00:20.0
I'm not very sure about
00:21.2
your moral ascendancy or even intellectual.
00:26.0
I didn't say capacity.
00:28.9
I didn't want to say something as capital.
00:34.5
Okay, ulitan natin yan.
00:36.7
1, 2, 3, showtime.
00:39.2
Talagang live na.
00:42.5
Lalo pag low budget, ganun.
00:44.1
Sabay-sabayan na lahat.
00:47.1
Showtime, action.
00:53.2
Now, let me be very clear.
00:54.5
Doon sa mga nagle-lecture
00:56.6
sa kasalukuyan na administration
00:58.2
or nagle-lecture sa taong bayan
01:00.3
okul sa Asian and West Philippine Sea.
01:01.6
In particular, I'm talking about
01:02.6
the impresarius of the former president,
01:04.6
former president Duterte
01:05.7
and those who supported
01:06.6
his brand of essentially pro-China foreign policy
01:10.9
very servile, if not fully subservient policy
01:16.2
Let me be very clear about this, people.
01:18.5
Very questionable kung meron kayong
01:20.3
any moral ascendancy
01:21.4
and very questionable kung meron kayong
01:23.4
enough intellectual capital
01:25.1
to make that argument
01:26.0
because for 6 full years,
01:29.7
Tatay Digong was super nice to China.
01:32.9
He didn't assert arbitration award.
01:34.9
He threatened our alliance
01:36.2
with the United States
01:37.3
on multiple occasions.
01:38.5
He did not allow ETCA
01:39.4
to be fully implemented.
01:40.8
He threatened the Visiting Forces Agreement.
01:43.2
He even threatened earlier on
01:44.9
to kick out Americans altogether
01:46.9
and ally with China and Russia
01:49.2
against the world
01:50.2
and all of that kind of drama.
01:51.7
And he was promised
01:53.3
24 billion pesos in investments and all.
01:55.9
And what did we get in those 6 years?
01:57.6
In exchange for everything
01:59.1
that Tatay Digong did for them, right?
02:01.2
Well, aside from the POGO investments and all,
02:04.7
Where's the Mindanao Railway Project?
02:07.3
Where's the Clark High-Speed Railway Project?
02:10.9
I mean, name me a single big ticket.
02:14.0
Hindi yung mga kinulayan lang
02:15.6
at ginagana-gana lang
02:16.5
yung isang bridge dyan
02:17.2
tapos purong mga galing din sa kanila
02:19.2
yung mga workers and contractors
02:20.8
na sila lang kumita.
02:21.8
Hindi yung gano'n na.
02:22.4
I'm talking about real
02:23.2
big ticket infrastructure projects.
02:25.5
Like what we see in Bandung, Jakarta.
02:27.5
O, the big ticket infrastructure projects.
02:27.6
Very delayed and all.
02:28.5
But something along those lines.
02:29.8
Big ticket infrastructure projects.
02:35.7
So that was pledge trap.
02:37.8
mali yung opposition
02:38.5
at saka yung mga dilawan
02:39.5
at saka yung mga kaka-dead trap.
02:41.1
Dead trap presupposes,
02:42.6
I've been saying this since 2018,
02:44.7
dead trap presupposes
02:46.3
that investments will come in
02:49.0
but under very questionable terms.
02:51.5
But I always said,
02:52.5
it's just pledge trap.
02:53.7
It's just pledges.
02:56.0
that are meant to soften
02:58.1
on the South China Sea
03:00.1
with the United States
03:02.0
But in exchange for really
03:05.0
we can have a long discussion
03:06.0
kung sino talaga may kasalanan din
03:07.1
but the reality is that
03:08.2
all of those billions
03:09.6
of supposed investment
03:10.4
there are more pledge trap
03:15.7
if you look at the West Philippines
03:16.8
si lumala din yung situation.
03:19.1
Kung titignan mo yung militarizasyon
03:20.6
ng mga fake islands
03:21.8
na ginawa ng China
03:22.6
sa Kalayaan Group of Islands,
03:26.5
or kiniklaim natin,
03:27.5
lumala yung mga yan.
03:29.0
na-consolidate yung militarizasyon
03:31.3
Paano ni Digong yan?
03:35.4
that the Digong way
03:36.9
of going like that
03:38.2
and hoping they'll be nice to us.
03:40.0
as Duterte put it,
03:41.3
be meek and humble
03:42.7
and you'll get mercy from China.
03:46.0
has been completely disproven.
03:48.2
And let's not forget
03:48.7
it was under Digong
03:49.7
that the Reed Bank
03:50.7
Repto Bank incident happened.
03:52.1
Namuntik na matay yung mga
03:53.1
more than a dozen
03:54.2
Philippine in Denver incident.
