Philippines’ Duterte alleges coup plot based on tip from a foreign power
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday revealed what he said was a plot to unseat him hatched by the opposition, Maoist rebels and a group of former soldiers who had mounted failed coups in the past.
In a conversation with his lawyer, shown on national television, Duterte said he had asked the military to “declassify†information about the plot which he said was gathered by a third country he did not identify.
“We have the evidence and we have the conversation provided by a foreign country sympathetic to us,†Duterte told Salvador Panelo, presidential legal counsel, in an hour-long conversation.
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I wonder who? USA would be the first I'd think who would tip Philippines off.
Israel has good intelligence but I don't think their interest would be over there. This involved Maoist guerillas, so that kind of leaves China out. And I'm sure, there are others who might have intelligence involved including Australia and even Japan.
