Dapat bang ipagbawal ang mandatory homework sa elementary at high school students sa weekend? Pag-usapan natin ang panukalang batas ni Sen. Bong Revilla kasama si Justine Raagas, executive director ng Philippine Business for Education.

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... Again thank you sa mga patuloy na nakikinig at nanonood sa ating programa, sa mga nakikinig sa podcast. Thank you, thank you, thank you very much."

... Meron siya mga binabanggitan dahilan doon at tingnan natin kung maganda po ba itong sugestion na ito. Actually hindi po siya yung first time na nag-file po ng ganitong panukalam batas or bill sa Senado. So last year 2022 meron din po panukalam batas kaugnay dito sa Sen. Grace Poe.

... Kung meron ba talaga tayong mapapalang maganda pagdating buti sa panukalam batas ito sakaling magiging batas nga po ito.

Yes, thank you for having me on your show.

... We also look at improving learning outcomes sa mga learners natin or mga mag-aaral ngayon."

... Just end of the month, last month. May version din previously si Sen. Grace Poe but also may DepEd memos na rin in the past. Although not as specific as this bill na saying it can't be more than 2 hours of homework.

Si DepEd din before, naglabas din siya ng memo even way back in 2010 to limit the giving of homework or assignments to a reasonable quantity. Nung lumabas din yung bill, nung na-filed din yung bill last year regarding the homework, naglabas nga din sila ng statement saying that they are supportive of it.

... I think the concept as to limiting homework does have specific intents kasi alam naman natin na mataas na children are really stressed these days, there's high incidences of mental health issues and problems.

... But we also should consider or think about homework first before we jump into saying let's stop homework altogether. Parang we need to think about homework and what it really does, what its effect is on learning.

... So actually kasi homework naman is really one method by which a student can learn or can improve yung learning outcomes niya sa classroom. Nakakatulong ito sa learning retrieval meaning mas naaalala, mas naiintindihan niya yung napag-aralan niya in the classroom kahit na sa bahay.

... And it has to be done in a certain way na magagamit niya talaga yung natutunan niya sa classroom. So that's one. But there are studies that show actually and I think this is where the bill is coming from that excessive homework can be counterproductive.

Okay. Pero sa Philippine situation so far sa pagmamonitor ng PBED, overworked ba yung mga estudyante natin sa elementary at up to junior high? Masyado bang mabigat yung mga assignments for the weekend?

So well first I guess what the PED is saying and what schools are saying is that una yung curriculum nila is very congested. So kahit in the classroom medyo congested yung kinakailangan nilang matutunan in terms of subjects. That may translate if madagdagan pa ng homework.

That might also mean more homework at the end of the day during school hours or over the weekends. Anecdotally in many of our consultations and listening sessions, homework does come out as one of the biggest complaints of students and parents na it really spills over sa weekend.

And it takes time away from them to relax, to get ready for the following week. Pero in a way nga, ano ba yun? Does it fall under that category that it is becoming counterproductive given the workload that they do pagdating sa bahay?

It may, especially if it goes beyond certain hours. So a Stanford study shows na if homework goes beyond two hours a day, it does lead to demotivation. Similar studies show na mas bumababa yung grades sa maths and sciences kasi they get learning fatigue.

So yan, if it goes beyond two hours a day, it may, depending on the teacher kasi because we cannot speak to the whole system. Diba nag-iiba-iba din yung mga schools and mga teachers sa pagbigay ng homework.

Dito ba sa issue na to specifically, meron bang position ang PBED?

Yes, so essentially what we think first is that there is value in homework. So as I mentioned, nakakatulong siya sa pag-alala and really instill or to retrieve what's learned in the classroom.

And normally kasi learning retrieval, it doesn't work immediately after the lesson. So kailangan talaga siyang nagagawa at home.

There are also methods. So as you know naman, we are in a learning crisis, right? So ang taas ng learning losses.

And in terms of learning, helping students learn more or accelerating learning recovery, there are some activities that might help at home.

So mga remediation classes, for example, lalo na sa mga bata na hindi pa marunong magbasa or mahina sa math, minsan kinakailangan gawin din yun sa bahay.

