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Kamusta naman kayo dyan mga kameta!
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Kamusta kayo dyan mga galing sa tatayland!
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Andami na naman sinasabi ni Tatay Digong sa eto na, eto na!
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Sa Tatay Digong, eto na talaga, hindi lang nag-defend sa kanyang anak.
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But kinda goes also on the offensive against dun sa perceived force behind itong gradual erosion in power of the supposed second most powerful person in the person.
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Or someone would say someone who was really the most powerful or most popular supposedly.
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So eto na mga kameta, eto na kameta!
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Tatay Digong to the rescue!
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So kagabi pinag-usapan natin with our good friends si Ronald Llamas among others.
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Ito ang show ni Tatay Digong, Gika sa masa para sa masa TV program.
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Sinabi niya o talagang eto talaga si Tatay!
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Hindi pa rin natapos talaga itong Tatay Times!
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Okay ah, dito medyo nagpaparinig itong si Tatay Confidential Fund.
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Mamaya mag-usapan natin mga confidential fund ni Tatay.
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Sabi ni Tatay nung nag-insinuate siya na yung Speaker of the House who is effectively the right hand man of the President.
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Ayan, sinasabi niya na yun daw ang behind dun sa mga kritisismo kay Vice President and Education Secretary who happens to be his daughter.
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Baka naman si Tatay, baka eto yung host ng Gika sa masa para sa masa.
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Mukhang naipinig yata sa mga vlogs natin.
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Baka fan din eto ng R&R.
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Sabi ni former President, dun sa 500 million pesos confidential fund, yung malaking ni-request ng kanyang anak for 2024 GAA, General Appropriations Act.
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Eto, eto, eto, sabi niya.
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Sabi na she will be spending it on strengthening the preparatory military training in high school to instill a love for the country among the youth.
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Eto si Tatay, love na love talagang country.
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Eto yung si Tatay na I love China, China will protect me, wala naman nangyari daw sa Reed Bank, Lethal Maritime Incident.
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Eto yung Tatay na very concerned sa patriotism.
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Tapos nagpatawa siya.
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Sabi niya, in-advise daw niya si Sarah to be more candid on the real reason how she would use the money to quote to Reed Congress of Communists.
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Medyo may patama na, may konting Tatay style na nagte-threaten.
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At sabi niya, yung anak niya ngayon pa lang, dahil perceived na siya as a top candidate or a good candidate for 2028 elections, general elections,
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baka nat-threaten ng iba or baka nagkakonspire ng iba laban sa kanya.
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Sabi niya, but I am saying now that Inday, as far as I'm concerned, should not run for President.
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Eto na naman yung style nila na should run, should not run, should run, should not run.
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Kaya nga bara-bara magpresidente.
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Kesa sa pagtagpo pa lang, yung laos na script na po ulit-ulit na 2016 gagamit na naman.
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Baka di nag-gets.
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Laos na yung mga ganyan style.
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Tingnan naman nangyari ng 2020, tuloy nanalo si, sino nanalo?
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Sa kakaka, I'll run, I'll not run.
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Tapos papalit-palit, ayan.
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Wala na laos na yung style niya.
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But anyway, sabi niya, tama na yung Vice President, maganda niya yan.
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Ibigay niya yan sa iba.
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Aba, ibigay niya sa iba, ano ba yan?
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Damit lang, iniram lang talagang si Tate.
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Taas talagang respeto.
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But eto ah guys, eto, this is where
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sabi ning iba, labas na yung mga popcorns.
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Labas na yung mga popcorns, mga kameta.
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Sabi niya, eto, eto, eto, eto, eto.
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Medyo may pataman ah.
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Sabi niya, this Romualdes speaker
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has been feeding congressmen with cash
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but I say he should be audited.
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Sabi niya sa Pilipino.
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Bakit tagalog si Tatay?
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Parang mas magaling pa yata yung tagalog ko sa kanya.
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Kahit yung conyo yung tagalog natin.
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Sabi niya, because the speaker is poised to run for president
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Sabi niya, eto ah.
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Siguro ganyan yung style na sinabi ni Tatay.
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Duterte stressed that Romualdes has been his friend
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even before Fidel Marquez became president.
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Sabi niya, seems you've said you want to be president.
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I was not thinking of my daughter.
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She's just perceived to be a good candidate.
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Aba, may mga pa ganyan-ganyan pa.
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Si Duterte, si Tatay.
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Inaccusa na si Romualdes of, quote, wallowing
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dito sa mga, alam niya, yung mga funds-funds daw.
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Sabi niya, let's liquidate and you'll find out that
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it is Congress that is the biggest spender, supposedly
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and they do not have a limit on their pork barrel daw
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especially sa ilalim na ka sa lakuyan daw na speaker leadership
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is wallowing daw sa magiging funds.
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So medyo, eto na.
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Yan, medyo nag-ano na si Tatay.
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Nag-ano na si Tatay.
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Yan, okay talagang.
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Magaling talaga itong si Tatay natin ah.
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Next level na next level talaga itong Tatay natin.
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Eto, eto, eto, eto, eto.
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Hindi ko alam ba itong internet natin sa kabila
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Sinasabotage ba tayo dito?
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Baka matampon na yung mga ibang kasama natin dito.
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Pinapainit pa natin yung discussion.
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On na lang natin itong data rooming.
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Sinasabotage na tayo dito.
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Behave lang tayo ah.
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Pilipinas kong mahal.
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I hope this one works.
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An appointee of Ramaldas defended naman.
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So may mga nagalit, may hindi natuwa dito.
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An appointee of Ramaldas defended the House representative dito sa mga remarks niya.
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Sabi niya, pag tinignan mo yung COA report,
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released on October 2, the House has no disallowances,
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no notice of suspension, and no notice of charge.
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It means we passed the COA audit.
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Ibig sabi niya walang problema, nothing flagged,
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nothing of serious issue.
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So hindi niya daw alam anong sinasabi itong tatay.
