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Magandang araw sa inyong lahat.

Mula sa lahat ng uri ng banta at pang-aabuso.

Napakahalagang pagtuunan din natin ang pansin,

ang pagtugon ng mga mahalagang isyo ukos sa presyo ng mga bilihin

na nakakaapekto sa ating mga mag-aaral at kanilang mga pamilya.

Syokran.

Yun!

Paulitin natin, ha?

Assalamualaikum.

Madayawag mayo at law kanin yung tanan.

Magandang araw sa inyong lahat.

Malugod po namin tinatanggap ang pagkakataong talaga.

At magkakain ang legalidad ng paglilipat ng pondo.

Umaasa kami na ang dunong ng Korte Suprema ay magiging daan upang tuluyang matapos ang usapin na ito.

Ngayon naman, tutukan natin ang mahirap na tungkulin sa pagpapataas ng antas ng kalidad ng edukasyon sa ating bansa

at pagprotekta sa ating mga mag-aaral at mga kawani ng Department of Education

mula sa lahat ng uri ng banta at pang-aabuso.

Yun!

Napakahalagang!

Pagtuunan din natin ang pansin, ang pagtugon ng mga mahalagang issue ukos sa presyo ng mga bilihin

na nakakaapekto sa ating mga mag-aaral at kanilang mga pamilya.

Dinikit pa sa food inflation, ha?

Diba talagang ito si Vice President?

Okay, that was an interesting...

Assalamualaikum.

Madayawag mayo at law kanin yung tanan.

Okay, so interesting, no?

I mean, if you look at the speech, there are many things to say about it.

It was a very short speech.

Hindi po guest yan.

Pina-play po natin yung video ni Vice President Sara Duterte.

Now, first of all, I've noticed with the Vice President,

she presents herself as a kind of a multicultural kind of leader, no?

Nakita natin dun sa isang address niya dun sa kanyang pagtawag for ceasefire sa Gaza,

even ahead of, you know, United Nations 120 people vote,

even in, you know, more or less contradiction to the position of the, well, the abstention vote.

Although, mahabang usapan, you can talk about it.

Na-interview po natin si Ambassador de Vega.

Ambassador de Vega on that.

So, please watch for the explanation of DFA bakit yan ang vote nila.

Anyway, dun ginamit niya yung word na shalom, no?

So, reaching out to the Jewish folks.

And then, dito naman, Assalamualaikum, shokran.

So, of course, yung parang in-address naman niya yung mga Muslim na ating kababayan.

And then, of course, nakikita din natin with Sara Duterte yung kanyang sinusuot, no?

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It's quite interesting if you look at it in a certain way.

And, of course, mestiza siya.

You know, she has mixed heritage, etc.

So, that's quite interesting.

I always found that one of the, you know, one of the dimensions of the Dutertes that

perhaps has not been as appreciated.

Now, of course, I know yung mga negas na sabihin nila, ano lang yan, cultural appropriation

lang yan, pakit lang yan, whatever.

But, I don't know.

I don't know.

I mean, there are many moments when Dutertes in general, both the father and daughter, you

know, really, I think, shows certain degree of sincerity, if not full sincerity, diba,

dito sa ganitong messaging.

I haven't seen any other high-level Filipino officials trying to do this.

So, I think coming from Mindanao, her having a kind of Jewish heritage, having also Muslim

and moral relatives, etc., perhaps, you know, reflects there.

Now, the other thing you notice dito sa kanyang speech is, diba, very maamo, very mabait,

very nice, very ano, diba.

So, kitang-kita natin, this is very different dun sa usually na yung kita natin sa mga Dutertes

na talagang matapang, ganun.

Very different, of course, kay Digong, no?

And this is also very different dun sa kanyang mga responses, dun sa mga criticism, laban.

Anong ulit sinabi niya kila Franz Castro?

Look at the tone, no, cadence, look at the tenor of kanyang mga speeches when she was

responding dun sa mga kritiko ng Confidential Fund.

But now, suddenly, suddenly, biglang iba.

Yung, ano, yung approach, diba?

So, you could see, parang switch ng konti, diba?

And then, interestingly, today also became clear na hindi mukhang nag-drop na ng push

na itong Office of Vice President for Confidential Funds.