So we see that there is value in homework. However, excessive homework can be counterproductive nga as I shared kasi meron mental health issues.

But at the same time, excessive homework can lead to some and can perpetuate some learning inequities in the classroom.

Kunyari, children who don't have access to let's say devices or materials, mas mahihirapan silang gumawa ng homework at home

or kung let's say a certain homework might mean additional resources, kailangan bumili ng Manila paper or Cartolina, magdadagdag yan ng stress sa mga bata, right?

So what we think here is that while there is value, it should be thought of well. Second, hindi din one size fits all yung homework.

For children na nasa lower grade levels, it might not be as useful or as helpful versus for those in higher grade levels.

Mga nasa grade 4, grade 5 and onwards. So pwede din siyang while there is a bill mandating something for the whole of the education system,

dapat kailangan siyang pag-isipan na kailangan siyang pag-isipan across different grade levels.

And then the last stand that we, and just to add to that stand, because hindi one size fits all yung usefulness and yung effectiveness ng homework,

we need to empower teachers to have the autonomy to make these decisions.

At the same time, making sure na they have the capacity to coordinate amongst themselves

para yung cumulative homework ng bata na dadalin sa bahay at the end of the day is really just sakto lang versus

a teacher might say, okay I will give this student 30 minutes lang worth of homework kasi 2 hours naman yung maximum

pero you have 8 teachers giving homework that's 30 minutes lang.

Ganoon din.

Oo.

Ganoon din. At saka actually sa mga nagtuturo, Justin, nagtuturo ka rin ba or naging teacher before?

Yes, I used to teach higher ed. I know you do also teach tertiary education, right?

Kaya ako tinanong kasi para makita rin ang mga nanonood sa atin yung konteksto nito.

Akala nila siguro madaling magbigay ng assignment especially sa weekend kasi babalik din yan sa teacher eh.

Mabibigitan din yung teacher sa pagchecheck. So damay damay yan pag talagang hindi naplanan ng maayos.

So basically ang issue rito hindi pwedeng one size fits all at hindi pwede excessive yung homework.

Yes.

Pero so far anu ba yan? Autonomous ba ang mga teachers dyan as to what kind of assignments they are supposed to do?

Nadyan ba yan sa academic freedom na kung gusto kong bigyan ng mabigat na assignment eh anong pakialam ninyo?

Ganoon ba yan o mayroong mga standard dyan?

Well the memo does speak to, so the DepEd memo does speak to saying something about making sure that they do not,

they do not, what do you call this, they do not give excessive homework.

Or I guess the wording there is making sure that, sorry I'm just gonna pull up the wording,

but making sure that they don't give homework during weekend. So it's also the same.

So how that is translated will actually also depend on the school and will actually depend on the teacher.

So I think what's important is while, it's good that there is a move to institutionalize things right?

But we have to make sure na while it's at the national level, parang the understanding and the implementation is kind of made understood on the ground.

Dito pa, ano ba yung usual workload ng mga estudyante especially after the pandemic?

Kasi magandang binabanggit kanina ni Justin yung sabi mo na kung magbibigyan ng assignment,

hindi ka naman sure kung mayroong access sa gadgets, baka naman hindi rin nilang magawa yung assignments.

Eh ngayon kasi different learning modalities, so nandun pa rin yung hybrid kahit nagbukas na yung mga schools.

So akma ba yung policy na yan given the post-COVID scenario that we are in now?

Actually, this is interesting kasi I was just talking to colleagues earlier na because of the hybrid situation and the hybrid modality,

how do you even separate what homework is versus what learning is na it's classroom work but it's done at home right?

Tama, wala ng linya, wala ng divider.

And if you think about it, it's kind of like how online work has also given us a lot of fatigue because we couldn't delineate working at home versus living at home.

So in that sense, I would think that learning the whole pandemic and the closure of classrooms and hybrid learning has also changed the way we view homework.

It may seem that it is more now because yun nga students do the actual classroom work at home.

In terms of the workload, and I can speak anecdotally from multiple listening sessions that we have,

they do spend more, I guess more than two hours of homework at home.

And that's also because students do homework at multiple paces.