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Sabi niya, all line items in our budget are subject to regular accounting and auditing rules and regulations.
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Our books are always open to audit daw.
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Wala daw problema.
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Hindi nila alam yung pinagsasabi.
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Nagsasagutan na mga kamay.
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So sabi niya, our books are always open to commission and edit.
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And sabi niya, of course, dapat ang gobyerno,
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ang expenditures niya should be transparent and fully auditable.
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Siguro may patama ng konti dun sa mga ibang confidential funds na hindi ma-audit in a normal sense of the word.
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Eto na talaga mga kameta.
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Nagsimula na ito.
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Si House Secretary General.
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Ang dami mga proxy.
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Yung isang community natin.
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Proxy dun sa anak niya.
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Ito naman yung isang community natin.
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Nagpa-proxy dun sa speaker.
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Drama talaga ng Pilipinas?
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Ano bang Pilipinas?
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So sabi ni House Secretary General Reginald Velasco.
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So eto si Bossing Velasco ito.
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Itong sinabi niya, dun sa mga pinagsasabi ni tatay.
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Si tatay talaga. Bakit ganyan si tatay?
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Bakit naman kasi?
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In a statement, sabi ni Velasco.
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Said that the House had funds for quote,
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Extraordinary and miscellaneous expenses.
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1.614 billion for 2023 and proposed 1.259 billion for next year
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which are line items subject to audit rules and regulations.
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So yes, meron daw funds.
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Pero itong mga funds na ito ay hindi dodgy.
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Itong funds na ito ay hindi kwestionable.
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Alright? Sabi niya,
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Online items in our budget are subject to regular accounting and auditing rules and regulations.
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Our books are always open for commission.
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So, medyo may patama dito ng konti dun sa confidential funds.
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It means that we always pass the COA's edit.
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Pag tinignan namin yung latest COA edit na lumabas noong October 2.
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Kung may problema daw, may problematik daw, lalabas yan.
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Ito pang interesting.
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So, si tatay Digong, hindi natin sinabi kanina,
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he attacked itong kongresya na ito as the most rotten institution in the country.
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Itong tawag niya, most rotten institution in the country.
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Sinabi ni tatay yan,
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at in-accused niya, of course,
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na may mga weirdo daw nangyari dyan.
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May mga extraordinary expenses daw nangyari.
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Ayyayayayayayayayayaayayayay..
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Now just go to the basic facts okay?
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Just go to the basics.
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yung Senado natin ay nag-approve ng funding of 1.8 billion pesos
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for miscellaneous and operating expenses.
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And by the way, some of that actually,
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based sa isang vlog natin,
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ay pupunta na rin sa some of the departments including Department of Education among others.
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Not necessarily confidential fund.
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And also the Senate is asking for 1.534 billion naman for next year.
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On the other hand, the House,
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so ito yung sinasabi natin mga kameta na
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dapat titignan natin ano yung final version na lalabas dun sa bicameral.
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Kasi yung latest na nakita natin ng pushback sa confidential fund,
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particularly dun sa Office of the Vice President,
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and particularly dito sa Office of the Department of Education Secretary,
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this was done at the level of the lower house.
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So ang tanong ngayon is,
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anong mangyari sa upper house?
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Whether dito sa upper house,
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susundan nila itong mga mungkahi at mga desisyon,
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unanimous daw ayon kay Madam Stella Kimbo.
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So sabi ng House,
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it has a 2.0066 billion budget for travel,
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2 billion pesos pang travel lang daw.
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1.614 billion for extraordinary miscellaneous expenses,
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and almost 3 billion for maintenance and operations for 2023.
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Ang hiningi po ng kongreso yata ito,
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ipopost ko dyan sa baba,
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ang hiningi niya is 4.1,
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almost 4.2 billion pesos for these expenditures for next year.
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Sabi nga ni Bato,
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to use his poetic line,
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Sinabi ni Velasco,
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of course supporter ni Speaker,
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extraordinary miscellaneous expenses
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were for cases in which a lawmaker
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could not reasonably expect the issuance of a receipt,
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including emergency situations
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such as giving aid for hospitalization or death of constituents
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and dole-outs during calamities.
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So, are they saying na actually
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may mga expenses dyan na
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paano ma-audit yan kung wala palang receipt?
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He said a congressman
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can certify to incurring these expenses
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in support of their function as required by COA.
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So, hindi ito confidential fund,
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okay lang daw if may mga cases,
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may mga emergency cases,
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na hindi ka na lang mag-issue ng receipt.
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Bahala na kayong musga.
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But an opposition leader,
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of course, Ayan Kai,
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Representative Edsel Lagman,
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itong mga extraordinary miscellaneous funds
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could be used for calamity response
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citing the limitations set in 2023
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General Appropriations Act.
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Ipapost ko dito mga kameta.
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Okay, don't worry about it.
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All these articles and arguments,
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ipapost natin dito.
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Okay, what's going on here?
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What's going on here?
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what's going on here is mukhang one camp
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is already realizing that
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the tide is turning.
14:44.0
A camp is realizing that
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time is not necessarily
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on their side politically.
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some in this camp are realizing
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that the best way to defend
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is to go on offense.
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So, medyo parang Brazilian football national team.
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The best defense is offense, right?
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Usually, pag nanat kayo ng football,
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makikita niyo yung Brazil usually doesn't have the best defenders
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but many good offenders.
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Hindi offender tawag.
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Offenders, maliit.
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Yung mga naglalaro sa offense.
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Center forward, mga ganyan.
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Mukhang ang basa ng iba dyan,
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Huwag na tayo umopo dyan at hintayin lang
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na matatanggal tayo ng fund,
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na mabugbog tayo sa mga kritisismo,
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the noose is tightening.
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And unti-unti, nafe-feel nila is
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the chains of power are slipping
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through their fingers.
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Parang yun ang medyo nakikita nila dito.
