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Ayan na naman tayo
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Yung mga sarcasm ko naman, hindi nag-get sa mga taong
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Ibang klase talaga yung mga kabili
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Yung mga ibang kaibigan natin na DDS, sana naman
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Medyo google naman kayo ng sarcasm, diba?
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Yung sinisabi ko na bakit di nilang supportahan ng gobyerno puro kay Nega
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It's in a quotation mark for a reason
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Because yun yung sinisabi nyo dati sa mga oposisyon
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At yung mga kumukontra sa mga bara-bara at kapal pa kanidigong dati, alright?
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So inuulit ko lang yung sinisabi nyo sa sarili nyo
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Para magkaroon ka ng self-awareness, alright?
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Huwag na kayo mag-drama-drama na si Darian na kapag ano, goosebumps na ganito
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It's sarcasm, my goodness
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Anyone who's bothered to follow me throughout the years would know that, you know
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I throw a little bit of spices and sarcasm here and there
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But bago tayo pumunta sa SMN9, of course also discussing the latest sa West Philippine Sea
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Because pansin nyo, kanina marami tayong mga tweets about misconceptions and myths sa West Philippine Sea
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Let's talk about this mga kameta, alright? Let's talk about this
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First of all, I want to say lang na, you know, before we talk about fake news and red tagging and marites and all of that
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Sana naman, diba?
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I'm saying this because of course kaibigan natin itong mga family na ito
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I just hope that people will start trying to make marites or making all sorts of, you know, questionable claims
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And, you know, give nefarious angles, no?
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Doon sa trahedya na nangyari sa family
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Doon sa, you know
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Doon sa tragedy, you know
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You know, and the grief that the Gibbs family is going through, alright?
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So, I'm just, you know, I'm just praying for the Gibbs family as they go through these difficult times
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And I'm also hoping and praying that people will give them the kind of privacy and respect that they deserve, alright?
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So, nakikiramay pa rin ulit tayo sa family ni John Gibbs
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Yung isa natin na kaibigan who has been on...
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On our podcast on multiple times
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So, yun, alright?
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Kasi marami akong nakikita na kung ano-ano
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Anong nagagawa ng tao
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Respect naman, John
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Just a bit of respect and give a little bit of privacy
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Sa family ni John Gibbs, alright?
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And I would have said this regardless kung kaibigan ko sila or hindi
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But since, of course, kaibigan natin si John Gibbs
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Medyo nakakalungkot, no?
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Na some people are trying to, you know, make inuendos
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And make all sorts of different marites
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Out of this very sad and tragic situation
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Let's go to the meat of discussion today
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First of all, eto na
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Inaabangan ng lahat
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Ang leading media, quote-unquote, channel ng bansa
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Ang mga minamahal natin, mga journalist
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Ayon nga kay Harry Roque
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Eto ang mga ating bayani
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Eto ang mga ating mga bayani
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They're facing challenges now
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Para kaya, ano, kailangan natin sumuporta daw
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Sa ating mga bayani
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Okay, so eto, official na eto
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So the National Telecommunication Commission has suspended
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The broadcast operations of Suara Sog Media Corporation
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Better known as, or also known as
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Sunshine Media Network International
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Wow, talagang next level
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Talagang international talagang level, no?