You can't really say na as a teacher, this might be worth 30 minutes.

But for a student who might have a hard time reading, that could be two hours.

Or for a student without access to the computer and has to do research, that would mean having to walk to a cousin's house to do.

So how complex homeworks are in terms of the number of hours really is caused by a multitude of factors.

So yung isang basic na tanong, do we need such a law now?

Kung ganoon naman, hindi na malinaw yung division between doing work at home or doing work in school.

Kung school mo virtual, nasa bahay ka rin naman.

Hindi mo na nga alam kung sa sampung oras na dapat i-google mo sa pag-aaral, hindi mo alam kung ano rin yung para sa assignment,

para sa ongoing class.

So do we need such a law?

I would think na given na may memo naman na ang DepEd and they do understand that there is a need to limit the homework,

we just need to reinforce it, I suppose.

Maybe a law might not be necessary, right?

Kung na-iintindihan.

And also because going back nga, and this was mentioned by VP Sara in her basic education report,

sabi niya they wanted to decongest the curriculum para mag-focus talaga sa basics, literacy, numeracy.

Kung talagang magagawa yan ng DepEd na i-decongest yung subjects,

and mas i-google yung time into learning inside the classroom,

I would imagine na hindi na kailangan ng something, hindi na kailangan ng law to govern how homeworks are given.

Oo nga, malaking bagay. Pero meron ba tayong mga models sa ibang bansa na pwede natin gamitin dito?

Kasi I think Finland, meron silang very interesting educational system kun saan yung mga estudyante

kinuconsider na matindi yung mental health nila, yung psychosocial facets ng kanilang pag-aaral,

tapos parang hindi standardized, tama ba?

Yung mga ganun ba? Ano yung mga models na pwede natin gamitin dito?

So there was this interesting study in the States, and this was quoted by another Stanford study,

they were recommending, it was an American parent-teacher group,

they were recommending 10 minutes of homework per grade level.

So pa grade 1, yung angkop na dapat dadalhin nilang homework is 10 minutes lang of either reading,

also considering that learners who are younger might not have the capacity to do self-study at home,

kasi they might not know how to read pa.

And then this homework could be focused mainly on building the fundamentals,

so maybe it's just 10 minutes of reading time with the family.

So that's one interesting model that might also be looked at.

And as long, eventually as a learner is able to, as a learner grows and mas kaya na niyang mag-study by himself,

mas nakakaintindi na siya ng binabasa niya, mas naiintindihan na niya yung homework,

that's when these other things can be added, and for other subjects such as

outside of maths and science and reading, right?

So that's one.

Go, go, go. Sige, go.

Yung mga models na pwede natin gamitin.

Oo, na pwede siyang staggered and mapag-isipan na hindi naman talaga kailangan na across the board,

it's the same.

So kung may, if the bill does go through and there's a two-hour limit,

I also don't think we need to, alam mo yan yung the usual natin na isasagad,

kasi two hours, gawin natin yung two hours lahat.

Oo nga, kung mali yung subjects pa, papaano yun?

Two hours times eight, so ganun din na-defeat sa purpose.

Okay, Justin, maraming maraming salamat for joining us tonight,

and I'm sure maraming naliwanagan sa paliwanag nyo.

So again, to wrap this up, sabi mo, there's a one-size-fits-all, what else?

Ang iwasan, excessive homework.

Excessive homework, and then making sure that teachers are empowered

and have the autonomy to decide how much homework to give,

but making decisions based on studies out there and what really works for students.

Okay. Sige, maraming maraming salamat si Justin,

ka-agas ng Philippine Business for Education.

Thank you, thank you. Magandang gabi sa'yo.

Thank you.

Ano, pabor ba kayo doon?

Hindi na gawing mandatory yung pagbibigay ng homework sa mga studyante,

hanggang junior high lang naman.

May mga nagpapansin dito ang trolls kanina.

Hindi naman siguro troll, mukhang totoong tao naman,

pero paepa lang.

Eto, totoo. Sabi ni Eric,

Wait, I thought the issue is to ridicule the Senator Budots for this meme type of law.

Dapat of a law, hindi of law.

Parang barok yung English mo, no?

