01:27.0
So, in these very difficult moments of grief,
01:30.0
I just want to send my prayers and love to our very good friend, Giano Gibbs,
01:35.8
and the loved ones and the family of the late great actor.
01:43.9
So, I'll try to catch up, siguro, with Giano Gibbs as soon as we'll have more details about this.
01:49.3
But in the meantime, I think we should just respect their privacy and allow them some space for grief.
01:54.6
Now, let's go to the Philippines.
01:57.6
Philippine politics.
01:58.9
Also, Philippine foreign policy.
02:00.0
A lot has been happening over the past 24 hours or so.
02:05.1
Of course, President Marcos Jr. is back once again from foreign travel.
02:09.6
Of course, our President got well just in time.
02:12.2
He recovered from COVID-19 in order to join other ASEAN leaders for the 50th year Commemorative Friendship and Cooperation Special Summit between Philippines and Japan.
02:25.2
And a number of big agreements were signed on the sidelines,
02:28.8
including a comprehensive strategy,
02:30.0
a strategic partnership between Malaysia, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, and Japan,
02:34.6
and not to mention also the Philippines and Japan,
02:37.7
continuing their discussions over a potential reciprocal access agreement,
02:42.3
a kind of a visiting forces agreement under which Japanese self-defense forces,
02:48.2
maritime self-defense forces, will be able to conduct regularly exercises on Philippine soil.
02:54.4
So, before we go to that, let's also give a signpost.
03:00.0
Let's also talk about what's happening inside the Philippines.
03:03.7
Of course, there's been also a statement by the President.
03:06.4
We know that every time President Marcos comes back from abroad,
03:09.3
he feels refreshed and he feels refreshed enough to make some statements about developments at home,
03:15.3
including perhaps the most important story in Philippine politics for the foreseeable future,
03:21.3
which is the relationship between the House of Duterte and House of Marcos.
03:24.7
As far as President Marcos Jr. is concerned,
03:27.4
he called the matter of Vice President Sao Duterte's confidence,
03:30.0
a confidential fund issue or controversy or scandal,
03:33.3
however you want to put it as, quote-unquote, settled.
03:36.3
I.N.K. President Marcos Jr., that was actually the initiative of the Vice President.
03:40.2
I'm not actually talking about the confidential funds
03:42.5
and to not insist that they have such confidential funds.
03:45.2
So, I think as far as I'm concerned, it's a settled issue.
03:49.4
Now, whether the House of Duterte and House of Marcos are fully going to patch it up,
03:54.2
very skeptical about that.
03:55.6
But whether we're going to see a kind of an all-out civil war, who knows?
03:59.5
As I said, we have a notoriously conflict-avoidant president.
04:03.7
And of course, in a Catholic nation, with holidays and Christmas and New Year coming,
04:07.8
I think there's going to be some sort of good vibes and good feels being thrown around.
04:12.0
Though, I am not sure if we're going to see very friendly, no?
04:16.5
Yung mga chami-chami, uni-team selfies between Sao Duterte and President Marcos Jr.
04:23.2
as we saw in the previous years.
04:26.1
Year, actually. It's just one year, you know?
04:27.5
So, let's check that out.
04:29.5
Actually, two years, no?
04:30.5
No, is it two years or one year?
04:32.5
Okay, no, it's actually the second.
04:33.5
Okay, that was the 2022, right?
04:34.5
So, that's just like six months into office.
04:35.5
Yeah, wala pang third year.
04:37.5
Obviously, obviously, there's also another development.
04:38.5
We're catching up with a lot of things.
04:39.5
As you know, on Sundays, it's Sabbath day.
04:40.5
So, for me, no work as much as possible.
04:41.5
You know, I want to avoid politics or any discussions.
04:42.5
But, you know, we have to catch up.
04:44.5
So, another development.
04:45.5
Actually, we just saw a while ago over Twitter.
04:46.5
You know, we have to catch up.
04:47.5
So, another development.
04:48.5
Actually, we just saw a while ago over Twitter.
04:49.5
So, for me, no work as much as possible.
04:50.5
You know, I want to avoid politics or any discussions.
04:51.5
But, you know, we have to catch up.
04:53.5
So, another development.
04:54.5
Actually, we just saw a while ago over Twitter.
04:55.5
Is, oh yan, mga SMNI friends.
04:56.5
SMNI friends and people.
04:58.5
Kinasuan ulit si Lorraine Badoy.
05:00.5
Again, based on charges of libel.
05:02.5
So, this is not the first one.
05:03.5
I'm going to discuss also another separate issue.
05:04.5
Civil suit filed by the United States.
05:06.5
So, this is not the first one.
05:07.5
I'm going to discuss also another separate issue.
05:08.5
Civil suit filed by the United States.
05:10.5
So, this is not the first one.
05:11.5
I'm going to discuss also another separate issue.
05:12.6
Civil suit filed by my former colleague and a good friend of mine.
05:20.7
He also filed a civil suit against the controversial anchor coordinate quote journalist of quote
05:28.0
unquote media channel SMNI.
05:30.7
So, former bayang muna representative Ted Casino, actually, Jus Canina.
05:34.3
You know, he filed a 2 million pesos civil suit against-
05:37.4
He filed a 2 million pesos civil suit against President Th canoe i Ajit Kanan.
05:41.5
against former anti-insurgency task force spokesperson Lorraine Badoy
05:46.5
and confessed ex-communist Jeff...
05:49.5
Ex-communist pala si Jeffrey Celis.
05:53.4
Si Cacelis for consistently red-tagging.
05:57.2
Sorry, not libel for red-tagging.
05:59.1
But again, as we know, legally speaking,
06:01.2
red-tagging per se has to still be specified in legal terms
06:05.8
whether it constitutes a crime.
06:07.2
But it could be connected to other crimes including libelous attacks.
