President Ferdinand Marcos in a media briefing on Tuesday evening with reporters who covered the Association of Southeast Asian Summit in Kuala Lumpur, confirmed that he will not resign from his position despite calls from his detractors to do so.

“Why would I do that? It’s not my habit to run away from problems,” Marcos said.

When asked on the conditions set by those associated with former President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Sara Duterte on a possible reconciliation, the President said that setting conditions is not a sincere move.

A condition mentioned by Duterte allies is to bring back Duterte from The Hague where he is confined for crimes against humanity before the International Court of Justice.

“That’s not how reconciliation works. You don’t put conditions to reconcile. If you’re sincere you want reconciliation, let’s sit down [and talk] ? what’s the problem, how did this happen, let’s remove the problem,” Marcos said.

“If you say, 'I won’t talk to you if you don’t give me these' ? it’s going nowhere. It’s done, that’s not reconciliation. It’s not even a negotiation. It’s demanding, it’s setting conditions,” Marcos added.

Marcos previously said in an interview with a broadcast journalist on May 19 that he was open to reconciling with Vice President Sara Duterte.

His comments were made as survey firm Pulse Asia said the President's net trust ratings remain lower than that of the Vice President.

Marcos also clarified that he did not want an impeachment trial against the vice president to take place. The trial will be held late July.

“I did not want the impeachment. All my allies in the Congress did not file an impeachment complaint. Those that filed the impeachment complaint, you can’t say that I can order them what to do. Why do I have to keep explaining that I did not want impeachment?” Marcos explained.

“I don’t think they have made any decisions yet in that regard, it’s their job… let’s see what happens,” Marcos added. Yzabela Velez-White/DMS