Pakalawa, ikaw nag-ridicule kay Senator Bongrovilla, no?

Budots.

Pangatlo, pinangunahan mo naman yung iniisip ko, no?

Kung hindi ka kasi late,

kung nakinig ka talaga dito sa programa natin yung sumula,

sinabi ko sa mga nakikinig, mga matutunong nakikinig dito,

suspend your judgment,

hindi porque eto yung politiko na nag-push ng ganitong panukalong batas.

Ayan. Kasi ako bilang isang guru din, no?

At lahat naman tayo siguro.

Siguro mo nakapag-aral ka, no, Eric, no?

Alam naman natin na talagang overwork ka mga estudyante.

So minsan, napaka-unreasonable na mga teachers

pagbibigyan mo ng homework sa weekend.

So nauubos yung oras nila.

Imagine nyo, di ba, may mga pagkakataon pa nga,

mga nakaraang panahon.

So matatapos yung klase ng alas 3,

minsan alas 5 kung mayroong extracurricular activities,

malayo yung bahay, nakauwi alas 7,

kinabukasan papapasok alas 7.

That student looking forward to the weekend,

pero magbibigyan isang katutak na assignment yung teacher.

So kung nagtuturo naman kayo sa college,

familiar din kayo siguro doon sa mga adjustments that we did

during the pandemic.

So na-limit yung mga summative exercises.

Eric, ang ibig sabihin ng summative,

ito yung mga gine-grade na exercises sa school

as compared to formative, okay?

So yan, may bago kang kaalaman kasi nagpapapansin ka, no?

So pinansin kita ngayong gabi.

Tapos panibagong pag-ae-epal ni Eric,

malamang nagpapauwi ng assignment sa mga pulangaw na estudyante.

Unang-una, ano ba yung pulangaw? Ikaw ba yun?

And I'm not sure kung meron akong mga pulangaw na mga estudyante

kasi ano naman sila, no?

Maayos yung critical thinking nila fortunately.

Hindi mo sila kailangan subuan ng kahit anong konsepto.

They're free to think for themselves on their own.

Yun yung critical thinking na ayaw ng mga taong katulad mo.

Kasi pag nagkaroon ng critical thinking,

hindi ka na bibili sa mga konsepto na okay bumoto sa magnanakaw

kasi okay naman eh, no?

Miski yung politiko sang katutak yung kamag-anak sa posisyon

na nandoon yung isya na naputis mo

pero sinusuportahan pa rin ng mga taong katulad mo.

So pag may critical thinking ka, hindi ka ganoon mag-isip, no?

Ika-question mo kung san dinadala yung buwis na binabayaran mo

kung nagbabawas at nagbabayay ka ng buwis.

Ayan.

Pumapatolan tayo ng konti ngayong lunes.

Kasi may nagpapapansin eh.

Ayan.

Sana naintindihan nyo yung pinag-uusapan natin ngayong gabi.

Ayan.

Again, ako ah, in a way, pabor ako rin sa no homework policy for weekends.

Lalo sa mga studenteng mga bata.

Kasi embis na ini-enjoy nila yung buhay,

bakit mo naman tatambak ka ng assignments?

Kung pwede mo namang ituro, i-train sila dun sa school hours.

Ayan.

Problema kasi dito, akala ng mga katulad ni Eric, no?

Porque naninindigan tayo sa mga maliliwanag na issue,

akala niya i-ridicule natin katulad nila Sen. Bong Revilla.

Sino ba nag-ridicule sa kanya?

Di ba ikaw? Sinabi mo siyang Sen. Budots.

Eh sa akin niya maganda yung pano kala niya.

Di sa iyo dapat magagalit si Sen.

Ayan.

Sakit naman yung message niya.

Sabi tuloy ni Jonathan,

Boom!

Tanga!

Ayan.

Okay.

Dito sa second topic natin, gusto kong puntahan nitong ano.

Nabaritaan niyo ba itong latest Pulse Asia Survey?

Okay. Merong Pulse Asia Survey.

Binarita siya sa PhilStar ngayon.

Ayan.

Sinasabi dito, halos 50% ng mga Pilipino,

ibig sabihin yung mga sinurvey,

approved daw sa vote-buying,

basta iboboto yung gusto nila.