06:12.8
So we have at least two high-profile cases right now
06:16.1
by figures, progressive figures
06:19.5
or folks associated with the progressive movement in the Philippines.
06:22.9
Let's also try to catch up on that.
06:25.1
But let me go back first.
06:27.2
Doon sa geopolitical developments in the country.
06:31.1
Well, actually in the region.
06:32.4
Let's go back to the West Philippine Sea, South China Sea issue
06:36.0
before we go to the UNITEAM and the Lorraine Badoy issue.
06:39.8
I'm trying to just cover as much.
06:41.5
Around as possible as we try to catch up with so many developments
06:44.7
over the past 24, 48 hours.
06:47.5
Now, first, balikan natin itong issue ng Japan and ASEAN bilateral relationship.
06:55.3
As far as ASEAN and Japan's relationship is concerned,
06:59.0
this is one of the most special out there
07:01.0
because the interesting thing with Japan is that it's kind of a linchpin state.
07:05.6
It's a kind of a stealth superpower.
07:08.9
It is part of G7, group of seven of mostly Westerners.
07:11.5
It is a key US ally in the region, well, especially after the Second World War
07:18.7
because, you know, United States essentially imposed that situation upon Japan
07:22.1
and Japan has stood by it since then, especially after the Yoshida doctrine
07:25.5
under Prime Minister Yoshida in the middle of 20th century.
07:28.7
So Japan is seen as a key ally of the United States,
07:31.9
but Japan is at the same time a major force to reckon with on its own.
07:35.5
So since last year, actually, Japan has launched a new realism,
07:43.4
And under this new realism diplomacy,
07:46.0
Japan is expected to double its defense spending as a share of its gross domestic product.
07:52.2
Let me just bring out the relevant article on this thing
07:58.0
because there was a very important meeting between President Marcos Jr. and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
08:03.5
All right, let's talk about this.
08:04.8
Okay, so Japan is a very important country to us in Southeast Asia and the region.
08:11.5
Okay, and it's going to be even more important in the coming years.
08:17.6
Okay, going back to this.
08:19.1
So Japan actually provides more annual new big infrastructure investment in Southeast Asia
08:25.1
than any other power.
08:26.8
In fact, way more than China.
08:29.6
By 2019, more than $300 billion of Japanese overseas infrastructure investment funds
08:36.5
were committed to Southeast Asian countries.
08:38.8
And in some countries like Vietnam and Japan,
08:40.9
it was not even close to China,
08:43.1
which had committed more than just $200 billion of infrastructure investment.
08:48.4
That's a huge gap between Japan and China alone.
08:50.9
We're not even talking about the West.
08:52.3
We're not talking about European countries, among others,
08:54.6
who also have significant investments in this part of the world.
08:56.8
We're not going to even talk about South Korea
08:58.9
and increasingly emerging powers like, let's say, India or Saudi Arabia or Turkey
09:04.5
are also pivoting to this part of the world along with post-Brexit Britain.
09:07.9
Now, if you look at Japan alone,
09:09.8
it has more than matched.
09:11.0
China, in terms of new infrastructure investment commitments.
09:15.5
Now, but what makes Japan even more attractive to us in Southeast Asia
09:19.7
is the fact that Japan is not seen as a Western country, right?
09:24.1
It's still a nation country, last time I checked.
09:26.8
And the way Japan approaches in relationship nila with countries in the region
09:30.2
is also extremely subtle, no?
09:33.3
So you never see Japanese leaders,
09:35.0
whether it was Shinzo Abe, who visited Rodrigo Duterte in 2017,
09:39.1
the first foreign leader, major foreign leader,
09:40.9
who visited the Philippines under the former controversial president.
09:43.8
You don't see Fumio Kishida.
09:45.4
You don't see Suga.
09:46.4
You don't see Junichiro Koizumi.
09:48.6
I can go on and on.
09:49.3
You don't see Taro Asa.
09:50.5
You don't see any of these guys openly criticizing any ASEAN country on human rights
09:54.6
and democracy issues.
09:57.1
Now, obviously, that's sometimes very questionable,
10:00.0
especially when we're dealing with horrible situations,
10:01.7
what's happening in Myanmar,
10:03.6
the coups that we saw in Thailand, among others.
10:07.1
But at the same time, there is a value to that, right?
10:09.2
You want still a major country,
10:12.0
to maintain that kind of friendly relationship
10:13.7
with whoever is in power in Southeast Asia
10:15.5
to just create some sort of balance, right?
10:18.6
The other thing, of course, with Japan
10:19.9
is that it also doesn't force any ASEAN country
10:22.9
when it comes to controversial geopolitical issues.
10:25.6
So, for instance, you don't have Japan
10:26.8
telling ASEAN countries to join your anti-Russia sanctions, right?
10:31.6
And sanctions on Russia are a very sensitive issue,
10:34.0
especially for countries like Vietnam,
10:35.9
dahil ang Vietnam po ay nagre-relive on Russia
10:39.1
for their most advanced weapon systems,
10:40.9
in fact, a lot of weapon systems in Vietnam
10:44.7
A lot of their top security people
10:46.1
were trained in Moscow, in Russia.
10:48.4
Some go back to all the way the Soviet Union era.
10:51.3
And countries like Indonesia, for instance, and Malaysia
10:53.1
have also tried to get high-level equipment,
10:56.2
fighter jets, among others,
10:57.9
if not submarines, from Russia.
11:00.2
Even the Philippines under Duterte
11:01.4
was considering choppers, if not submarines,
11:03.4
also from Russia.
11:04.5
Now, all of those deals
11:05.5
have more or less evaporated
11:07.6
because of the fear of Western sanctions
11:09.4
or secondary Western sanctions.
11:10.9
Under the so-called CAATSA.
