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The Philippine military chief said Friday he rejected calls for the armed forces to topple President Ferdinand Marcos as Manila was rocked by street protests last month against government corruption.
General Romeo Brawner said some retired officers from the Philippine military reached out to him and some younger officers, but their calls were rebuffed.
The moves came as Manila geared up for massive September 21 anti-corruption protests sparked by bogus flood-control projects believed to have cost taxpayers billions of dollars.
During last month’s protests, “there were posters and speeches calling for the Armed Forces of the Philippines to be the lead. Some of them were saying that maybe we should withdraw our support for the president,” Brawner told a news forum…
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