Tapos doon sa talakayan kung saan nandun po yung representative ng social weather stations,

Sabi, half of the Filipinos or half of Filipinos agreed with accepting money provided at one votes according to one's conscience.

Okay ba kayo doon?

No? Tanggap ng pera pero iboboto mo pa rin kung sino yung dinidikta ng konsensya mo.

Okay siya no? Para pag inisip mo.

Oo nga no?

Kasi kung kailangan mo ng pera,

hindi ka naman pwedeng masisik kung talagang kailangan mo ng pera

at merong politikong kandidato na nag-offer at tinanggap mo.

Again, technically that's wrong, that's bawal, that's immoral.

Eh ang tanong, meron ba nakulong sa vote-buying?

Last week or two weeks ago, nakapanayang ko po sa isang mahabang podcast,

so three-part series, special podcast.

Nakapanayang ko po si Comedic Chairman George Garcia

at isa po sa mga napagusapan namin yung issue po ng vote-buying.

O paano ba siya masasawata?

Kasi madalas ngayon, ever since naman, ang nasisisi pagdating sa issue ng vote-buying,

hindi po yung namimili ng boto eh, kundi yung binibentahan.

I don't even want to use the term nagbibenta ng boto.

Kasi wala naman, nakakita ba kayo ng ordinaryong Pilipino na nararapit sa politiko?

Bilhin niyo po yung boto ko.

Di ba? Karaniwan, itong makakapalamok ang mga politikong to

at mga political operators nila, nag-iikot sa mga komunidad

at tinatapalan ng pera yung mga mahihirap.

Ngayon, bakit talagang ginagawa yun?

Kasi alam nila na kailangan yung pera.

Talagang they pounce on that vulnerability of many ordinary Filipinos.

Alam nila na kailangan ng pera, tatapalan na rin ng pera.

Tapos makakakita ka ng ganitong survey,

sasabihin o kailan tumanggap ng pera basta i-vote mo yung kandidato base sa konsensya mo.

Ito yung gusto ko itanong sa inyo.

Ilan po sa tingin nyo yung tumanggap ng pinamimigay na pera

in the form of vote buying noong nakarang eleksyon

ang talagang bumoto base sa konsensya nila?

Alam nyo naman yung weakness ng Pilipino, di ba?

Yung utang na loob, yung debt of gratitude.

Kapag binigyan mo ng kahit anong pabor, binigyan mo ng konting pera,

binigyan mo ng konting regalo para yung kaluluan nila nabili mo na eh.

Mahihiya sila. Teka nagbigay si congressman ng ganito eh.

Teka nagbigay si senator ng ganito.

Teka nagbigay yung tumatakbo sa pagkapangulo o vice president ng ganito.

Mukhang okay naman siya eh. So siya naiboboto ko.

Yung ganun po kasing mentalidad na tanggapin yung pera,

pero vote ako according to your conscience,

that's fine kung yung bawat Pilipino nagagawa po noon,

hindi ko sinasabing dapat gawin yun.

Pero that can work kung yung mga taong tumatanggap ng boto

ay alam naman yung alam nilang kilatisin yung mga tumatakbo.

Alam nila kung sino yung mga walang kwetang kandidato,

alam nila kung sino yung namimili naman ng boto,

alam nila kung sino yung nag-take advantage lang doon sa popularidad nila.

Dahil sikat, edi tumakbo, nanalo, hindi alam yung gagawin.

Tatanga-tanga pagdating dun sa position na tinakbuhan nila.

Yung problema, ilan ba sa atin mga Pilipino yung talagang mayroong ganun kamulatan?

I don't think marami.

Kasi pag tinignan nyo yung roster ng mga nanalo,

ang daming mga bokya.

Ibig sabihin, nanalo sila dahil siguro namili ng boto.

Quote unquote.

O kaya talagang nabola nila yung mga tao.

Tsaka huwag na tayong maglokohan.

Alam nyo naman siguro yung mga nangyari sa inyong mga communities

noong nakaraang eleksyon.

Nag-post nga ako sa Twitter last week.