11:12.9
So, Japan has joined sanctions against Russia,
11:15.5
albeit reluctantly,
11:16.9
but it's not a country that is like, you know,
11:19.4
pressuring other ASEAN countries
11:20.7
to tow the America on the Western line.
11:22.5
You don't have that.
11:23.7
You also have a situation whereby, you know,
11:25.8
many ASEAN countries,
11:26.9
let's say Malaysia and Indonesia especially,
11:28.7
you know, they have their concerns with China.
11:30.3
They have their concerns with China's maritime assertiveness.
11:32.3
They have their concerns with China bullying in the region
11:37.6
and not to mention China treating horribly
11:40.3
its own military and military operations.
11:41.7
when Uyghur or Uyghur ethnic Muslim minority,
11:44.9
China doesn't really have a good record
11:46.7
in terms of dealing minorities.
11:48.3
We can have a long conversation about that
11:50.4
and some are even accusing China
11:51.8
of engaging in ethnic cleansing
11:53.0
or something even worse
11:54.0
when it comes to Xinjiang, right?
11:57.1
Having said that,
11:58.5
when it comes to Muslim majority countries
12:00.0
like Malaysia and Indonesia,
12:01.1
mas malaki yung galit nila sa United States
12:03.2
over American policies
12:05.2
and American military interventions
12:06.9
in the Middle East.
12:08.8
as you saw with the statement
12:10.0
by Prime Minister Anwar,
12:12.0
Malaysia and many ASEAN countries
12:13.9
are extremely dissatisfied, no?
12:16.3
Dun sa position ng United States
12:18.0
on the ongoing Gaza conflict.
12:20.7
So, when you put all of those things together,
12:22.9
in ASEAN, we're really desperate
12:24.2
for kind of a third force or third power.
12:27.2
India might get there
12:28.3
but it's not there yet.
12:31.5
it's a middle power
12:32.6
but I don't think it can be anything,
12:34.4
any kind of a credible alternative.
12:36.4
But if you look at Japan,
12:37.5
at least economically,
12:38.2
it's a big, big force already
12:39.7
in this part of the world.
12:40.9
scholars like Benedict Anderson
12:42.7
would argue that over the past century,
12:44.5
Japan has been central
12:45.7
to industrialization
12:47.1
and development of manufacturing
12:49.5
especially in Southeast Asia
12:50.4
since 1970s and 80s.
12:52.2
Now, having said all of those things,
12:54.5
Japan is also increasingly
12:55.5
becoming an important defense partner
12:57.2
for Southeast Asian countries,
12:59.6
Umamae's territorial
13:01.6
or maritime disputes
13:02.6
sa West Philippine Sea.
13:08.8
Prime Minister Kishida's visit to Manila.
13:11.3
I met a cabinet member,
13:13.7
a senior cabinet member
13:14.7
in Prime Minister Kishida's office.
13:19.5
official security assistance.
13:22.1
So, Japan is not only
13:22.8
developing its own
13:23.6
military capabilities,
13:25.4
six-generation fighters
13:26.4
with UK and Italy.
13:28.4
It's not also developing,
13:29.7
it's not only developing
13:31.2
long-range missile systems.
13:33.2
So, the so-called
13:34.9
self-defense forces
13:36.6
are increasingly developing
13:37.7
force projection capabilities.
13:41.0
And more than that,
13:44.0
and South Pacific countries
13:46.1
their own maritime security capabilities.
13:48.2
So, the Philippines,
13:50.4
they're all expected
13:51.2
to get radar systems
13:52.3
worth millions of dollars,
13:54.4
more or less for free
13:55.5
because this is under
13:57.4
security assistance program,
14:00.4
launched by Japan.
14:03.1
I would argue that
14:06.2
in ASEAN is concerned,
14:07.3
if there's one country
14:08.2
that's closest to Japan,
14:09.4
at least in Japan,
14:10.4
geopolitical terms,
14:11.3
it's the Philippines.
14:13.0
At pagdating sa Pilipinas,
14:14.9
we're not only looking at
14:18.3
security assistance,
14:19.6
we're not only looking at
14:23.6
and coast guard vessels
14:27.1
Let me tell you guys.
14:28.7
Kung hindi dahil sa Japan,
14:31.6
the Philippine Coast Guard
14:34.5
as capable as it is today.
14:36.4
we have an absolutely
14:37.4
amazing Coast Guard.
14:39.1
Some would argue,
14:40.4
that the Philippine Coast Guard
14:41.5
now is the most developed
14:42.6
or the biggest right now
14:44.3
in entire Southeast Asia.
14:46.2
It's also the most feisty,
14:49.4
against China's bullying.
14:51.0
And a big part of that
14:52.1
is Japanese provision
14:55.8
increasingly big vessels
14:57.4
to the Philippines.
14:58.5
And we're gonna get
14:59.1
even more of those.
15:00.3
Now, we're buying these ones.
15:01.4
They're not completely,
15:02.5
they're not free.
15:04.1
They're based on good loans
15:06.4
but they're not free.
15:09.1
the thing that really
15:10.3
makes Philippine-Japan
15:11.3
relationship special
15:14.0
is increasingly looking at
15:16.0
also signing its own
15:17.9
Visiting Forces Agreement
15:19.0
with the Philippines.
15:23.2
hindi lang magkakaroon
15:24.2
ng mga balikatan exercises
15:25.6
katulad ng meron tayo
15:28.0
hindi lang magkakaroon
15:29.0
ng karate exercises,
15:33.2
But you're gonna have
15:34.0
specialized defense,
15:36.3
bilateral military
15:39.5
Philippines and Japan.
15:40.3
And we already saw
15:43.5
a glimpse of that
15:46.2
for the first time
15:47.7
Second World War,
15:50.5
for overseas drills
15:52.6
with the Philippine Air Force.
15:55.0
for the first time,
15:56.1
in post-war history,
15:58.2
under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
16:07.7
balikatan exercises.
