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Ayan, para sa bayan

This is it

This is it

Para sa mga bayani

Ayan

Let's go

Ayan na, ayan na

Mga kabayani

Mga ka-Lenny Youth

Kamusta kayo dyan, mga ka-Lenny Youth

Ano pong update na?

Latest update dyan sa Lenny Youth

Base dun sa mga investigative journalism nila

Badoy

Tsaka yung mga bayani natin

Na mga journalist

Mga mahayag

Ayan, diba?

Gumaganda rin yung Tagalog natin

Kasi naikinig tayo sa mga ni Harry Roque

Mga ex-human rights lawyer

Napagaling ng mga kanilang presentation

Okay, okay

Ito na, ito na

May mga updates na tayo guys

So over the past week

Especially since last Friday

Ito, pinafollow natin

Itong situation sa SMNI

At base dun sa mga conversations natin

With people who attended

Yung mga hearings sa SMNI

Talagang medyo nakita na natin

Yung writing on the wall

Na very hostile yung mga

Yung mga hearings

Very hostile yung mga treatment

Ng mga congressmen dun sa mga

Representatives ng SMNI

Especially ito si Ka-Eric

At saka si Badoik

Kamusta naman dyan sa kanilang

Hunger Strike

Ano pong latest dyan sa Hunger Strike

Sumama na ba si Harry

Dun sa kanilang

Ito, ito

Since last week

More or less we saw the writing on the wall

At nakita nyo

More or less we called it

We said that

It looks like the franchise of SMNI

Is now really in peril

And that it's a matter of time

Na baka matanggalan na sila ng franchise

Now

Obviously there's no way to understand SMNI

Unless you're also looking at the bigger picture

Namely

The connection between Kiboloy

Pastor Kiboloy

And of course

President Rodrigo Duterte

Who happens to be

One of the hosts

Or whatever you want to call him

Resident analyst ng SMNI

Or something like that

Along those lines

Now

The thing is

Actually nag-escalate nyo yung situation

Dahil

First it was

Questioning yung mga reports

Sa SMNI

Particularly

With respect

Doon sa

Allegations of

Excessive amount

Or decadent amounts

Of travel expenditure

By the House of Representatives

Especially the speakership

Of the House of Representatives

And then the next thing you know

Ito na talaga

Talagang kine-question na rin

Yung practices

Ethical practices

Journalistic practices ng SMNI

There was already a resolution

For suspension of SMNI's franchise

And now

Officially there's a move to

Review yung franchise nila

For possible revocation

So

Now mukhang it's not ending there

Because this seems to be

Even escalating further

So the latest news that we have

Over the past 24 hours

Mga kamenta

Since we had our last live

Is

Ito na

May mga grupo dyan sa Kongreso

Who are now pushing for investigation

Into

The pastors

Situation per se

Not only SMNI

Not only Lorraine Badoy

Not only Ka Eric

Not only that specific report

About allegations

Against the Speaker of the House

But now you have a situation

Whereby some of the Congress people

Are pushing all the way

To investigate

The case of Pastor

So ito ah

So kanina

Opposition lawmakers

Express reservations

Regarding dun sa potential

Revocation of

Sunshine Media Network

International Franchise

Citing concerns for

Free speech and press freedom

So on one hand

May mga tao na nagsabi na

May mga free speech

And press freedom

At stake

At yun lang sinabi ko na

Of course we have to be very careful

Be careful what you wish for

And of course

Because if we try to

Play around yung SOTO law

And mga protections

Ang binibigay sa mga journalist

And if we want to play around

With the definition of what

Makes it credentialed journalist or not

Then we're going down

A slippery slope

Nevertheless

May two lines of attack dito

Against the alleged

Man behind the whole

Media organization

One is

Of course yung mga investigations

From the US angle

Yung mga FBI wanted etc

The other one of course is

Eto'o

Yung also concerns about

China ties

Nang etong organization neto

So yung ties daw

Alleged ties between SMNI

At China Propaganda Unit

Okay

So isa sa mga tao na

Front and center

Dito sa mga discussion

About SMNI

And potential ties

Also to China

At the same time

Raising concerns about

Making sure na

Hindi magkakaroon na

Mass hysteria etc

I see

House Deputy Minority Leader

And Act Teachers

Representative Congresswoman

Franz Castro

Na interview natin

Dito sa ating podcast

And please

Check it out

Very interesting podcast

Now

Di ba pinag-usapan dito

Din natin yung krisis

Sa edukasyon sa Pilipinas

Where as far as

Krisis sa education is concerned

If there's one person

That I want to listen to

In terms of

What should be done is

Congressman Castro

Because she has a background

In education

Particularly in mathematics

Teaching mathematics

So basic education

Among others

So please also check out

Yung mga criticism niya

Something that we can discuss

If I'm not mistaken

Yung good friend natin

Si Christian Esquerra

Already had also

A vlog about

Education crisis

In the Philippines

I don't know if you guys know

I suggest you guys

