Security forces would grab power and take over the government if ordered to go to war with China over the South China Sea dispute, President Duterte said yesterday. Duterte said the military and police would defy him if he asks them to go to war over the maritime row. Doing so would be like committing “suicide,” he said.

Romero, A., & Punongbayan, M. (2018, June 7). Rody: War with China is like committing suicide. The Philippine Star, p. 8.