16:08.4
So you're gonna see
16:08.9
more and more of that.
16:10.3
And pagdating sa Pilipinas
16:12.9
a lot of this has to do
16:14.5
a lot of this has to do
16:17.0
in West Philippines
16:18.5
Japan is very worried
16:20.4
about what's happening
16:21.2
in the West Philippines
16:22.4
because what happens
16:23.1
in West Philippines
16:23.6
will inevitably also impact
16:27.9
but also Japan's claims
16:28.9
in East China Sea,
16:31.0
Japan's situation
16:35.5
with the situation
16:38.6
kung titignan niyo
16:41.6
right in the middle
16:42.5
of the Philippines
16:48.4
or military bases
16:49.9
to be even more specific
16:53.3
most military bases
16:54.8
for instance in Mavulis,
16:57.8
to the Taiwanese shores.
17:00.8
So any future plans
17:02.5
to avoid invasion
17:04.9
require a certain
17:06.8
degree of coordination
17:08.1
between the Philippines
17:10.3
And at the same time
17:12.4
with the United States.
17:14.1
ang tinitignan ngayon ng Japan
17:15.3
is the development
17:15.9
of what I call JAFUS,
17:17.2
Japan-Philippine-US
17:18.2
Trilateral Alliance
17:20.1
trilateral security cooperation
17:21.4
so that they can provide
17:23.2
this kind of a triangular
17:24.4
triangular deterrence
17:30.1
yung magdadalawang isip
17:32.6
Because you know,
17:33.5
I don't know about
17:34.5
some folks out there
17:36.6
the reason why Ukraine
17:37.5
was invaded by Russia
17:39.4
is because you know,
17:42.3
had no security alliance
17:43.7
with any country.
17:45.6
a neutral country
17:47.4
its nuclear weapons.
17:50.4
the Budapest Agreement
17:51.3
after the end of Cold War.
17:53.8
So it was extremely vulnerable.
17:55.2
That's why Russia moved in.
17:56.3
Had Ukraine joined NATO
17:57.8
10, 15, 20 years ago,
17:59.2
then it would have been
18:02.1
and more vulnerable
18:02.9
Baltic countries.
18:04.4
I've been to some of them.
18:07.2
which are extremely close
18:08.1
to St. Petersburg.
18:10.1
invaded by Russia anytime.
18:12.8
but Russia is not going to dare
18:14.5
at this anytime soon
18:15.2
because they fall
18:17.2
collective security framework.
18:19.4
Ukraine had no security alliance
18:21.6
a very weak deterrence
18:24.2
So once Putin went
18:27.1
He just went for it.
18:29.1
no matter how cuckoo
18:31.1
throughout the pandemic period
18:32.5
with all this isolation
18:35.9
the reality is that
18:39.7
would have most likely
18:41.9
from a full invasion
18:44.8
to what the Philippines
18:46.3
with the United States.
18:48.2
technically speaking,
18:50.2
a U.S. treaty ally
18:51.0
since the adoption
18:52.2
of one China policy
18:53.3
and the Carter administration's
18:57.4
normalization of ties
18:59.1
People's Republic of China
19:00.1
at the expense of
19:01.1
Republic of China
19:03.7
But the reality is
19:04.8
that there's a de facto
19:05.5
alliance between Philippines,
19:07.0
between the United States
19:08.2
and there's a real alliance
19:09.5
with both Philippines
19:10.7
just to the north
19:11.8
and south of Taiwan.
19:13.0
So, very important
19:14.0
of Philippines to Japan.
19:17.3
I've been pushing for
19:18.1
is that my hope is
19:18.8
the Philippines is not
19:19.6
just a military ally
19:22.9
I hope that the Philippines
19:24.3
will also leverage
19:26.2
geopolitical importance
19:29.2
economic investments,
19:32.1
economic investments.
19:34.0
the Taiwan plus one
19:37.0
ng isang Taiwan plus one
19:38.3
ang gusto natin mangyari
19:39.4
sa Taiwan plus one
19:40.0
semiconductor investments
19:42.9
semiconductor production
19:44.6
moves to the Philippines.
19:46.0
Some of the productions
19:49.9
perhaps they could also
19:50.6
move it to the Philippines.
19:51.5
The same for the United States.
19:53.3
can push some of its
19:54.1
investment to the Philippines.
19:56.0
some of the investment
19:57.9
the West and Japan
19:59.4
have in Southeast Asia.
20:00.7
A lot of that is going
20:01.9
A lot of that is going
20:03.5
More and more is going
20:06.6
Silicon Valley of Asia.
20:07.8
You want some of that
20:08.4
to come into the Philippines.
20:09.9
coming to the Philippines.
20:10.7
That's why you need
20:12.1
You need a president
20:12.7
in the Philippines
20:15.6
geopolitical game
20:17.0
geoeconomic game.
20:17.9
So pag-usapan natin yan
20:18.9
in the coming years.
20:19.9
So the stakes are very high.
20:21.2
We know that when Japan
20:22.8
they really create jobs
20:25.3
High quality jobs,
20:26.6
well-paying jobs.
20:27.8
Anyone who's worked
20:28.4
for a Japanese company,
20:30.3
Japanese company,
20:32.1
You'd rather work
20:32.8
for a Japanese company
20:33.8
than a Chinese company
20:36.0
when Chinese come
20:38.2
in infrastructure
20:39.8
they're going to bring
20:40.3
their own workers,
20:41.2
their own contractors,
20:42.7
their own technology,
20:43.7
their own engineers,
20:44.7
their own bulldozers.
20:46.1
There's going to be
20:46.5
very minimal participation
20:47.8
by the host country.
20:49.3
Even when they give
20:53.2
na mag-build yan.
20:53.9
So they're actually
20:54.9
just creating jobs
20:56.8
And they're giving
20:57.3
experience and profile
20:59.6
national champions
21:00.5
and infrastructure companies.