So, Vice President Sarah Duterte has dropped her request for 650 million pesos worth of

Confidential Funds, funds, funds dyan sa proposed budget for 2025.

No?

After, nalala niyo yung speech niya just the other month about enemies of the people daw,

kalaban ng bayan, yung mga nakikritisize daw sa Confidential Fund niya.

Now, very different tone.

You're seeing it here, no?

Duterte said that she has withdrawn her Confidential Fund request because the issue has become divisive.

I think that term divisive, I also heard it when she didn't get in Office of the National

Defense Secretary also last year.

So, we will no longer pursue the Confidential Funds.

Why?

Because this issue is divisive, and as the Vice President, I saw it ought to keep the

country peaceful and strong.

Yan o!

Unity!

Unity!

The Office of the Vice President can, quote, only propose a budget to support the safe

implementation of our programs, activities, and projects to alleviate poverty and promote

the general welfare of every Filipino people.

So, just to recap, originally, yung request ng Office of Vice President was for 650 million

pesos worth of Confidential Funds, and breakdown niya is 500 million pesos for the Office of

the Vice President.

And 150 million pesos for the Department of Education.

So, 650 million pesos in general, the Vice President.

Now, so, right?

So, what you're seeing here is a definitely big recalibration, not only in terms of tenure,

but also position of the Office of Vice President.

Now, some would see it as raising the white flag and saying, oh, peace muna tayo, unity.

But, some would argue that, wala, damage control lang nangyari dito.

But, in a way, you can also see this as a way of sardu.

Duterte signaling that, you know, she's still committed to keeping the UNITIM together.

But, yun nga eh, iba yung tono dun sa tatay, iba yung tonong iba.

And then, of course, now you have also Aimee Marcos joining the fray and making a very

strong statement about, you know, yung kanyang loyalty to Duterte, you know, even if the

other side is, you know what I'm saying, interesting.

So, just as Sara Duterte is doing this kind of repositioning.

Nakikita natin na si Aimee Marcos naman is fortifying yung kanyang alliance with

the Dutertes, no?

So, ito yung kanilang, oh, diba, ito yung mga statements ni Aimee Marcos.

Sabi ni Aimee Marcos, through thick and thin, I'll stick essentially with the Dutertes

ito.

Post natin ito.

Daba.

Daba.

Daba.

Par sa buhayan.

Ayan, ayan, ayan.

Ito, ito, ito, ito.

Okay, okay, okay, okay.

Yan.

So, ito yung statement by Senator Aimee Marcos.

Sabi niya, mga loyalista kami dahil loyalista kami.

Ako, gaya ng aking ama, ay matapat at nanindigan para sa mga tunay na kaibigan.

Ayan.

Nanindigan para sa tunay na kaibigan.

Parang, ano, talagang nag-rhyme pa.

Diba?

So, Senator Aimee issued that statement not only reaffirming yung kanyang friendship

with former President Rodrigo Duterte, but also, in-explain niya bakit ganito kalakas, no,

yung kanilang bond, no?

Obviously, alam natin yung context niyan.

Ito ito.

Ito.

Of course, she also said,

said na hindi lang dahil kaibigan ko si President Duterte, kaibigan ko talaga siya,

higit lalo si Inday Sara, mga kaibigan ko sa pagpapaunlad ng bayan,

pagpapanatili ng kapayapaan at pakikipaglaban kontra sa puwersa ng kasamaan,

kasamaang nagpapalaganap ng katiwalian, gutom at katraydur.

Ay, ibang klase yan ah.

Medyo na ano tayo ah.

Okay, okay, medyo matindi yan ah.

So, so, just to make it in English,

it's not just that I'm friend with former President Duterte, he's really my friend, especially Inday Sara,

they're my friends in national development, maintaining peace,

and fighting those spreading corruption, hunger, and treachery.

So, ito yung statement niya, you know, essentially throughout the years, you know,

she has been affirming her strong alliance and friendship with Duterte.

And particularly with Inday Sara, of course, they have also very, very close friendship.

As you know, it was also, I mean, Marcos, you know, in the run-up to 2022 elections,

I was talking to Sara Duterte, etc.