Check that out

Look into it

But now

Balikan natin itong issue na ito

Because

Representative Franz Castro

Right now has

Has emerged

She's like the new star

Sa House of Representatives

In many ways

She's now the new

Iron Lady

Sa House of Representatives

In the same way that

Riza Hontiveros

Is the Iron Lady dyan

Sa Senate

Now if you look at her

She has been going

Back and forth

With Sara Duterte

Over the confidential fund issue

She has been going

Back and forth

With President Rodrigo Duterte

Over dun sa mga

Threats

Allegedly threats

From the President

Former President against her

And there has been

Already a court case

On that front

And a few weeks ago

We discussed

Ito na

Kinukorte na

Pati si

You know

Sinesopina na si

Digong

Dito sa alleged

Threatening remarks niya

Kay Congresswoman Castro

In fact

It was in that light

Na yung mga nandun

Sa Kongreso

Ay lumaban

Ay nag-criticize din

Kay Digong

May mga PDP laban na

High level officials

Ay nag-resign na

So this is getting serious

And this is getting

This is escalating very fast

But now

Ito na

So the next line of attack

Is not only SMNI

Their journalistic practices

It's not only

Badoy and Kaerik

And yung kanilang

You know

How they were using

Or allegedly abusing

Yung kanilang

Broadcasting rights

And their position

As broadcasters

And also not only

The allegations

The baseless allegations

Against House of Representative Leadership

But now

It's going on

All the way

To the very man behind SMNI

Or allegedly

The man behind SMNI

On two fronts

Ito lumabas lang sa Friday

Kaapon lang itong mga kameta

Alright

So while

Progressives

Inside the House of Representatives

Like Franz Castro

Hindi sila generally sold

Doon sa revocation of the franchise

Because sabi nila

We just want to set right

Its programs

Its directions

Without them red-tagging

Or vilifying anyone

With free speech

And freedom of the press

In place

Now

My sense is

The reason why

I mean one of the reasons

Is also because they're worried

About precedents

The very thing that we mentioned

Mga kameta last week

Diba sabi ko

Be careful what you wish for

Because kung ma-revoke yung license

Ng SMNI ngayon

Who knows

Next time

If there's another

Legit media

Or legit journalist

Not necessarily SMNI style

But the legit media

Comes out

And exposes

Some corruption in the government

Or congress or whatever

Then

What are we gonna expect?

Are we gonna expect them to

You know

You get what I'm saying

So you have to be careful

About the precedents you set

And you have to be careful

Also about making sure na

This whole SMNI

Accountability hearings and all

Hindi siya magta-turn

Into a kangaro court

I'm not saying that's the case

I'm just saying

We have to make sure

Na yung

Yung inis ng tao

At galit ng tao sa SMNI

No matter how valid it is

It doesn't

It doesn't blind people

To the importance of rule of law

And importance of

Precedents

Alright?

Okay

So sa isang banda

Ang sinasabi nila is

Generally we're not sold

Under revocation

At the first time

We just want to set right

Its programs

Its directions

Without them retagging

Or verifying anyone

With free speech

And freedom of the press in place

Now having said that

Ito yung interestingly

Ito yung interesting na

Sinabi nila

We still want to look into

The partnership of SMNI

With China Global Television Network

CGTN

The Chinese Network

Ito yung state-backed Chinese network

Na version nila ng BBC

Version nila ng

Version nila ng Al Jazeera

For instance

No?

And it has been

Building its momentum

And in fact if anything

You have former Filipino top officials

Like Martin Andanar

A former broadcaster

Also with Austin TV5

Back in the day

Now also working with CGTN

Right?

So what people are saying

Is like wait wait lang

SMNI and CGTN

Have a partnership

And it's agreement

With the military

And the National Task Force

To end local

Okay so

Medyo alanganin daw eh

Yung mga institutional affiliations

Nang itong SMNI na to

One is with the

China Global Television Network

The other one is with

The National Task Force

To end local communist armed conflict

So ang in-imply siguro

Nila Franz Castro dito is

How can you expect them

To be

How can you expect them to be

Fair and reasonable

Doon sa kanilang coverage

Nang issues relevant to West Philippine Sea

Or issues relevant to

To counter insurgency

Peace negotiations

Within the government

And NPA

Or communist groups

If there are certain

Allegedly institutional linkages

So President Castro

Pressed the House legislative franchises

To investigate itong linkages

Especially with CGTN ng China

So what's interesting here

Mga meta is

You have a situation whereby

People who are supposedly affiliated

With the left in the Philippines

Supposedly front ng communism

Supposedly

Allegedly

Sila mas may nag-raise ng concern

About institutional ties

Between SMNI

And really a communist country

Right?