Sabi ko...

Ang una kong tanong kasi meron ba by bilihan ng boto sa lugar nyo?

Siguro yan.

Ganoon ako narevise ko yung tanong eh.

Gano ba kalala yung bilihan ng boto sa inyo?

So we're not accusing any particular candidate here.

Ang sinasabi lang natin, naging fact of life na yan in Philippine elections.

Pero I'm not saying na hindi mo siya pwede masawata.

Number two, masabihin, tanggapin yung pera pero i-boto yung kandidato base sa konsensya.

Yung conscience po, hindi po yan pwedeng pagkatewalaan sa lahat ng pagkakataon.

If you know your theology for instance, if you know your moral theology siguro,

alam natin ang konsensya hindi siya laging well-formed.

Minsan yung konsensya, baloktot yung pagkakahulma, yung pagkakahaporma.

Okay, pwedeng isipin mo, pwede kang makasakit, pwede kang makamatay,

tapos ang invoke mo, na-konsensya ako eh.

Kaya ginawa mo yung mali.

It's not even an ethical decision.

It's not even an ethical dilemma.

Kasi hindi siya kasama rin sa dapat pinagpipilian mo eh.

Doon sa range of ethical decisions that you're supposed to make.

So, ang sinasabi natin dito, for instance, pag sinasabi natin,

bumoto base sa konsensya, ano ba yung sinasabi ng konsensya mo?

Minsan hindi naman konsensya yun eh. Parang ano lang yung gut feel, no?

Sino ba yung tinuturong kandidata ng konsensya mo na dapat mo i-vote?

Ibo-vote ako siya, ano yung dahilan?

Kasi mukha namang mabait eh, tsaka gwapo eh.

Ganoon ba mag-decide yung konsensya natin?

Ah, mukha siyang mabait eh. Gwapo.

O kaya, ang ganda kasi eh.

O kaya, ang ganda ng tindig eh. Mukhang bagay senador eh.

Yun ba? Konsensya ba nagsasabi nun? O perception?

Number two, tumanggap ka ng pera, kunwari sa isang politiko na alam mong magnanakaw, tinanggap mo.

Dating doon sa polling precinct, sinabi mo,

tinanong mo yung konsensya mo, parang safeguard, no?

Sino ba yung ibo-vote ko?

Ikaw sinabi, sino konsensya mo? Eh bahala ka sa buhay mo.

Wala akong pakialam dyan. Mukhang ibo-vote mo yung kawatan eh.

O binuto mo yung kawatan. Function ba ng conscience nun? O katangahan?

O diba? Kaya dito medyo telling yung survey na yan, yung result na yan ng social weather stations.

Kasi nga, sa akin lumalabas dyan talagang nagt-take advantage.

Politicians who buy votes find it very easy to take advantage of the inherent vulnerability of the Filipino electorate.

Kasi alam nila kailangan ng pera eh, so tatanggap na lang.

Ang mangyari, pag wala tayong ginawa dyan sa problema na yan, ilang eleksyon pa yung darating ay kung sino-sino yung mga basura na naman yung mananalo.

Kasi sa iba't ibang posisyon. Kasi nga, naminin ng boto.

Of course, there are certain exceptions to this sorry rule. Marami din naman nakaupo ngayon magagaling.

I tell you, marami nakaupo dyan magagaling. Some of them I know, nasundan ko yung karenina, nakaobserba ako, magagaling.

Kahit na iba dyan naminin ng boto. But again, does the end justify the means?

So yun ang mga dapat pa nag-iisipan natin dito. So ito pa, sinasabi ng iba.

Eto rin, maingat din tayo rin sa konsepto na ano. Kasi madalas may tendency mga tao na bobotante.

Sasabihin, bobo yung botante kaya binoboto yung mga walang kwentang kandidato.

Palitan natin yung perspective. Bobo ba yung botante o walang hiyalan talaga yung kandidato na tumatakbo at namimili ng boto?

Okay? Kasi for instance, isang ordinary Filipino na wala ng trabaho. Kahit anong gawin niya wala siyang maharap na trabaho.

Hirap na hirap, wala mapakain sa anak niya. May lumapit na operator ng politiko, oh eto, isang kilo ng bigas, canned goods.

