On Valentine’s Day, this guy turned 92 years old. However, he’s clearly got no love for President Noynoy Aquino.
At a media forum, Senate minority leader Juan Ponce Enrile gave his assessment of Oplan Exodus or the police mission that resulted in the Mamasapano massacre in Jan 2015, which left 44 Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) members dead.
“Enrile stated that mission’s failure could be laid entirely at the feet of President Aquino,” reports Rie Takumi on GMA News Online.
Enrile explained, “(The soliders), theirs is not to reason why, theirs is just to do and die… Who can defy a president? In this country, a president is the precipatory power. He is the head of state, head of government, chief executive, commander in chief, and the top policeman.”
He added, “Sabi ni (Justice Secretary Leila) de Lima, walang command chain ang police. Paano aandar yung kapulisan kung walang command chain? The command chain is from the chief executive (Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said the police have no command chain. How does the police force run without a comman chain? The ommand chain is from the chief executive).”
Then Enrile quipped that he didn’t expect Aquino to turn out to be a “lousy” leader. He said, “I measure him, he’s the worst president this country ever had.”