21:02.0
That's not the case
21:03.6
When Japan builds you
21:04.6
highways and bridges,
21:09.2
importantly also,
21:10.5
there's always some
21:11.2
element of technology
21:12.1
cooperation and even
21:13.5
technology transfer
21:15.4
So these are the things
21:16.4
that are very important
21:18.3
the Philippine-Japan
21:20.7
relationship that
21:22.6
we'll be continuing
21:25.5
for the coming days.
21:27.8
about that, guys.
21:33.2
Bardagulan sa loob
21:50.2
nandyan sa Kongreso.
21:52.6
Ang hirap kasi magtiwala
21:54.1
dahil mga new stats
21:54.9
hindi pala confirmed.
21:56.4
Pero tingnan natin
22:00.6
they're looking at
22:03.0
about the situation
22:05.5
kung matatanggalan sila
22:06.6
ng franchise this year
22:18.8
Tingnan natin to, guys.
22:22.2
Madami kasing fake news eh.
22:23.5
Kaya kailangan natin
22:24.2
talaga i-double check lahat.
22:27.7
may balitan nung isang araw
22:29.4
parang may court order daw.
22:32.7
May court order daw
22:35.4
dapat palayayin na nila
22:40.6
the House Committee
22:41.2
on Legislative Franchises
22:43.2
issued the release orders
22:44.2
for the two SMNI hosts
22:45.5
citing humanitarian
22:48.6
hindi siya court order.
22:50.5
Ito ay galing sa...
22:54.1
just the committee.
22:55.8
So, hindi na kayo alam
22:56.6
yung judiciary branch.
22:58.3
itong mga technicalities
22:59.7
na yan ay mahalaga.
23:01.9
So, yung detention nila
23:03.1
actually ay sa ilalim
23:04.0
ng ating leistatura.
23:07.7
ang ating judiciary.
23:09.2
Ang problema kasi
23:10.2
may mga nakakalat
23:12.4
Surprise, surprise.
23:13.7
Nang Sunshine Media Network
23:14.9
International Anchor
23:15.7
sila Lorraine Baduya
23:16.6
at si Jeffrey Celis
23:19.1
in the House of Representatives
23:20.9
through a court order.
23:23.3
Parang ibig sabihin,
23:24.0
parang binubuli daw sila
23:25.6
ng leistatura natin
23:32.6
ang ating mga bayani.
23:36.8
Why we fact-checked this?
23:39.2
may itong fact-check na yan.
23:40.1
I appreciate that.
23:42.8
is that the claim
23:45.1
of several YouTube videos
23:46.3
not only video uploaded
23:48.6
Pinas News Insider
23:51.4
Kakapasok Lang Biglang Utos
23:59.2
mga fake news dyan.
24:00.5
Other YouTube channels
24:02.1
bearing similar claims.
24:03.3
Ayan, alam na natin yan.
24:04.9
Anong pinaggagawa nila.
24:09.2
Ang pakit naman pakinggan.
24:13.8
Parang kilala ko yung
24:14.4
news trends na talaga
24:15.0
malakas sa fake news production.
24:17.2
Tumawa lang yung yan.
24:19.4
it was a house committee
24:20.9
that freed Badoy and Celis
24:23.4
a week after they were
24:26.9
yung kalagayan nila?
24:29.8
yung hunger strike nila?
24:31.7
yung itsura ni, ano?
24:35.9
nung hunger strike?
24:37.2
Just to give you an idea,
24:41.8
effect niya sa'yo?
24:46.7
at in the case of
24:48.5
ng hunger strike niya,
24:52.2
yung hunger strike niya?
24:53.7
kasi nakita ko yung picture niya
24:59.5
ng kaibigan natin
25:08.2
kung hindi niya alam talaga
25:10.7
kung talaga nag-hunger strike ka
25:14.7
may mga lumalampas pa
25:16.0
ng isang buwan yata eh,
25:18.9
kaya naman ang katawan natin
25:20.2
ng medyo matagal-tagal,
25:22.1
as long as pa sa may tubig,
25:27.5
Saan yung image niya ito?
25:30.1
oh, ito, ito, guys ah.
25:32.1
Tingnan niyo naman,
25:32.9
grabe yung itsura niya,
25:36.3
hindi mo siya ma-recognize ah.
25:40.7
I didn't know na gano'n kagrabe pala
25:42.4
yung hunger strike na ginawa ni
25:43.9
Nininoin nung panahon na yan.
25:52.3
Para hindi mo siya makilala.
25:57.6
bakit naging ganyan?
26:16.3
Kasi walang production team tuloy.
26:18.3
Dapat mag-production team
26:19.3
para diretsyo na.
26:21.5
Ay, po-post natin yun.
26:23.9
Nakita nyo ba yan?
26:24.7
Yung picture ni Ninoy?
26:32.4
Ito yung nakita ko.
26:34.2
parang hindi mo siya ma-recognize,
26:36.2
sobrang iba talaga yung tsura niya.
26:38.0
Yung mga ka-spacer
26:39.3
tsaka YouTube natin
26:40.1
yung po-postin natin
26:40.9
itong copy ng video niya yan
26:43.9
ginagamit ko lang dito
26:46.2
Hindi siya lahat ng platforms.
26:48.5
Kailangan natin play safe.
26:50.7
hindi siya recognizable,
26:52.3
Kasi yung Ninoy na alam natin,
26:53.6
ganito yung tsura,
26:56.2
Ganito yung tsura.
26:57.1
Parang layo, di ba?
26:58.2
kung talagang mag-hunger strike ka
27:00.7
na you go all in,
27:06.2
recognizable almost.
27:08.6
So, parang the Pinoy that we know,
27:10.3
the Ninoy that we know,
27:11.3
it looks like that.
27:13.2
nung nag-hunger strike siya,
27:14.5
almost totally unrecognizable.