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So, siguro, ang basa dito is
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let's go on the offensives.
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Siguro naman, popular pa naman tayo.
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maraming pa rin nagmamahal sa atin
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dahil napakagalim naman natin
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nung pano na tayong presidente.
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Dahil nung pano na presidente na tayo,
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wala naman tayong confidential funds.
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So, kung titignan nyo,
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ito yung mga confidential funds
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tatay. And of course, alam naman natin yun,
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mga confidential funds na yan,
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kamusta ang pag-audit dyan?
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So, some are saying,
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this is kinda weird,
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why would you make attacks like that
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when you oversaw so many confidential funds?
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And the other side can fight back
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and say, diktan natin, kamusta naman dyan?
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I'm not sure it's the smartest move,
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to be honest, mga kamay.
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This is a risky move,
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but siguro ang basa dito is,
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well, if we're just gonna
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sit here, we're gonna be sitting duck,
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and the next thing you know is,
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first they come after our confidential funds,
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next thing you know,
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baka mamaya papacheck pa nila yung masal
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nung pano ni ganito,
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mamaya, I don't know, there'll be criticisms,
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there'll be bukingan, there'll be whatever.
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So, take the fight with them. Siguro ganoon yung logic.
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Siguro napuno na.
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again, all of this is speculation, we don't know what's going on,
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maybe I'll just talk to Tatay Digong and interview him,
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baka mag-meta na lang tayo
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with Tatay, tignan natin ang inisip niya.
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these are all speculation, so we don't know what's
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the real, but, my sense is,
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perhaps we were expecting to happen
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a little bit later,
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but what we actually predicted
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will happen way earlier.
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So, kung titignan niyo, 2021 pa lang
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may mga articles na tayo
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about what's happening right now.
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This kind of competition is almost unavoidable,
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especially if traditional
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opposition is not seen as a big threat.
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So, sila-sila na lang.
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ganito kasi, bakit mo kailangan ng
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uni-team kung wala naman talaga
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kayong kalaban na malakas?
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So, ang mangyayari talaga dito is,
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Who's the dominant faction
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within the ruling coalition?
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So, parang yun ang nangyayari ngayon, mga comments.
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let's say, first world
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good Machiavellian kind of politics,
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ang mangyayari dito is,
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first of all, you recognize
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what's the state of affairs now?
18:28.0
Of course, one side feels entitled
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because they were in
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power for so long
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and they feel that they were really the dominant force
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in last year's elections.
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And guess what? I don't disagree
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with that. I actually agree with that,
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that yung 60 percent so
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na napunta dun sa uni-team,
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you could say a big part of that is because
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of the power and momentum
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of the Dutertes. I think I kind of agree with that.
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the reality is so many things have changed
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since last year, right?
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And the reality is that
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the president is the most
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powerful person in the country, right?
19:06.0
Now, we can talk a lot
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we can talk a lot about the character
19:12.0
of the president. If he's the best president
19:14.0
ever, we can talk about whether
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he's conflict avoidant. But the thing is this,
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the levers of power is with the president.
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the former vice president,
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the vice president is just a spare tire, right?
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The president is just a spare tire.
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So, in that situation,
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you also add the element of foreign
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policy. And this is a very interesting thing,
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mga kamayta, or yung mga engot dyan,
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na hindi nila guess. Nagpapatawa lang tayo,
19:44.0
but this is serious analysis. And for anyone
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who bothers, actually medyo kong may
19:48.0
illiterate kayo. Nagbasa kayo ng mga sinulat natin.
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The reason nga in-interview lang tayo all around the world
19:52.0
is because alam nating sinasabi natin. But anyway,
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by the way, the caveats, of course.
19:58.0
Now, going back to this,
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one of the things that is happening here is very
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interesting because
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problem dun sa analysis
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ng mga taga, ano,
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bakery-bakery forum
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na yan, it is true
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na maliit lang ng
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porsyento ng mga Pilipino, si foreign
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policy or West Philippines is an urgent issue.
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But that doesn't mean
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that only few Filipinos care
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about West Philippines issue. That's not true.
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Vast majority of Filipinos care
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about the West Philippines issue. It's just that
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it's not their number
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one national concern.
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It's not as important as inflation
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because you have to eat food every day.
20:40.0
While the West Philippines issue, unless may
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ingista ka sa West Philippines, it's not an
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everyday issue. So, mali yung
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analysis ng mga taga-bakery
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yan, nakakaalam nila dahil 7 person
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lang or whatever lang nagsabi na most urgent
20:52.0
yung ano, na 7 person lang may pakis
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sa West Philippines. That's not true. Anong
20:56.0
kasungahan ng pag-iisip yan?
20:58.0
I-upgrade nyo naman yung
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thinking nyo. Now, clearly
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majority of Filipinos have very
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strong feelings about the West Philippines
21:06.0
issue. Clearly, a majority of Filipinos
21:10.0
I mean, the numbers are clear, Paul's
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ratio, established, etc. Majority
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of Filipinos want the president to take
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a tough, tough, tough stance
21:18.0
sa West Philippine Sea to
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take back even if kaya yung mga
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isla na nawala. Sata, I think they're talking about Scar
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Marshall. And 7 to
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8 out of 10 Filipinos want us to work with
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allies and friends. Now, kung titignan mo,
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is positioning himself
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as the man of the West
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Philippines Sea, as one of the defenders of the West
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Philippine Sea. Because,
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under Romualdo's, right? Under Romualdo's,
21:46.0
picture dito. Si Romualdo's pumunta pa
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sa pag-asa pala nung
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isang araw lang sa October 5. So, I'll
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post ko yan sa inyo. So, what you're seeing
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right now is Speaker Romualdo's
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is clearly positioning himself as a
21:58.0
patriot, as a defender of the West
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Philippine Sea, and the
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reallocation of the confidential funds that was
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requested by among others, you know,
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ni-reallocate yan
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agencies na in-charge sa pag-de-develop
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ng West Philippine Sea.