Tapos i-boto mo si mayor, si congressman, si senator. Ikaw nang isipin mo, pwede mo sabihin sa kanya, teka mali yung ginagawa mo,

binibulim yung boto mo, yung boto ko, binibulim yung pagkatao ko. Mali yan.

Siguro doon sa mga comfortable yung buhay, pwedeng gawin yun. Doon sa mga gated communities, doon sa mga medyo mulat, take and afford not to accept that.

Pero doon sa nangangailangan, pwede nyo ba sisihin yun? Hindi, di ba?

Pwedeng gamitin doon, sabihin, vote based on your conscience.

Dapat habang niloloko ng mga butanteng nagbebenta, bumibili ng boto, yung mga ordinaryong Pilipinong nangangailangan ng ayuda, nangangailangan ng pera, nangangailangan ng trabaho,

dapat doon din yung concerted effort from everyone. Hindi nyo pwede ipagkatiwala ito sa mga politiko.

I don't even want to use the word voter education kasi marami nang offend dyan yan. Education, why would you educate me? Tanga ba akong bumoto?

Actually, pag tinanggap mo yung let's say kailangan mo ng pera, wala ka mapakain sa anak mo, tinanggap mo yung ayuda, that's smart. That's a smart decision.

Smart decision on your part kasi you're looking after your child.

Pero in the bigger context of democratic exercise, nasisira yung hibla ng ating demokrasya, slowly but surely.

Pero again, hindi mo pwede sisisi yung taong nag-decide ng ganoon. Because sa kanya, that's a matter of necessity, that's a smart vote for him.

Kahit nasa iba hindi. Kahit sa mga political scientist na nag-aaral dito sa ganyang kalakaran, kahit sabihin nila mali yun, tama yun sa perspective ng ordinaryong botante.

At hindi siya dapat yung sinisisi. Ang sinisisi doon yung mga politiko nag-take advantage sa kanilang kahinaan.

Kaya pag tinisip nyo, usually tinatanong ng mga tao siguro, nakakausap nyo, pare-pareho naman yung nananarol eh, sila-sila nalang.

Common conversation, sabihin ng iba, oh nga sila-sila nalang eh, pwede mo naman ibahin eh. Eh bakit hindi tayo mag-decide? Pwede nating ibahin.

Mahirap lang gawin yan kunwari sa isang lokalidad na lahat ng tumatakbo pare-pareho apelido.

Kaya doon yung nakikita kung gano'n kakapal yung pagmumukha ng ilang mga politiko natin. Pag tininin nyo iba't iba't mga lugar, pag tininin nyo yung balota, pare-pareho yung pangalan.

Marami tayong pwedeng gawin at hindi dapat syang ginagawa pag malapit ng eleksyon. Dapat ginagawa natin yan in the long term.

Kaya natin pinag-uusapan nyo eh, sabihin nyo, oh malayo pa eleksyon bakit pinag-uusapan yan?

Inga yung problema eh, pinag-uusapan ito pag malapit ng eleksyon eh, when everything is too late.

When we could do a lot of things way before an election.

Sabi ni James Moments ayusin ang anti-political dynasty at ipatupad ng tunay. Doon sa mga hindi familiar sa anti-political dynasty law, wala tayong batas against political dynasties kahit na ipinagbabawal siya ng constitution.

Pintahan nyo po yung 1987 constitution nakalagay doon bawal ang political dynasties. Ang problema doon po sa mga nagsulat ng constitution natin, yung 1987 constitution, ipinaubaya po sa Congress yung pagpapasa ng isang batas na mag-o-operationalize noong constitutional provision na yun.

Ang tanong, nagpasa ba ng anti-political dynasty yung iba't ibang kongresong nagdaan? Eh syempre hindi, why would you vote against your own interest?

Why would you come up with a law that could affect you and your family and your fortunes?

May isang pag-aaral, I think this was during the 2019 elections, 70% ng ating Congress galing sa mga political dynasties. And I think mas lumaki pa yan, mas dumami pa yan.