27:18.3
Parang two different people
27:19.6
ang tinitignan mo dito,
27:22.5
just giving you an idea, guys.
27:24.6
hindi dapat, ano eh,
27:26.3
you don't take lightly
27:27.3
yung mga terms like hunger strike.
27:30.0
this is something very deep,
27:33.4
Something very deep,
27:36.6
tinitignan natin.
27:38.2
Kasi kung talaga mag-hunger strike ka,
27:39.8
dapat handa ka na
27:40.7
to go all the way.
27:47.1
I don't know kung
27:47.9
ano ba yung kalagayan nila,
27:50.3
pero pinalaya daw yung mga yan,
27:52.2
yung mga quote-unquote
27:53.1
journalists na yan,
27:55.0
unhumanitarian conditions
27:59.4
unhumanitarian conditions
28:01.1
let's talk about human rights
28:03.3
isa sa mga pinakamalaking concern
28:07.4
journalists na yan,
28:09.8
red-tagging people
28:14.7
yung ating former colleague
28:15.8
na si Atom Aurelio,
28:24.0
former congressman
28:25.2
and long-time journalist,
28:26.6
veteran journalist,
28:32.1
nagsampa sila ng kaso,
28:39.7
red-taggers na yan,
28:43.0
may humanitarian conditions
28:45.7
kung yung ating red-tag nila,
28:49.9
Bayan Muna representative,
28:55.8
task force spokesperson,
29:03.7
Eric ang sinabi ko.
29:07.4
Tapos natin itong dalawa na ito,
29:08.9
both na nagreklamo sa kanya.
29:22.2
dalawa sila dito.
29:24.7
So, purong 2 million pesos, ha.
29:26.8
Ito na yata ang ano ngayon, ha.
29:28.7
Kasi alam nyo naman,
29:30.8
yung red-tagging na yan,
29:37.7
legally speaking,
29:40.2
in a clear-cut sense,
29:42.2
a criminal thing, no?
29:43.8
ang ginawa nila ngayon
29:48.6
the kind of a damage,
29:50.9
damages civil suit
29:53.1
we'll have more discussions
29:54.9
with the legal experts
29:57.1
now you have essentially
30:02.4
this people will have to,
30:04.1
at least in the case of
30:06.7
found guilty siya
30:11.1
sure that this is gonna be
30:13.6
this legal action
30:17.9
These two characters,
30:19.4
characters talaga,
30:20.6
character talaga,
30:24.8
Aided and abetted
30:27.2
National Task Force
30:28.8
Communist Armed Conflict
30:29.6
have been falsely,
30:32.9
of being involved
30:36.8
high-ranking official
30:37.7
of the CPP-NPA-NDF.
30:43.0
consistently spewing lies,
30:45.4
inciting ridicule
30:46.4
and hate against me,
30:48.0
my fellow activists,
30:49.2
and our legitimate
30:49.7
political beliefs
30:52.7
Lorraine calls me
30:53.7
a communist terrorist
30:54.8
even if I'm not involved,
30:57.5
In the armed struggle,
30:59.7
the violent overture
31:02.1
or recruit people
31:07.1
the right-tagging
31:09.1
Laban para sa Bayan,
31:10.6
an SMNI television program
31:11.9
started in July 19, 2021,
31:14.5
where even his stay
31:15.7
at his own province
31:16.6
was branded as a covert act
31:21.7
meron parang program
31:23.3
Laban para sa Bayan?
31:26.4
ibang klase naman to.
31:27.8
Sabi niya kasi nyo,
31:28.6
as a leftist activist,
31:30.4
I have been called
31:31.7
by many detractors,
31:32.8
but to be falsely
31:34.8
being a high-ranking
31:35.7
official of an organization
31:38.7
the Anti-Terrorism Council
31:40.1
as a terrorist organization
31:41.8
orchestrating the death
31:43.2
and destruction of the country
31:44.0
is just too much.
31:45.7
Bastusan na itong umga.
31:47.3
Sabi niya kasi nyo,
31:48.2
by crossing the line,
31:53.2
of their right there
31:54.0
by causing injury
31:57.1
is asking the Makati Court
32:00.1
from red-tagging him
32:02.4
damages for the following.
32:06.8
Exemplary damages
32:10.2
of 500,000 pesos.
32:12.9
And attorney's fee
32:16.1
and cost of the suit.
32:19.8
But ayon sa sinabi natin,
32:22.6
na nakara ng civil suit
32:23.7
laban sa dalawang
32:25.7
from a quote-unquote
32:29.1
broadcast journalist,
32:30.3
my former colleague
32:34.7
against these two
32:53.4
Sought for comment,
32:56.7
yung mga case na ito
32:57.8
as pure harassment.
33:02.4
siya pang nakakomplain,
33:04.0
siya pang victim,
33:08.4
siya pang victim.
33:11.9
minamahal talaga natin
33:13.9
siya pang victim,
33:15.5
Siya pang victim.
33:17.8
hindi ako nanatakot
33:20.3
civil and damages case.
33:21.8
This is purely harassment
33:25.3
and Dr. Lorraine Badoy.
33:29.5
hindi marunang magtagalog
33:32.3
Ang ibig sabihin yan,
33:34.5
his civil and damages case.
33:36.7
This is purely harassment
33:39.0
and Dr. Lorraine Badoy.
33:42.9
Very interesting.
33:43.6
dumadami ng mga trolls natin
33:50.2
speaking of pa-victim,
33:51.6
I found something
33:55.4
all sorts of groups
33:56.9
add me to their email list
33:58.2
without my permission
33:59.0
and send me weird stuff.
34:01.7
not that kind of weird stuff,
34:02.9
more of like geopolitical
34:07.1
bigla naging victim pa.
34:09.0
Nakita ko bigla kanina,
34:10.3
may sinan pa sila
34:11.2
na isang artikulo.