03:56.0
Nangyari din sa mga
03:57.5
Nang Kalean Group of Finance.
04:00.9
ng mga malisya nila.
04:02.5
it's absolutely clear.
04:04.9
that the Digong way
04:05.9
of dealing with China,
04:06.8
it just doesn't work.
04:08.8
Zero concessions from China
04:10.1
on any important issue.
04:13.6
infrastructure projects.
04:16.0
yung mga invested
04:20.5
dividends for the Philippines
04:26.6
intellectual capital.
04:30.8
Now, having said that,
04:32.0
I am still for engagement
04:34.0
I'm still for exploring
04:35.3
the best possible
04:37.0
compromise there.
04:38.7
But we have to be clear
04:40.1
with our red lines.
04:41.4
And we have to be clear
04:42.1
that as much as we welcome
04:43.3
high-quality investments
04:45.3
that should not come
04:46.7
of our sovereign rights
04:47.5
in the West Philippine Sea.
04:48.8
And at the end of the day,
04:49.6
any investments that comes in,
04:50.9
it has to be mutually beneficial.
04:53.1
And it has to rely also
04:54.1
on the Filipino technology
04:57.9
Filipino workers.
05:01.7
environmentally-friendly
05:02.7
infrastructure projects.
05:04.6
Now, as long as we can
05:05.6
keep those basics
05:06.6
clear in our engagement
05:08.2
I have no problem
05:08.9
whatsoever dealing with them.
05:10.3
But those red lines
05:11.4
have to be clear.
05:12.8
And once those red lines
05:13.7
have become clear,
05:15.5
then I think we can have
05:16.8
a very good relationship
05:18.4
Because guess what?
05:19.5
The country I am in right now,
05:21.0
has a fantastic relationship
05:22.5
Well, they don't have
05:23.1
territory to deal with,
05:23.7
but every time they have
05:25.0
they stood their ground.
05:27.0
nung binuli sila ng China
05:28.5
sa North Tennessee,
05:29.9
nagpadala sila ng mga
05:31.9
nagbumunta dyan sa Jokowi,
05:33.5
nagpadala sila ng warships,
05:34.6
they stood their ground.
05:35.9
Indonesia and China
05:36.4
have fantastic relationship.
05:37.6
In fact, China just finished
05:38.5
yung Bandung project nila.
05:39.9
Yung Bandung-Jakarta
05:40.9
high-speed railway project nila.
05:43.3
So I can go on and on
05:44.6
with many examples.
05:45.4
Australia, for instance,
05:47.3
ang laki ng problema nila
05:49.2
And China was angry at them
05:52.1
counter-influence operations
05:54.2
kind of legislations
05:57.9
Chinese investments
05:58.8
in their critical infrastructure
06:02.0
independent investigation
06:03.0
in the source of origins
06:05.7
But China kept on
06:06.6
threatening them.
06:07.6
They said they will
06:08.1
impose sanctions.
06:09.8
Australia stood its ground
06:11.6
Australian Prime Minister
06:12.8
Albanese going to China
06:13.9
and everything went
06:14.5
more or less well.
06:16.3
So that's the point.
06:17.2
If you stand your ground,
06:18.3
hindi ka magpa-intimidate,
06:20.3
katulad nung isa,
06:22.1
you will get their
06:23.0
grudging respect.
06:24.5
And then you can negotiate
06:27.0
proper compromise
06:28.1
dyan sa West Philippine Sea.
06:36.9
a peace and a compromise
06:37.8
that is in accordance
06:38.9
dun sa ating saligang batas
06:41.9
modern international law,
06:44.0
United Nations Convention
06:44.9
on the Law of the Sea.
06:46.3
And we already have
06:46.9
a ruling on that.
06:48.5
thank you very much,
06:49.6
maboy ang Pilipinas
06:52.1
sa inyong supporta
06:52.9
making us the number one
06:54.4
political podcast
06:55.1
in the Philippines
06:58.9
political podcasts
07:00.8
in number of other countries
07:02.2
including here in Singapore.
07:03.2
So we hope to push for
07:07.2
Hopefully sa Pilipinas
07:08.6
sa good ambitions
07:09.7
But if we can make it to
07:10.9
at least top 10 or 20
07:15.6
that will be quite an achievement.
07:16.9
And hopefully we can be
07:17.5
at least among the
07:20.0
if not in the world, right?
07:21.4
So thank you so much
07:22.1
for your continued support.
07:24.0
and maboy ang Pilipinas.
07:26.2
Talk to you soon.
07:33.7
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07:34.5
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07:38.0
Imecos-mecos mo na yan.
07:40.1
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07:42.4
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