22:14.0
Right? And the other thing
22:16.0
that you have to also keep in mind here is
22:20.0
they're also, right,
22:24.0
money. So, this is the
22:26.0
Department of Transportation, no? Pinakita natin
22:30.0
They're also allocating funds dun sa pag-develop
22:34.0
diyan sa pag-asa. So, this is very,
22:36.0
very interesting. So, you have the Speaker
22:38.0
of the House. I don't think, when was the
22:40.0
last time? Belmonte? Hindi
22:42.0
rin eh. I haven't seen
22:46.0
a Speaker of the House who's so
22:48.0
front and center, at least
22:50.0
positioning-wise, projection-wise,
22:52.0
publicity-wise, no?
22:54.0
As the defender of the West Philippine
22:56.0
Sea. I'll post natin and we'll talk about
22:58.0
this. The picture is here. It's this article.
23:00.0
So, noong October 5 pala,
23:04.0
sa pag-asa. Yeah.
23:06.0
Kasama pa yung mga AFP top generals,
23:08.0
including General Romeo Bronner.
23:10.0
So, this is it. I don't know
23:12.0
when was the last time you saw a Speaker of the House going to, I don't know,
23:22.0
with the reallocation of funds from VP
23:24.0
to West Philippine Sea. So,
23:28.0
West Philippine Sea relevant agencies
23:30.0
or West Philippine Sea relevant
23:32.0
projects. And look at
23:34.0
yung statement ni Stella Kimbo na din discuss
23:36.0
natin. Sabi niya, we want to be on the right side of
23:40.0
now, this is where you get to see
23:42.0
that itong foreign policy
23:44.0
issue na yan, itong West Philippine Sea foreign
23:46.0
policy issue na yan, is becoming
23:54.0
and I would hazard to say
23:56.0
the more dominant faction, without really caution,
23:58.0
to come out and say, coming for the
24:00.0
West Philippine Sea,
24:02.0
kami ang mga patriots,
24:04.0
and we want funds
24:06.0
to go dun sa mga ahensya
24:08.0
na nagdi-defend ng ating national security
24:10.0
and defending us against
24:12.0
real enemies. Not some imaginary
24:14.0
NPA communists taking over schools,
24:16.0
whatever, yung mga bla bla bla. No, no, no.
24:18.0
We're here to fight
24:20.0
against the real enemy
24:22.0
and I'm helping them. And as a
24:24.0
Speaker of the House, because I have a lot of discretion about,
24:26.0
funds, et cetera, this is what we're
24:30.0
in a way, I'm not saying this is
24:32.0
the strategy per se, but in a way you can see,
24:34.0
you are able to hit two birds with one
24:36.0
stone, right? Through that reallocation,
24:40.0
you emphasize yung
24:42.0
commitment mo sa pagdipensa ng
24:44.0
West Philippine Sea, and B, if ever,
24:46.0
there is indeed a rivalry, or B is
24:48.0
ever, there's some acts to grind,
24:52.0
you'll accomplish multiple tasks
24:54.0
at the same time with this move. And I think
24:56.0
that's where the context whereby si Tatay,
24:58.0
he saw what's going on here,
25:00.0
and he responded accordingly. Very,
25:02.0
very interesting. Very, very interesting.
25:08.0
journalists say, all
25:10.0
politics is local politics,
25:12.0
right? Meaning, when it comes to foreign
25:14.0
policy or national politics, this has to do
25:16.0
with internal, domestic,
25:18.0
local level, kind
25:20.0
of, power plays and calculus.
25:24.0
in the Philippines is actually kind of like the opposite.
25:26.0
The West Philippine Sea issue
25:28.0
and yung issue na sino ba talagang
25:32.0
at sinong pro-China lang,
25:34.0
this is allowing for one faction
25:36.0
within a ruling faction
25:38.0
to assert its dominance
25:42.0
parang ito yata yung tingin ni Tatay,
25:44.0
parang minamarginalize pa
25:46.0
yung kabila, right? So,
25:48.0
this is fascinating. I think we
25:50.0
haven't seen many cases whereby foreign
25:56.0
essentially a stepping stone
25:58.0
for one faction within the
26:00.0
ruling coalition to step it up
26:02.0
and also to allow them
26:06.0
against another faction, right?
26:08.0
And remember, the divisions
26:10.0
and fault lines that
26:12.0
took place dito sa ilalim
26:16.0
ruling coalition, saan siya nagsimula?
26:22.0
ni former President and Speaker
26:24.0
of the House, Arroyo.
26:26.0
And according to some reports, this had
26:28.0
something to do also with disagreements
26:30.0
over Marcos Jr.'s
26:32.0
policy towards China, meaning
26:34.0
Marcos being a bit too critical towards
26:36.0
China for some factions. So,
26:38.0
this is very, very interesting.
26:40.0
So, yung mga development sa West Philippine Sea
26:44.0
power play within the
26:46.0
ruling coalition. And now,
26:48.0
more than one year
26:52.0
midterm elections, but more or less one year
26:54.0
until registration for the next elections,
26:56.0
mukhang nagsimula na.
27:00.0
alam na natin ano yung maging
27:04.0
alignments and ano yung mga
27:10.0
rivalries there. Now,
27:12.0
the thing here is,
27:14.0
and I think this is where things get interesting,
27:16.0
ang tanong dito is,
27:18.0
ano naman ang gagawin ng totoong
27:22.0
Because I always make a distinction between two kinds
27:24.0
of opposition. Functional opposition
27:26.0
and ideological opposition.
27:28.0
Ang ideological opposition
27:30.0
ay isang opposition na kung saan talagang
27:32.0
merong kang disagreement
27:34.0
dun sa mga prinsipyo,
27:36.0
sa ideologiya nung administrasyon.
