Malacañang on Thursday belittled the communist movement’s capability to unseat President Rodrigo Duterte, even with Jose Maria “Joma” Sison’s threat that ousting the Chief Executive would be their top priority in 2019.

Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo reiterated that Sison, who has been in self-exile in the Netherlands since 1987, has no capability of toppling the Duterte government.

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