34:14.1
by an expert daw.
34:16.8
May an expert daw
34:19.5
Asian Century Tintag.
34:25.2
Ayan na naman sila.
34:29.4
Expert na expert na.
34:32.8
ng article na yan
34:34.5
Philippines provoked
34:36.0
China's water canoning
34:39.4
this is just so ridiculous.
34:44.7
it's not even worth reading.
34:48.2
I'm not totally surprised
34:56.1
parang Pilipinas pa
35:01.0
in the South China Sea.
35:02.1
Let me be absolutely clear.
35:05.8
To say that the Philippines
35:07.1
is creating trouble
35:11.7
sovereign rights,
35:13.1
legitimate rights
35:13.9
based on prevailing
35:14.9
international law.
35:17.1
yun yung provocation,
35:18.9
that's a term they use.
35:20.4
That's ridiculous.
35:22.4
it's worse than ridiculous.
35:23.4
You know what I'm gonna say, right?
35:24.5
But, I'm not gonna say it.
35:25.3
But, you know what I'm gonna say.
35:30.9
Only in country like the Philippines
35:31.9
you're gonna find people,
35:32.9
so-called experts,
35:36.1
Naman mga kote-n-kote.
35:40.1
Pilipinas pang sinisisi
35:41.4
for rising tensions.
35:43.6
ibang klase talagang
35:46.2
all of this goes down.
35:49.9
all of this goes down
35:51.6
what President Marcos Jr.
35:54.8
It is President Marcos Jr.
35:56.3
who's the commander-in-chief.
35:58.2
Very strong president.
35:59.9
Let's see what our very...
36:01.9
our very strong president
36:06.2
in picking a fight
36:13.8
But nevertheless,
36:14.5
he had a statement
36:16.1
confidential fund situation
36:17.5
once he came back
36:20.0
that's more or less
36:20.7
that's where the president
36:22.3
bothers to say anything, right?
36:23.4
When he goes abroad,
36:24.8
which is quite often,
36:26.0
and he comes back
36:26.9
and he gives a press conference
36:28.0
and then that's where
36:28.6
you can get to ask him
36:30.0
some important questions
36:31.0
about what's the state
36:31.9
of affairs in the country.
36:32.9
most of the time,
36:34.5
we only get to know
36:35.5
about what's happening
36:36.4
about this government
36:37.3
through, you know,
36:38.4
the proxies of the president.
36:40.4
People in the Congress,
36:42.0
people in the Cabinet,
36:46.0
very strong statements
36:49.1
against the Dutertes.
36:50.8
at the end of the day,
36:52.9
to President Marco Jr.
36:58.9
President Marco Jr.,
37:02.9
there he is again.
37:06.3
the whole uniting drama.
37:10.0
as we discussed earlier,
37:11.3
President Marco Jr.
37:13.1
the whole confidential
37:13.9
fund issue is settled.
37:19.5
the House Speaker
37:20.1
Martin Romualde's
37:24.8
scheduled for Wednesday.
37:27.1
he's trying to dismiss
37:29.1
it's business as usual.
37:31.8
there's just some
37:32.4
disagreements here and there,
37:35.6
that's the stance
37:36.0
of the President.
37:38.8
the downside of that is
37:40.0
there's no clarity
37:40.8
about the direction
37:42.1
of this administration.
37:46.7
non-confrontational
37:50.5
this over and over again,
37:52.2
dialectically even,
38:01.7
take the initiative.
38:02.4
Into your own hands.
38:03.5
And that's what we see.
38:04.7
Proxies versus proxies.
38:08.7
things happening.
38:10.2
But the good side
38:12.3
President Marcos Jr.
38:20.9
the administration,
38:23.6
alliances and support
38:25.2
is towards his camp,
38:27.5
probably biding his time
38:29.4
he knows that time
38:31.5
closer and closer
38:34.3
to dictate the terms
38:35.7
of Philippine politics
38:36.6
for the foreseeable future
38:38.5
the pro-Marcos camp
38:41.2
in the midterm elections
38:44.3
will be in a position
38:45.5
constitution altogether.
38:48.9
about constitutional change,
38:50.4
different forms of
38:51.1
constitutional change,
38:53.2
Constitutional Convention,
38:54.4
Constitutional Assembly,
38:56.3
We discuss all of
38:57.5
their ramifications
38:59.0
one option that is
39:02.4
the Marcos administration
39:05.7
constitutional change,
39:08.3
they can completely
39:09.4
prevent the return
39:11.4
a lot of Duterte people
39:12.9
we're just gonna wait
39:14.2
this is not our time,
39:18.0
if anyone were to
39:19.4
including Urs Trulli,
39:26.6
a clear frontrunner
39:32.4
or whatever money
39:36.3
you know what I'm saying,
39:36.9
things could look
39:39.6
there is a very big
39:41.6
the 2028 elections
39:43.0
might not even happen
39:43.9
because if they change
39:48.9
or someone like that
39:54.0
ceremonial president
39:55.6
potentially after 2028,
39:59.7
as a ceremonial president
40:00.9
under a new constitution
40:03.2
into a parliamentary system
40:05.5
under a parliamentary system,
40:07.5
popularity per se,
40:09.5
popularity is still
40:14.6
you have in the legislature
40:16.8
their calculation
40:17.3
is that by that time,
40:18.3
they can so dominate
40:19.1
the Philippine political landscape
40:20.2
that they can get
40:26.2
parliamentary government
40:28.4
under the auspices
40:29.9
of President Marcos Jr.
40:32.8
possibilities here.
40:35.2
where do I stand on this?
40:38.4
just look at how many
40:39.4
things we discussed
40:40.8
40 minutes alone,
40:43.2
going on in this country,
40:46.8
and they're gonna lash back.
