LIVE: Media Interview with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Pasay City | March 28, 2023
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On Pag-ibig Fund, lalo na sa mga pabahay projects nito?
00:30.0
... Kaya sinasabi ko sa kanila dapat ipalaman natin sa taong bayan na ang Pag-ibig Fund ganito ang naging performance para malaking tiwala nila na masasabi natin paglinagay ninyo ang pera ninyo diyan talagang lalaki yan at hindi magkakaproblema, hindi mawawala ang savings at investment ninyo."
01:00.0
... But beyond the report that we heard this afternoon, we will explain to the public what Pag-ibig is for and how it has performed over the last 42 years and to give them the confidence to save and to invest with the fund."
01:30.0
... What are you expecting for government to have a comprehensive plan to address an impending water crisis especially now that El Nino is underway? What are your marching orders especially with the Department of Agriculture since we are also expecting an impact on irrigation and might eventually impact on food supply?
02:00.0
... Just recently I spoke on precisely this subject on what were the elements that we really have to get into place because we have a serious problem. Never mind, kalimutan na muna isang tabi muna natin ang El Nino. Kahit walang El Nino may problema talaga tayo sa tubig. I'm talking about fresh water supply, drinking water, irrigation water, ito lahat ay kailangan natin talagang tignan.
02:30.0
... In that we are changing the way that we acquire the supply of water and we are hoping to shift. No, we're not hoping, we're going to shift from the majority of water sources now which is kumukuha tayo, laging balun ang kinukuha na natin and we always dig wells, whereas what we really should be doing is taking advantage of surface water. So that's one element.
03:00.0
Secondly, yung mga infrastructure, mga flood control, mga irrigation, siyempre yan lahat yan talagang binigyan natin ng diin para mas maging maganda dahil basa sa agrikultura naman alam naman natin ang pinakamahalaga para makakita ng magandang produksyon ay ang patubig at yan ang titignan natin.
03:30.0
... Certain varieties, hybrid varieties especially, that do very well during the dry season. So pinapalit-palitan natin yung variety para to take advantage of the different qualities of the different varieties especially not only of rice but also of the high value crops.
04:01.0
So those are the measures that we have already put into place specifically for the Department of Agriculture.
04:12.0
But again, the water management problem that we have in the Philippines goes beyond, because it's water, it goes beyond just agriculture. Of course, agriculture is an extremely important part of it.
04:28.0
But we are talking about water for irrigation, water for power production, our management of surface water, flood control and for irrigation as well.
04:41.0
All of these things we have already put up together, we have already together an overall plan. Now we have to implement it because we have to put together.
04:51.0
There are many agencies that are concerned when it comes to water management. So we have to make it more cohesive. That's why nagtayo tayo ng Office of Water Management which presently will be attached to the Office of the President and with DNR.
05:09.0
But we are hoping down the road, meron ng mga bills that have been filed in the legislature in both houses na itinatayo ang Department of Water Management. And that's precisely what we are trying to face.
05:22.0
We already have a problem, but then there's now the new factor or not so new factor of climate change that we really have to deal with.
05:31.0
And the good thing is that we have seen many examples of water management around the world which we can emulate. Na pwede nating gayahin dito sa Pilipinas, bagay dito sa Pilipinas.
05:45.0
Kasi naman, hindi natin siguro dapat hindi katanggap-tanggap na ang Pilipinas kulang sa tubig. Dahil alam naman natin hindi basambasa ang Pilipinas na we are a tropical country.
05:57.0
And so it's just really a question of managing our water. We have always, we have kept postponing this problem over the many, many years at every level. So it's time to put it together, to put in a cohesive plan na masusundan ng lahat ng LGU, masusundan ng lahat ng mga agencies of government. Thank you.
06:18.0
Sir, last question from Maricel Halili of TV5.
06:22.0
Hi sir, magandang hapon po. Sir, the International Criminal Court rejects the appeal of the Philippine government to suspend the probe on drug war in the country. May we have your thoughts on this? Ano po masasabi ninyo? Ano po yung next move natin?
06:38.0
We don't have a next move. That is the extent of our involvement with the ICC. That ends all our involvement with the ICC. Kasi hindi na tayo pwedeng mag-appeal. The appeal has failed.
06:55.0
And there's, in our view, there's nothing more that we can do in the government. And so at this point, we essentially are disengaging from any contact, from any communication, I guess, with the ICC.
07:12.0
We are back to the position that we have. We ended up in the same position that we started with. And that is we cannot cooperate with the ICC considering the very serious questions about their jurisdiction and about what we consider to be interference and practically attacks on the sovereignty of the Republic.
07:41.0
So that's pretty much it. We have no longer any recourse when it comes to the ICC. We have not been involved with the actual action. Merely as a comment, we would comment, and the appeal is part of a comment, but we have not appeared as a party in the ICC because we do not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC.
08:05.0
And so that is, again, as I said, we have ended up now at the end where we really started.
08:13.0
Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Malacanang Press Corps.
08:34.0
Thank you very much.