And in this case

The state-backed news network

Of the United States

Of the communist country

Which is CGTN

Alright?

Now of course

Just to be clear

I have been interviewed by CGTN

RT

Al Jazeera

Among others

You know

Personally I had no problem

When I was interviewed by them

In fact I was

When I was in Beijing

A few years ago

I also went to their building

But I was interviewed

On a different issue

Among others

Kasi pumunta rin ako sa North Korea

Diba?

Before dumana ako sa Beijing

Going to North Korea

So anyway

Speaking of all of that

Personally I had no problem

With CGTN

But at the end of the day

We should have no illusions

That you know

If it's a China

State-sponsored

Or you know

Organization

Or media

Do not expect them to be fair

When it comes to

Discussing issues like

West Philippine Sea

Or issues that are relevant

To Philippine-China relations

No

It's not gonna happen

It's not gonna happen

So

So what

Franz Castro and others

Are saying

Medyo

Kailangan titignan na mabuti yan

Now

At the same time

You have other progressives

Who are saying

We have to also look at the other

Potentially troubling situations

So former

Gabriela women's representative

Arlene Brosas

Um

Para sa kanya

The house must also go after

Kiboloy

And

Potentially look into

Extradition

No

Doon sa mga charges

Ng sex trafficking

Among others

So as you know

Yung cases na yan

Pwede natin pag-usapan

Sa ayon sa kanya

They're saying

SMNI's ownership changed

We have not yet uncovered

What Kiboloy's role

In SMNI is

But everyone's pointing to him

As the owner

So ayon kay Brosas

The government must

Immediately extradite

And he must face

These appalling crimes

That were ignored

During the previous administration

Because it's very close

To former president

Rodrigo Duterte

Alright

Thursday

Paraneka representative

Gus Tambunting

Chair of the house panel

Said a bill

Seeking to revoke

SMNI's franchise

Was already filed

Pero hindi pa siya na-deliberate

At the committee level pa

But

Seeing how

You know

Hostile they were

To the SMNI people

Oof

This could go in

Very very interesting

Discussion

Direction

So anyway

We'll do a follow-up

Vlog on this soon

Mga kameta

Because

You know

Develop

Over the weekend

Siguro makakaroon

Ng more clarity also

Whether

They're gonna go

All the way after

Also

Kibuloy

Who is allegedly

Still the boss

Of SMNI

But in fairness to

Kibuloy naman

And

People in SMNI

They have maintained

That he's no longer

He doesn't own

Media network anymore

So

So this was the report

Just the other week

Ayon sa

So ito yung mga

Suara

Sog Media

Corporation of the Philippines

Also known as

Sunshine Media Network

Is not owned by

Davao-based

Religious

Group Leader

Pastor Apollo

Si Kibuloy

Ito ay

Ayon sa isang

Executive of the

Network

During a

House Committee

On Legislative

Franchise

Discussion

Investigation

On the possible

Violation of this

Franchise in

Republic Act

11-422

So we're just

Being fair

So ayon kay

Mark Tolentino

Yung Legal

Council

And officer of the

Company

No SMNI is not

Owned by

Pastor Apollo

Kibuloy

No he's not

Part of the

Corporate Officers

He's just

A block timer

Of SMNI

We consider him

As an honorary

Chairman

But he's not

Part of the

Corporate Officers

His name is not

Part of the

Corporate Papers

He's not a

Stockholder of

SMNI

Or Suarazog

Media Corporation

So ito po yung

Dinidinay na nila

Na siya

Actually they're

Categorically denying

That he has

Any ownership

Position in the

Company

But I'm sure

Maging malalim

Itong discussion

Na ito

There's gonna be

More and more

Development in this

Mga kameta

So don't worry

We're gonna get

Back on this

We're gonna get

Back to this

Topic as there'll

Be more developments

And we'll have

More co-hosts

And all

With Ronald

With yung mga

Abogado natin

Kay Bigan

With RRM

RRL

Marami tayong

Pinagpag-usapan

As this

SMNI saga

Escalates

And as

You know

As the

Philippine political

Class turns on them

So for six years

Napakalakas nung isang

Kampo

When Digong was

The President

But things are

Beginning to change

Dramatically

Mga kameta

On that note

Thank you very much

Mga kameta

Sorry may mga

Klase na tayo

Mga obligations and all

I have to get

Back to them

But thank you

Don't worry

I'll post

Links and updates

About this issue

Para you can also

Check what's going on

What I'm saying is that

The big picture

There are big

Big moves here

And I expect

President Duterte

To lash back

Even stronger

If ever they go

After his very good

Friend from Davao

And also if

Indeed

In franchise

Ang SMNI

Ay matatanggal

After our

Digong himself

As a show there

And he considers it

He considers SMNI

As his main platform

For getting his message out

On that note

Thank you very much

God bless

And talk to you soon

Ay naman

May matatrol pa dito