40:48.0
They're not just gonna
40:49.6
You're going against
40:50.7
pretty significant force.
40:53.3
they're as powerful
40:55.3
The China situation
40:56.4
is a big headache.
41:00.6
new opportunities
41:03.5
major realignments
41:08.3
major realignments.
41:09.3
if you're President
41:10.2
I see the point of,
41:12.2
at least rhetorically,
41:13.2
not being non-confrontational,
41:14.4
being non-confrontational.
41:16.1
But behind the scenes,
41:17.6
what is necessary
41:20.6
for the domination
41:22.0
of 2025 elections
41:23.2
in ways that will
41:26.2
from striking back
41:28.1
Because the other side
41:29.3
because the other side
41:31.0
is not on their side,
41:33.2
And that they need to
41:40.6
to the groundwork
41:41.5
that Marcos and his people
41:43.3
But in the meantime,
41:44.1
again, as I said,
41:45.4
this has been my prediction
41:46.3
through and through.
41:46.8
You're not going to hear
41:47.7
President Marcos Jr.
41:48.6
this year coming out
41:49.9
tapos na unit team
41:52.0
that's not going to happen.
41:53.7
It's just not the
41:55.5
at least for now.
41:56.7
And Marcos Jr. knows
41:57.6
that time is on his side,
41:58.7
momentum is on his side,
42:00.7
so much on his plate.
42:01.9
Including so many
42:02.7
other new travels.
42:04.6
Including the travel
42:05.5
to a very important
42:06.3
Southeast Asian country
42:12.9
when time is on your side
42:14.2
and the more you wait,
42:15.7
the stronger you get
42:19.7
there's going to be
42:21.9
it's because the other side
42:22.8
will try to take the initiative.
42:24.9
And that other side
42:25.8
is also connected
42:26.4
to bigger events,
42:29.0
in South China Sea
42:29.8
because we know that,
42:32.3
in the Philippines
42:33.0
increasingly have
42:33.7
different strategic patrons,
42:36.2
different superpowers
42:38.8
thank you very much, everyone.
42:39.7
I hope you appreciated
42:47.7
like going all over the place.
42:49.3
And I'm not going to discuss,
42:51.0
but that's what I do,
42:52.3
This is our bread and butter,
42:53.7
trying to keep abreast
42:55.1
with developments
42:55.7
at home and abroad
42:56.4
because we have to connect the two.
42:57.9
Two-level analysis,
42:58.9
that's what I always do,
43:00.1
And you cannot separate
43:02.5
thank you very much.
43:03.2
Thank you to folks
43:07.4
It looks like a number of folks
43:08.8
that I saw them here
43:10.2
40, 45 minutes ago
43:12.3
So, thank you for
43:13.0
your attention span.
43:15.3
Something very rare nowadays.
43:17.7
to some supporters
43:20.7
And thank you very much
43:21.3
also to our friends
43:35.4
thanks to our passion
43:37.1
we managed to make this
43:38.6
or among the leading
43:39.5
political podcasts
43:40.4
in the country and beyond.
43:42.4
we landed in top 100
43:47.2
every genre podcast
43:53.0
So, I'm very proud of that
43:54.8
that would not have been
43:57.3
possible without you guys
43:58.5
providing support.
44:00.0
I don't have sponsors.
44:01.3
I don't have a production team-ish.
44:04.6
we're kind of working on some
44:05.9
at least production
44:07.0
when it comes to shorts
44:07.7
and other kind of stuff.
44:12.4
I know that none of this
44:13.7
would have been possible
44:14.6
if not for you guys
44:21.0
sometimes we talk
44:22.4
or two hours, right?
44:23.6
And you guys are still there
44:24.8
and I see your comments
44:27.4
So, we have multiple
44:28.9
So, I really appreciate it.
44:31.0
We have some friends
44:31.9
asking questions.
44:39.9
It's GT Gerald So.
44:42.4
Go for gold na siya eh.
44:45.1
Wala na yung confidential phone.
44:46.7
Yeah, that's also
44:47.3
gonna be a big issue.
44:48.4
We're gonna discuss that more.
44:50.9
pakicheck rin yung
44:53.7
ng mga quote-unquote
44:54.9
or social media accounts
44:58.4
ng mga quote-unquote
45:03.1
Oh, mga one-year-old
45:04.1
lang mga think tanks na yan.
45:08.4
Potemkin think tanks.
45:09.6
That's a good way
45:10.6
but you know what?
45:14.0
the Potemkin villages
45:15.1
are nice villages
45:16.5
in the Black Sea.
45:18.5
Potemkin the person,
45:20.4
yung dating lover
45:21.4
ni Catherine the Great
45:22.6
is among my favorite
45:23.6
figures in history.
45:28.7
let's not insult Potemkin.
45:30.5
Thank you very much
45:32.1
sumusuport sa atin
45:34.6
Thank you so much
45:35.7
And thank you also
45:37.0
ang sumusuport sa atin
45:41.3
And please continue.
45:42.2
Continue to support us.
45:43.7
And we're in the coming days
45:46.0
year-ender analysis.
45:51.4
Lisandro Claudio.
45:52.9
Medyo out of reach
45:53.9
yata siya ngayon.
45:55.2
trying to catch up
45:56.6
with family and loved ones.
45:58.5
you have Chris Tan,
46:00.8
another interview with him
46:01.8
before we end the year.
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yung isa naman na
46:05.0
hindi na natin kung mag-yes.
46:07.2
my invitation has been
46:08.6
for collaboration.
46:10.5
open to working with people
46:11.9
to collaboration.
46:14.8
I always believe that
46:16.0
when we work together
46:16.8
we can do better.
46:18.2
I never believed that
46:20.0
can be the answer
46:23.1
I'm quite secure with myself
46:24.3
so I don't feel threatened
46:27.9
Thank you very much.
46:29.9
And talk to you soon.
