RevGov is like ‘looking for a headache’ but Duterte is still willing to have a headache.

Last Monday, November 27, 2017, during a speech at a Bangsamoro Assembly in Sultan Kudarat President Rody Duterte said that establishing a revolutionary government at this time was like “looking for a headache.”

However, even though he said that a revgov is akin to “looking for a headache”, he left the door open for him to actually establish a revolutionary government.

Duterte explained that putting up a revolutionary government (RevGov) was a “very extreme measure” that he would resort to only if the government was in imminent danger of being toppled.



“I’d go to RevGov only if the ship of state is about to sink…maybe I’d be forced. That is a very extreme measure,” Mr. Duterte said.

Reading between the lines, the President actually said that he is still open to a revgov if the conditions the conditions exist and his hand is forced into establishing a revolutionary government

Malacañang was quick to clarify what the president said, saying that there was no “factual or legal basis” for President Rodrigo Duterte to declare a RevGov even as his supporters across the country plan to gather on Thursday to urge him to do so.



Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the administration saw no credible or imminent threat that would convince the President to declare a revolutionary government.

Roque said in a press briefing in Mindanao, “We appreciate the calls of the President’s supporters for RevGov but I think there’s no factual or legal basis as of now because the President has said he would consider a revolutionary government if destabilizers will persist in their plan to have him removed from office,”

“Now, I stress we don’t see any threat, any such threat in the near future,” he added.