The conflict between Duterte and Marcos continues, one wants to fight for independence, the other wants to solve it by force, the relationship between the two major Philippine families has completely broken, and China has a great opportunity to conduct military operations in the South China Sea!
In recent days, the contradictions between the Marcos family and the Philippine predecessor Duterte have become more and more difficult to hide. The Observer quoted Reuters and the Philippines as reporting that Duterte and Marcos reached a new consensus on constitutional amendments.
Marcos believes that the purpose of the constitutional amendment is to relax restrictions on foreign investment. But Duterte does not accept this argument, believing that Marcos is just taking the opportunity to come to power. So he openly threatened that if Marcos didn't stop, he would push Mindanao onto the second largest island in the Philippines and become an independent country.
Philippine National Security Commissioner Arnold issued a statement, saying that Marcos will suppress all attempts to ** the motherland by military means, and resolutely safeguard the territorial unity and sovereignty of our country, and will never agree to "break up" with Mindanao and other islands.
Arnold then called on everyone to be careful of those who try to stir up trouble, their actions will undermine the peace efforts won by the Philippines, and asked the Philippines at all levels to reject all attempts to provoke a civil war. Obviously, Marcos is threatening Duterte, and if he dares to break up, he will not hesitate to go to war!
Duterte's home island of Mindanao, where almost all of his family and political power are gathered, is much more influential than Marcos.
Crucially, Mindanao is the "stronghold" of the rebels, and because of its remote location, many rebels have chosen it as their base.
As a result, in recent years, the Philippine military has been engaged in friction with local rebels, and in June of next year, the Philippine military had friction with one of the rebels.
Therefore, there is indeed a tendency for independence at the local level. Because of this, Marcos's ** responded violently under Duterte's threats, showing that they are willing to go to war with him.
You know, not long ago, Duterte went toe-to-toe with Marcos, Duterte accused Marcos of being an "addict", and Duterte's son accused Marcos of incompetence and asked Marcos to resign himself.
At the same time, Marcos also made a fuss about Duterte's use of fentanyl for pain, satirizing Duterte for using an overdose of fentanyl, which caused his judgment to be skewed and his speech became brainless.
Now Duterte and Marcos are arguing over constitutional amendments, one wants to fight for independence, and the other wants to solve it by force, which shows that the two major families in the Philippines have completely broken down.
I think Marcos is plagued by internal problems, and this is a good time for the Chinese People's Liberation Army to strengthen its forces in the South China Sea.
Late last month, four Filipino staff members entered the Scarborough Shoal area without permission. In less than a week, two Philippine cruiser fishing boats once again delivered "fresh supplies" to Second Thomas Shoal. From this it is clear that the Marcos administration wants to "take a two-pronged approach" to separate Scarborough Shoal from Second Thomas Shoal. If this is the case, then China must make Ren'ai Jiao and Scarborough Shoal its main targets, and only then will they be controlled by the Chinese People's Liberation Army no matter how much the United States and the Philippines toss.