27:40.0
karamihan ng mga oposisyon,
27:42.0
ideological opposition,
27:44.0
ay ayaw kay Pongo Marcos
27:46.0
because of, of course, yung history, yung kasaysayan,
27:50.0
human rights violations in the past
27:52.0
during the Marcos regime, also concerns about
27:54.0
good governance, etc.
27:58.0
far left or progressive,
28:00.0
they're even against the kind of
28:02.0
oligarchic politics
28:04.0
or quasi-democracy
28:08.0
That's the ideological opposition.
28:10.0
But right now, what's happening now is,
28:12.0
dun sa ruling coalition nang kakaroon
28:16.0
so one part of the ruling coalition is becoming
28:18.0
a functional opposition, meaning
28:20.0
hindi siya opposition ideologically
28:22.0
or not a significant
28:24.0
ideological or policy outlook difference.
28:26.0
Although there are some major
28:28.0
policy differences, particularly in West Philippines.
28:30.0
But overall, it's not like
28:32.0
one is left, one is right
28:34.0
in terms of ideology. It's not. They're both
28:36.0
right. One is more
28:38.0
far right than the other.
28:40.0
By any reasonable
28:44.0
What's happening there is,
28:46.0
magkakaroon ka kayo
28:48.0
ng dalawang opposition. Ideological
28:50.0
opposition na ayos sa Marcos administration
28:52.0
because of the whole Marcos baggage.
28:54.0
And then you have now the functional opposition
28:58.0
away over West Philippine Sea, away
29:00.0
over confidential funds,
29:02.0
and some would even say power play,
29:04.0
internal competition.
29:06.0
That's interesting.
29:08.0
So is the 2025 elections
29:10.0
going to be a three-way kind of
29:12.0
competition whereby you have
29:14.0
one very dominant,
29:16.0
essentially BBM, Ramon,
29:20.0
administration bets,
29:22.0
and then you'll have ideological
29:24.0
opposition here, and then you'll have
29:26.0
functional opposition here, and then
29:28.0
what's going to happen next?
29:30.0
So some were saying,
29:32.0
kasi ganito, if you're a never-Marcos
29:34.0
group, you might even
29:36.0
contemplate teaming up with
29:38.0
the functional opposition
29:40.0
against the administration.
29:46.0
my problem with that is,
29:48.0
or, I mean, the criticism against that
29:50.0
would be, I'm not sure about the
29:52.0
chances there. It's very hard
29:54.0
to go against administration during midterm elections
29:56.0
because midterm elections in the Philippines are pro-incumbency.
29:58.0
But the other one is,
30:02.0
what are your concerns against with Marcos?
30:04.0
What happened again under
30:08.0
I'm not talking about Marcos Sr., I'm talking about Marcos Jr.
30:10.0
Between Marcos Jr.
30:12.0
and Marcos Sr., who is a
30:14.0
bigger concern when it comes to human rights?
30:16.0
Who is a bigger concern when it comes to West Philippine Sea?
30:18.0
Who is a bigger concern when it comes to X, Y, and Z?
30:20.0
So the problem with
30:22.0
those who are just focused as never-Marcos
30:24.0
and maybe open to teaming up with the others,
30:32.0
and then I think there's another group
30:34.0
within the ideological opposition
30:36.0
who are saying, let's just stay out of
30:38.0
this whole thing. Maybe just pick
30:40.0
up the popcorns and
30:42.0
try to run as the
30:44.0
third force in the 2025
30:46.0
elections or just sit out the 2025
30:48.0
elections. Do grassroots.
30:52.0
some of your promising candidates
30:54.0
but you're really there for 2028,
30:56.0
right? Let the 2025
31:02.0
Intra-Uniteam contest
31:04.0
or not-so-Uniteam contest.
31:08.0
we might see more and more
31:12.0
supposed ideological opposition. People who
31:14.0
are from Liberal Party
31:16.0
like Stella Kimbo,
31:18.0
people who are affiliated with the opposition,
31:22.0
under the opposition, people who used to
31:24.0
criticize Marcos Jr. a lot,
31:26.0
people who used to present themselves as
31:28.0
the anti-thesis of Marcos,
31:30.0
etc. They might come in and say,
31:36.0
suddenly not-so-Admin.
31:38.0
That's where we're going.
31:40.0
Not just a bigger chance
31:44.0
something that I can work with.
31:46.0
I think what we're going to see is that
31:48.0
there's going to be splits also.
31:50.0
Not only within the ruling
31:52.0
coalition within Uniteam. I think
31:54.0
there's going to be some split also
31:56.0
within the ideological opposition.
31:58.0
I think there's going to be people there
32:00.0
in the real opposition, some of them saying,
32:02.0
never Marcos, we'll not work
32:04.0
with them. We might even be open
32:06.0
to working with the other faction
32:08.0
to check them out.
32:10.0
There could be another faction.
32:12.0
I can't guess who are these guys.
32:14.0
Who's going to say, neither-nor,
32:16.0
paalam kayo dyan.
32:18.0
I'm just going to pick my popcorn and I'm just going to
32:20.0
prepare for 2028.
32:22.0
Maybe support some people here and there.
32:24.0
Medyo magparamdam ako, but no.
32:26.0
But I think there'll be more and more people
32:28.0
who'll say, I'm not necessarily
32:30.0
endorsing it, but this is just my sense about things.
32:32.0
And I'm sure Stella Kimbo
32:34.0
could be one of them who'll say,
32:38.0
I'm sure I could work with them.
32:40.0
Marcos Jr. Administration, well, it's
32:42.0
not necessarily your
32:44.0
Norwegian Social Democratic Labour Party
32:46.0
but I think I can
32:48.0
work with this administration. By the way,
32:50.0
if it's midterms, you've had to be
32:52.0
with the administration because your chances of
32:54.0
winning is significantly higher. And if you want to make
32:56.0
good change, then
32:58.0
that's it. Work with
33:00.0
the side that you can work better with.