So, she played also a very important role of bringing the UNITIM together, together with President Arroyo,

and of course, the current Speaker of the House, Martin Romualdez.

Ang paka-intindi ko, Martin Romualdez was very, very influential in bringing the UNITIM together.

But, now you have the Speaker of the House essentially drawing the line,

and of course, nakita natin nung isang araw, na demote na po.

So, again, for the second time,

si former President,

si former President Arroyo in the ranks of the Congress.

So, now, officially, si Arroyo ay hindi na po.

Not only not,

not only not,

senior Deputy Speaker of the House,

pero tinanggal din po siya bilang Deputy Speaker of the House.

Now, the former President and former Speaker of the House reiterated her loyalty also to Speaker Romualdez

and saying that, you know, I wish the best for him.

But, it looks like the lines are being drawn,

and it looks like itong si, you know, the Speaker of the House is,

is really making it clear who's the boss here, no?

So, where does that leave us?

Now, all of this, sa aking palagay, no?

Now, of course, you can look at many angles to this.

You can look at the confidential fund issue.

You can look at the issue of, you know, intrafamily dynamics.

You can look at issue of personal friendship, personal loyalties, differences over a lot of issues.

Pero, to simplify it, ako para sa akin, mga kameta, no?

Katulad nung sinulat natin sa The National Newspaper for United Arab Emirates,

in Abu Dhabi, a few months ago, no?

Sabi ko, what's actually happening here, in my opinion, no?

What's, yung napaka-interesting dito is, is that,

it looks like the, yung pinakamalakas, yung pinakamalaking dahilan, no?

At yung pinakamalakas na element, no?

Na nagpupush ng division dito sa UNITING, po,

ay it looks like fundamental disagreements dito sa direksyon ng ating,

foreign policy.

So, the cliche usually is, all politics is loha, right?

And that's true, in many ways.

Positions that, you know, let's say, congressmen and congresswoman take in,

in the US, for instance, on conflicts in Middle East,

has a lot to do with their domestic constituencies,

it has a lot to do with their own domestic calculus in their own constituencies,

or many positioning that, let's say, Biden is taking on the Gaza conflict, for instance,

has a lot to do also with domestic politics,

in the United States, right?

So, but the interesting thing is, in the Philippines,

mukhang disagreements over foreign policy was really the major fault line dito sa UNITING.

Because, I think sa maraming issue, hindi naman nagkakalayo mga Dutertes and Marcoses, right?

Or nagkakalayo one side of this UNITING with the other side, no?

Whichever way you want to draw it.

But it looks like on foreign policy, there is some fundamental disagreement.

Because President Duterte has repeatedly made it clear na para sa kanya,

itong decision ni Marcos Jr. na to push for expansion of EDCA ay napaka-delikado,

napaka-provocative, essentially, talking points ng China, diba?

Yung kanyang intervention at yung kanyang current diplomacy nung nag-special envoy siya sa China

was not received warmly, let's just put it mildly, by a lot of people supporting Marcos Jr.

And of course, you also have other proxies, you know, blaming the Philippines for tensions in the West Philippine Sea by saying,

because we're asserting, you know, the Philippines for tensions in the West Philippine Sea by saying, because we're asserting,

we're asserting our rights, we're, you know, ginagaslight na tayo, no?

So, what's happening here is that maraming mga liberals, medyo yung mga dilawan pa, yung mga medyo ibang kakamping pa, diba?

Pansin natin, alam natin, I know that for a fact, kasi nangyari dito ko naman, what's up, eh?

Ay lumalambot na kay BBM at medyo buwang abayit na kay BBM.

Some are actually working in the government in one way or another.

And one of the ways they rationalize that, or justify that, or feel very good,

about supporting a Marcos, in this case, friend of Marcos Jr.,

is because they feel Marcos Jr. is finally standing up for our rights, sovereign rights, sa West Philippine Sea.

Right?

So, many people, even though may issue sila sa domestic policies ni Marcos Jr.,

may issue sila dun sa historical legacy of martial law,

even if may mga issue sila dun sa all the things that happened to Lenny Robredo throughout those years,

the, you know, questioning for her mandate, etc.

These West Philippine issues,

has become a unifying force for a lot of Filipinos.

