AS expected, the Palace has belittled the National Transformation Council’s calls for President Benigno S. C. Aquino 3rd to resign because he “has lost the moral right to lead the nation,” because he “has become a danger to the Philippine Democratic and Republican state and to the peace, freedom, security and moral and spiritual well-being of the Filipino people” and because under his incompetent and corrupt governance grave problems are now destroying the nation.

Both Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. and Palace spokesperson Edwin Lacierda have spoken to defend President Aquino. They are claiming that the majority of the people want Aquino to finish his term.

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