33:02.0
So these are potential people who are
33:04.0
not only never Duterte, but also pragmatic
33:06.0
people who want to be
33:08.0
in the game. And I want to say that, okay,
33:10.0
given that for now, for a while Duterte,
33:12.0
for a while Marcos, but who knows?
33:14.0
In 2028, things could be interesting.
33:16.0
And the idea is that, who knows, maybe in 2028
33:18.0
we can converge with other members
33:20.0
of the opposition who were
33:24.0
siding with any of the sides,
33:26.0
or were running against both sides.
33:28.0
But down the road, we can work together. But by that
33:30.0
time, I'm going to be much more powerful.
33:32.0
By that time, I'm going to be a national figure.
33:34.0
By that time, I have
33:38.0
credentials. Again, and I think
33:40.0
Stella Kimbo could be one of those persons.
33:42.0
But I don't think Stella Kimbo is alone. I think
33:44.0
there'll be growing, growing temptation
33:46.0
by people from the real opposition
33:50.0
I'm not just going to popcorn.
33:52.0
Maybe I should join the race.
33:54.0
Maybe not even run,
33:56.0
but somehow be part of the game
33:58.0
and lay down the foundation for 2028.
34:04.0
mga kameta, ngayon pa lang,
34:06.0
hindi lang nagsimula ang 2025
34:08.0
elections. Mukhang nagsimula
34:10.0
na rin ang 2028 elections.
34:14.0
conceptual sense, not only in
34:20.0
vague forecast or
34:22.0
scenario building, I think in terms of
34:26.0
of forces. In terms of
34:32.0
what could happen down in 2028.
34:34.0
President Duterte
34:36.0
also mentioned 2028
34:38.0
elections and who could be the next president.
34:40.0
So that it looks like every
34:42.0
side right now has
34:44.0
2028 in their sides.
34:46.0
In their crosshairs.
34:48.0
And as early as right now,
34:50.0
nag-iisip ng lahat how to
34:52.0
play their game in the best way possible
34:56.0
so that they'll be in the best position
34:58.0
possible for the even
35:00.0
bigger fight in 2028.
35:02.0
Because mga kameta,
35:04.0
I describe the 2022
35:06.0
elections as the most consequential elections
35:08.0
in contemporary Philippine history.
35:12.0
stand, I don't think I'm wrong.
35:14.0
I don't think I was wrong. I think I was right.
35:16.0
And I'm glad many people used my
35:18.0
description which is most consequential.
35:20.0
I wrote it in a piece for Algebra
35:22.0
English. This is way early
35:24.0
in the election period.
35:28.0
the 2028 elections
35:30.0
could be even more consequential
35:32.0
for Philippine democracy. Because
35:34.0
look at it this way.
35:36.0
If babalika mga Duterte
35:40.0
then that means that this
35:42.0
Marcos Jr. time was just a kind of a
35:46.0
some would say temporary
35:48.0
or some would say just a temporary
35:50.0
break in the inevitable ascendancy
35:52.0
of Dutertismo in the Philippines.
35:56.0
people in the opposition, some
35:58.0
more moderate elements,
36:00.0
work their way through and some of the more
36:02.0
progressives also play their cards well
36:04.0
and smartly in 2025
36:06.0
in preparation for 2028,
36:08.0
what could happen actually is in
36:12.0
have actually very competitive
36:14.0
candidate from the real opposition.
36:16.0
Even someone like Rizal
36:18.0
Antiveros. But not only candidate for the
36:20.0
presidency, but a number of
36:22.0
candidates for the top offices including the
36:24.0
Senate, the Congress, the Governor Office.
36:26.0
So, a lot is at stake. So
36:28.0
imagine if the real opposition
36:30.0
manages to navigate
36:32.0
this whole Marcos, Duterte,
36:34.0
unity in dynamics
36:36.0
so smartly that they'll be in a position
36:38.0
to be highly competitive for 2028.
36:42.0
Then our interpretation
36:44.0
of not only the past 6 years
36:46.0
but also our interpretation
36:48.0
of now and the next 5 years or 4
36:50.0
years will also be very different. Right?
36:52.0
I'm simplifying it.
36:54.0
Actually, this is
36:56.0
very Hegelian analysis.
37:00.0
may kunting hugot
37:02.0
style yan. I'll just use hugot para may explain ko
37:04.0
kanila. Because in Hegelian
37:10.0
tomorrow shapes your understanding of what
37:12.0
happens today or what happened today.
37:14.0
Right? So, the fall
37:16.0
shapes your understanding of the original state.
37:18.0
So, in short, parang ganito yan.
37:26.0
Heartbroken ka at wala.
37:28.0
Hindi gumana yung jowa mo. Tapos, nakahanap ka
37:30.0
na mas magandang jowa.
37:32.0
After 2 years or so.
37:36.0
yung heartbreak mo na yan,
37:38.0
ay parang, ay buti nga.
37:40.0
I get rid of that. Ano lang pala yan?
37:42.0
Parang blessing in disguise yan.
37:44.0
See? So, your interpretation of your
37:46.0
past changes because of your
37:48.0
differential future. Now,
37:50.0
of course, the opposite could be also true. Like, let's say,
37:56.0
hindi nagwork, heartbroken,
37:58.0
and then yung sumunod, hindi
38:00.0
magandang jowa. So, ang mangyari
38:02.0
dito is suddenly, your interpretation of your past
38:04.0
is, ayan na, mag-adel
38:06.0
ka na. The one that got
38:08.0
away. Do you get what I'm saying?
38:12.0
me turn the jowa into
38:14.0
progressive politics.
38:16.0
Maybe you didn't get Lenny
38:20.0
And you would say,
38:22.0
wala nang pag-asa ng Pilipinas.
38:24.0
But what if in 2028,
38:26.0
you get someone like
38:28.0
Liza? Or someone like
38:30.0
Lenny again? Or, you know, you know what I'm saying?
38:32.0
Then suddenly, you're gonna look at
38:34.0
2022 and say, nah.
