MALACAÑANG ON Thursday warned the Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) and other informal settlers that they will have to deal with the full extent of the law if they try again to occupy government housing projects. “I repeat, they will have to deal with the full extent of the law and the rule of the President is to implement the law. He will implement the law,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry L. Roque, Jr. said in a press briefing at the Palace. Mr. Roque explained that “in the past, President Rodrigo R. Duterte allowed the Kadamay to occupy government housing projects intended for soldiers in Pandi, Bulacan. But if you will recall, the President said that would be the first and the last.” The Kadamay group on Wednesday trooped to the La Solidaridad-Avilon Zoo housing project in Rizal, but they failed to occupy the housing units after they were dispersed by the local police. “Given this latest attempt, the President has given directives to the police that Kadamay should not be allowed to take over these housing units,” Mr. Roque said. — Arjay L. Balinbin

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