extension? Aquino not interested
President Benigno Aquino III. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines – There will be only six years of power for President Benigno Aquino III, and nothing more.
Secretary Herminio Coloma of the Presidential Communications Operations Office said that the President is not interested in extending his tenure via Charter change.
“The President himself is counting down the days on how long he will stay in office,” Coloma said Tuesday afternoon at a media briefing.
“He expects that when he steps down at 12noon of June 30, 2016, he would have fulfilled the promises that he made to the Filipino people,” he added.
Coloma said that even in the case of a planned Charter change, President Aquino would not extend a day in the post.
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