38:36.0
The 2022 was not a tragic
38:38.0
election. The 2022 was
38:40.0
really the wake-up call. And the 2020
38:42.0
was just the beginning of a new era
38:46.0
progressive Philippine democracy.
38:48.0
Do you get what I'm saying there?
38:52.0
opposition manages to navigate
38:54.0
these six years, and really
38:56.0
pulls off some magical thing in 2028,
38:58.0
and then really pushes the country in the right
39:00.0
direction, suddenly the
39:02.0
past six years of
39:04.0
tatay-style politics and
39:06.0
now with juniors that will not
39:08.0
look so tragic. It will look like a
39:10.0
difficult transition period
39:12.0
that put places on the right path
39:16.0
and full consummation
39:20.0
opportunity and moment.
39:22.0
Did you see what I did there?
39:24.0
I just explained Hegelian dialectics
39:26.0
to you guys by talking about
39:28.0
Jowas. Do you get what I'm saying?
39:32.0
see, the same heartbreak
39:34.0
will have totally different meaning
39:36.0
depending on what happens down the road.
39:38.0
Do you get what I'm saying?
39:42.0
So, I agree with Gatsby.
39:44.0
You can't change the past. Remember
39:46.0
there's that line that Gatsby
39:50.0
the book, at least you watched it.
39:52.0
The Spider-Man guy
39:56.0
I said, sport, but you can't
39:58.0
change the past, right?
40:00.0
That's a Hegelian way of putting it.
40:02.0
Now, I'm not sure if Fitzgerald knew Hegel,
40:04.0
but if Fitzgerald had
40:06.0
read Hegel and made a
40:08.0
different ending for Gatsby,
40:10.0
then Gatsby would have proven right that
40:12.0
actually you can change the past.
40:14.0
So, if the real opposition
40:16.0
makes the right choice for
40:18.0
2025 and puts them in a position
40:20.0
to pull off something special
40:24.0
the heartbreak of the fellow countrymen
40:26.0
in 2022 will suddenly
40:28.0
have a completely radically
40:30.0
different meaning. It will
40:32.0
look like just the beginning of a new chapter
40:34.0
of full consummation
40:36.0
and flowering of a progressive Philippines.
40:38.0
And in the same vein,
40:40.0
if you're pro-Duterte
40:42.0
and Sarah pulls it up
40:44.0
in 2028, then you're
40:46.0
going to look at the past six years,
40:48.0
meaning from 2022 to 2020
40:50.0
as learning experience,
40:52.0
a moment of humility and all,
40:54.0
but also now you have your redemption.
40:56.0
Do you get what I'm saying?
40:58.0
Do you get what I'm saying here?
41:04.0
entertaining as this may seem to you
41:06.0
guys, right? And yeah, of course, it's
41:08.0
very possible that all of this is just
41:10.0
flash in the pan or all of this
41:16.0
temporary explosion
41:18.0
of dramatics. I'm not
41:20.0
ruling that out. Sure.
41:24.0
It's really true.
41:26.0
We've been talking about this for a few months and now you can
41:28.0
see it's escalating.
41:32.0
is very clear. And as we get closer to
41:34.0
2025, I think this will intensify.
41:36.0
So, that's what I'm saying here.
41:38.0
Right? Hegel's self-recognition.
41:44.0
But you guys see what I'm saying
41:48.0
You can literally change the past
41:52.0
changing the future.
41:56.0
So, that's why it's so
41:58.0
important now that
42:00.0
the people in the real opposition
42:04.0
not only alignment of forces
42:08.0
not only winning in 2025
42:10.0
but thinking about vindicating
42:12.0
history. Vindicating the
42:14.0
pink movement. That's what they want to think about.
42:16.0
And if you're pro-Duterte,
42:18.0
you also have to play your card very
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carefully now because if you overreach
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then you would look at the six years of Tata
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as just an aberration.
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the elitists, Tagang Manila,
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and stuff like that. Right? So,
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that's why I'm saying, Kameta,
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don't give up on the Philippines
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because you literally can change the past
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if you play your cards well right now
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in the next four or five years.
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So, I don't care about
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some people out there who are
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into this self-righteous,
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whatever. You know, I don't care about them.
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You know why? Because I'm looking at the big movements
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of history. I'm looking at redemption.
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I'm looking at, not for myself, thank God
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I'm trying my best, but I'm
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looking at redemptive politics.
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I'm looking at the possibility of
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out of the, all the
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tragedies and difficulties
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and challenges and polarizing
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politics we have had.
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the reason I'm saying this is because
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at the West Philippine Sea issue right now.
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yung mga lumalaban para sa West Philippine Sea
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hindi lang vindicated eh, parang
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almost my triumphant
43:44.0
feeling, not triumphalist, but
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almost triumphant, because
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alam nila, they didn't
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only have to fight for West Philippine Sea
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against the bully out there, but they
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had to fight it through the
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Geopolitics days.
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So, para ang sarap ng feeling ngayon,
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na ito na talaga,
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lumalaban na talaga tayo.
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about two or three years na talagang
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Tatay loves China kind of
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style geopolitics,
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you don't see that as a loss opportunity,
44:20.0
but you see that as an opportunity to
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actually strengthen
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your will, to develop steely
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patriotic will, and to fight
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the West Philippine Sea fight
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smarter. And my sense is,
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if we had pleasant surprise
44:34.0
on the West Philippine Sea front
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so far, why can't we have also
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pleasant surprises on other fronts?
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possible if you hold your ground,
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smartly, and once you get
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the opportunities, once you get openings,
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Okay. Wala na, matagal.
44:54.0
Wala na, pagod na ako, matulog na ako, but
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gets yun ah. Gets yun yung sinasabi ko
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pinag-usapan lang itong politika
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natin para lang, you know,
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no, because there's a bigger picture out
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there, mga kameta. There's a bigger,
45:16.0
bigger picture out there. There is a
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possibility for redemption.