And we know that the vast majority of Filipinos want the government to take the stance

that more or less Marcos Jr. is taking.

Right?

Working more with our allies and friends to assert our rights, etc.

But, the other side to this issue is this.

Yung kabila, and we see this in statements of Aimee Marcos.

We see this in the statements of Gloria Macabagal-Arroyo,

or based on our understanding of how she believes the Philippines should approach things.

Based on my own interview with her a few years ago,

this is based very much on the,

very vocal criticism of Digong of foreign policy of BBM.

Now, if you look at all of those things,

yung kabilang kampo,

what they share all in common,

Aimee Marcos, Arroyo, Duterte,

I'm not still sure with Sara,

because Sara medyo safe pa rin yung mga statements niya.

And you can see that Sara Duterte is perhaps still trying to keep the UNIT team together,

and essentially the white flag is there,

by withdrawing even any request for confidential fund.

Whether that's enough, I don't know.

We can discuss that later on with R&R and RRL,

and the rest.

But going back to this,

the position of these people,

if you look at the statements of Aimee,

you look at the statements of Digong, among others,

there's a big overlap there.

And the argument there is,

it is incumbent upon us to reach out to China.

Because the more we double down our security cooperation with the United States,

the more na may incentive ang China na bubulin dais sa West Philippine Sea,

because China is threatened with our alliance with the United States.

Now, obviously, these people are not so much talking about the threats that is being posed to us from the other side.

You can say that's a form of strategic agreement,

or strategic gaslighting.

But just to be fair about it,

that's essentially the argument.

That the Philippines, similar to Malaysia,

similar to many Southeast Asian countries,

and increasingly similar to Vietnam since last year, October,

should tone things down a little bit.

And not to also dissimilar from Prime Minister Albanese of Australia.

So some of you have seen yung interview ko with CNBC International

on the visit of Prime Minister Albanese of Australia to China.

And what are the lessons for us?

What are the lessons for us in ASEAN?

So what we're seeing is that many are saying,

you know, we have to be nice to China.

We have to play it nice with China.

And perhaps if we play it nice enough with China,

including not giving ETCA basis to Americans close to Taiwan, among others,

then maybe we'll get something good in exchange.

But my problem, of course, with that argument is that we were nice to China for years,

if not full six years under Digong.

And what did we get in terms of infrastructure investment?

What did we get in terms of concessions?

Now, of course, the counterargument on the other side would be,

okay, maybe things were not perfect,

but at least there was no threat of war or conflict.

Now, because of the decisions of BBM to double down on security cooperation,

yun sa ETCA, et cetera,

lalong-lalo na na umakyat itong probibilidad ng conflict.

Now, again, I think there's some fear-mongering,

some pa-paranoia effect happening there,

but I do not completely disagree with that.

I do believe that tensions are rising

and that we have to be very careful in approaching what's happening in the West Philippines.

And also, we have to be very careful about the speed and the nature.

And also, we have to be very careful about the speed and the nature of expansion of ETCA bases

and security cooperation .

Ang basa ko dito is,

the deepest fault line dito sa UNITIM alliance talaga

ay itong issue ng foreign policy.

This issue of foreign policy seems to be really, really the driving force,

itong division na ito.

And this is why I'm saying, if you look at the Philippines today,

we are very much at the frontline of the new Cold War

and no less than the upper echelons of our politics.

And then, of course, there's always the aspect of rivalry and power politics.

But I think for the first time in our history,

we're seeing how foreign policy is becoming so important

that it's driving fault lines and divisions

dun sa no less than relationship,

not only between the two most powerful families in the country,

but also, some would say, even dynamics between siblings, among others,

because of disagreements on the foreign policy direction.

You know what? Believe me, look at the statements.

Everything is out there. Everything is out there.

You can see it on your own.

You just have to connect the dots. All right?

On that note, thank you very much mga kameta. Maraming salamat.

I appreciate yung mga comments-comments dyan.

Ayan. Ang dami na na-comment. Ang mga may natin patulan yan.

Don't worry. Siguro hopefully Saturday, we'll try to have more discussions

with other friends about this as we get more and more updates on this.

But at least I hope you appreciate dito yung mga analysis natin.

On that note, thank you very much. God bless and talk to you soon.

Thank you.