Ang tanong, bakit kasi hindi nagpasa ng anti-political dynasty? Lahat may kasalanan since 1987. Nakaraan kay Cory, nakaraan kay Marcos, nakaraan kay Erap, kay Gloria, kay Noy-Noy, kay Duterte, ngayon kay Marcos.

So tingin nyo may mapupura tayo dyan. Lalo ngayon, ilan yung Marcos sa kapangyarihan ngayon? Ilan yung Duterte? Noong panahon ng Aquino sinasabi nila matindi yung political capital, hindi rin nilusot.

Kasi napapaligigiran din siya ng mga political dynasties. Noong panahon ng Gloria, there was one Congress, yung dalawang anak ni Gloria member ng House of Representatives.

Tapos na siya sa pagkapangulo, nag-speaker. Tapos congresswoman ulit. O sa Erap, ilan yung mga estrada sa politika ngayon? Natalo yung mga estrada ng 2019 elections, na wipe out except for one councilor in San Juan.

Nakala ng iba tapos na yung estrada dynasty. Kasi dapat 50 years, nakabalik yung magkapatid sa Senado. In fairness naman kay Sen. JV Herceto, he is against political dynasties officially.

Isa siya sa mga may-akda noong provision sa SK law na pinagbabawal yung dynasty. In short, it can be done. Yung political dynasties, yung pagbabawal dyan it can be done.

Pagbabawal siya sa SK elections. Ang problema, iaangat nyo ba yan sa level at say ng mga tumatakbo sa Senado, House of Representatives, Presidente, Vice President. Ang hirap diba?

Pahinga lang muna. Medyo napapadaldal tayo ngayong gabi.

Sa panayam kay President Ferdinand Bombong Marcos Jr. sa Japan, I think tinanong siya tungkol sa charter change. Sinabi niya at least binanggit niya publicly, hindi priority ng kanyang administration yung pagpapalit o pag-amienda sa ating constitution.

At least malinaw yan. Nga pala may pagkakaiba na pag sinabi amendment, may ilalang provision ng ating constitution na papalitan. Pag sinabing revision, overhaul, papalitan ang buong constitution. Yan ang pagkakaiba.

At least sinabi ni President Marcos na hindi niya priority ang pagpapalit ng constitution. Let's see kung paninindigan niya ang kanyang sinabi. Lalo't ang dami nagpupush ng constitutional amendments or even revisions sa House of Representatives.

Let's see kung paninindigan niya ito kasi masyado pa maaga sa kanyang administration. Nakakaisang taon na ba? Parang dami na nangyari, hindi pa nakakaisang taon. Marami pwedeng mangyari kaya bantayan niya.

Ako I agree hindi perfect ang constitution natin. May mga dapat baguhin dyan, i-amend. Tanong kasi nga, it's always an issue of timing and an issue of trust. Timing, kung sa tingin nyo ang timing okay, let's go to the issue of trust.

Itawalahan nyo ba ang mga tao na kaupo ngayon para pakialaman ang ating constitution? Kasi pag meron nyo mga suggestions, ito lang ang provisions na dapat natin palitan. Maniniwala ba kayo na pag binuksan ang constitution yan na ang pag-uusapan?

Paano ako nagsingit dyan? I-lift yung term limits. Hindi lang 9 years for instance. Yung consecutive terms kung saan pwede ihalal ang kongresista o member ng House of Representatives.

Although ako agree masyado maikli yung 3 years para sa isang mayor sa isang member ng congress masyado maiklit. Dapat siya tagalan. Kasi kakapanala mo pa lang mag-iisip ka na agad sa susunod na eleksyon. O kaya magagaling yung mga talagang nakakapag-deliver ng mga congressman sa kanilang mga lugar.

Mga mayors who performed well despite the limited window. Okay naman talagang tanggalin yung term limit, kaso dapat wala yung political dynasties. Andan dyan yung political dynasties tapos i-lift mo yung term limits. Wow, edi ang suwerte ng mga politiko natin.

Welcome to another episode of Facts Verse. Again maraming salamat po sa mga nakinig, sa mga nag-comments, sa mga sumama sa ating balitaktakan.

Maraming salamat po. Kita-kita po tayo sa Wednesday.

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