45:20.0
There's a possibility for things
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going way, way more wrong.
45:26.0
a possibility for strategic learning,
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right? And there's a possibility
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for us making the most
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out of the best that
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we saw in the Filipino people.
45:36.0
Not only in last year elections, but over the
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last six, seven years. Do you get what
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I'm saying? Exactly.
45:42.0
Perspective is the most important thing.
45:46.0
This is not coming out of nowhere.
45:48.0
Kanina na I had a conversation with some of our friends na
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countries that are going through very difficult
45:56.0
we went back into ancient history.
45:58.0
Now, I'm not talking about the Middle East, but of course, naking kiramay
46:00.0
po tayo sa mga biktima na mga
46:02.0
civilians na matay
46:04.0
dyan sa ongoing conflict ngayon.
46:06.0
Our hearts and prayers go to them.
46:08.0
And really, we're, our
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humanity and sanity to prevail eventually
46:14.0
pa rin. The cycle na yan ay hindi tuloy-tuloy.
46:16.0
Now, the person I was talking to a while ago,
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they're not from that place,
46:20.0
but they're also in countries that are going
46:22.0
through very difficult moments of transition.
46:24.0
So what we were doing, Kanina, is we were
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reaching back into history in order to better
46:28.0
understand how can things move for the
46:30.0
better in the next 15, 20,
46:32.0
30 years. In the case of the Philippines,
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demokrasya tayo, guys. May chance
46:38.0
talaga tayo na baguyin
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yung direction na ating bansa.
46:42.0
We kind of did it in the wrong direction
46:46.0
but we can also do it in the right direction.
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if ever we get it right
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hindi na natin sayangin ulit.
46:56.0
Because before, sinayang
46:58.0
natin eh, right? Got rid of a
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dictator, and then what?
47:02.0
Sinayang yung opportunity. Complacency.
47:10.0
but also no room for
47:12.0
cynicism. What we need is
47:14.0
healthy skepticism with
47:16.0
courage of the will.
47:18.0
That's a very, very important thing. But perhaps
47:20.0
the most important thing, compared to everything else,
47:26.0
I hope to share with you guys,
47:28.0
right? So yeah, in a Gatsby sense,
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you can change the past
47:32.0
by making a better future for the country.
47:34.0
So yun lang. On that note,
47:36.0
thank you very much. Maraming salamat. Sorry,
47:38.0
I'm already losing my voice kasi
47:40.0
7, 8, 8 a.m. pa lang
47:42.0
meron kami dito workshop and talks.
47:44.0
Andayon, purong mga kira,
47:46.0
conflicts, disarmament.
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Kung ano lang pinag-usapan namin tuloy.
47:50.0
Ulit mamaya, umaga.
47:52.0
But I was thinking about it.
47:54.0
If you just want to know about what's the
47:56.0
latest thing that happened, the Philippine politics,
48:00.0
Hi sa kanina. May mga nagsabi naman, nagwa Marites ka.
48:02.0
Ito yung mga shunga
48:04.0
na hindi nila alam saan galing
48:06.0
mga, where is all of this coming
48:08.0
from. That, you can get it out there.
48:10.0
You can watch other people, whatever.
48:14.0
But now you know, when I analyze
48:16.0
things, I'm looking at almost
48:18.0
the Hegelian dialectics. Like I'm looking
48:22.0
You know, the spirit driving history,
48:24.0
right? You have to operate at
48:26.0
that level. Because if you don't operate at that level,
48:30.0
you will be a hostage to
48:32.0
presentism. And what is presentism?
48:34.0
That the excitement
48:36.0
or the sorrows of the moment
48:38.0
will blind you to the possibilities
48:40.0
of the future and even the
48:42.0
chance to change what
48:44.0
the past means for us.
48:46.0
As simple as that.
48:48.0
On that note, thank you very much.
48:50.0
Maraming salamat. I know medyo tumagal-tagal
48:52.0
ito. Siguro yung break down na lang natin
48:54.0
into two parts. Nakalampas
48:56.0
na tayo sa isang oras. I'll try to break this down
48:58.0
into two parts. Now, this is very important.
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we need to have a kind of honest conversation about
49:04.0
this. And a kind of deep, deep,
49:06.0
really deep conversation about this.
49:08.0
So, please, don't try to
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compare me to other people. Other people
49:12.0
do their own thing. I do it my way.
49:14.0
I do it completely my way.
49:16.0
I don't just blog and talk on
49:18.0
TV, whatever. I write these things
49:20.0
down. I write these things down.
49:22.0
I think about these things.
49:24.0
Day and night. Really look at different
49:26.0
angles. Compare the situation in the Philippines
49:28.0
to 10, 12, 13, 15
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other countries that I kind of know about.
49:34.0
is not the only country I'm familiar with.
49:36.0
I can confidently say I'm familiar
49:38.0
with 3, 4, 5 different countries.
49:40.0
Their politics, their history, etc.
49:44.0
Not just China, just US, etc.
49:50.0
Based on that, we make this kind of
49:52.0
announcement. See? No notes, nothing.
49:54.0
This is just natural.
49:58.0
Thank you very much.
50:00.0
God bless and talk to you soon.
50:02.0
Actually, I'm thinking how to
50:04.0
write this down. I think I have to be able to write this down.
50:06.0
I'm working already on a book.
50:10.0
We have to do this deep thinking.
50:12.0
Those who are watching us, especially
50:14.0
on our Nexus episodes
50:16.0
with Lele Claudio.
50:18.0
Derek, you can really see it.
50:22.0
We spend a lot of time
50:24.0
really thinking this through.
50:26.0
Alright? God bless, talk to you
50:28.0
and have a good day. Thank you very much.
50:30.0
Long live the Philippines.
50:32.0
Those who are watching,
50:36.0
If you're a father,
50:38.0
you also, you know, whatever.
50:40.0
On that note, thank you very much.
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God bless. Have a good day.