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Hindi naman forever, guys
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Wala naman daw forever
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Pero, for 30 days daw yan
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For alleged violation of its franchise
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So, kanina lang na-announce eto ng National Telecommunications Commission
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Na nag-issue siya on December 19
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A show cause order against the media network
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With a 30-day suspension of its radio and television stations
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Of course, katulad ng pinag-usapan natin the other day
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Yung show ni Digong, ating ex-president
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Was also suspended and all
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But it looks like the suspension was not only
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President Duterte's show
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But it looks like the whole network
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Will be suspended for at least 30 days
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Now, of course, we're also trying to catch up naman
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Doon sa development on social media
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Let's see if SMNI is gonna continue
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With their online publications and all
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Because, remember, this is about the
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Diba, eto yung sa TV
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Diba, so ibang usapan siguro ng online
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Let's see what's gonna happen there
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Because alam natin
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Na not long ago, YouTube and Facebook
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And different kind of platforms
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Also made necessary countermeasures
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In light of not only questionable practices
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Of this so-called media channel
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But also in light of the alleged crimes
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By the, in a way, quote-unquote
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Alleged owner of this media company
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So it gave SMNI 15 days from receipt of the order
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So this is December 19
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Para i-explain yung kanila
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Why the company should not be
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Administratively sanctioned
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Kasi nga, kasi nga, sabi ni Harry
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Hindi mo gagawin yan sa mga bayani
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Yan talaga mahal na mahal lang
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Alam niyo guys, itong due process
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Itong mga pinakamahalagang mga values
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For sa mga red taggers
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For sa mga so-called journalists
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Na more like, you know, what I'm saying, right?
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The NTC's move was in response dun sa House resolution
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Which urged an act on SMNI's action
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After the latter was involved in red tagging
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And airing false information
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Ukol kay House Speaker Martin Romaldes
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Ito yung kunyaring expose daw
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Na 1.8 billion daw ang ginastos
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For international trials
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Ako naman, sabi ko
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Wow, talagang mahilig sa expose
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Mahilig sa investigative journalism!
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Pero wala silang sinabi yata dun sa
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Sinabi ng Commission on Audits
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Sa mga travel expenses ng Department of Education
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Okay, mukhang wala naman eh
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Kung may nakita kayo, please correct us and us
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Because alam mo na
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Alam mo na natin this
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Okay, the measure filed by PIRSA
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Ng mga bayaning atleta
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Bayani versus bayani guys
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Di pa kayo natutuwa
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Mga laban ng mga bayani
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So, ang PIRSA ng bayaning atleta
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Representative Margarita Nograles
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Ito po ay nag-adopted
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Itong resolution po
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Was adopted by lower chamber
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Earlier this month
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Ayan naman dun sa resolution na yan
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SMNA has violated at least three provisions
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Of Republic Act No. 11422
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Which was signed in August 2019
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Guys, remember tatay time
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And which granted yung network
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The legislative franchise to operate for 25 years
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So, let's not forget
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This whole so-called media
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Is really a product of the Duterte era
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You know, it really came into being
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It got its franchise
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And of course, we know just over a year later on
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Nawala yung pinakamalaki
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At arguably the most
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Prestigious media network in Philippines
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Which is ABS-CBN, di ba?
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Of course, I'm saying this as someone who has worked
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For all the three media channels
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GMA Network, ABS-CBN
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And of course, now with our folks in TV5 and One News
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So, I've worked with all of them
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And so, wala tayong bias dito
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We're just talking about based on our observation of facts
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Anyway, this week 12 SMNA shows were preventively suspended
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So, preventive suspension neto dun sa 14 days naman
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Following host Jeffrey Selye's airing of yung claim
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Yung mga fake claims kay Romualdez
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At also, of course, yung show ni Tatay Digong
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Imagine ninyo guys, napunta pa sa Bloomberg yan
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Pati sa Bloomberg News
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Napunta itong mga developments na yun
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Doon ko pa nakita yan, alright?
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Okay, Senator Amy Marcos
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Si Senator Amy Marcos
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Ay naman kay Senator Amy Marcos
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Eto, talagang close friend ni Tatay Digong yan
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Todo defense naman siya
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She criticized the NTC
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For supposedly sending a chilling effect to the press by issuing the order
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Well, in fairness, I don't totally disagree with the chilling effect argument
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Except this chilling effect argument should have been raised way earlier
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Like 2020, 2021, diba?
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Eto yung time na tinanggalan ng ABS-CBN
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I would say this chilling effect argument should have been raised way earlier
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Especially when we're talking about really legitimate media and legitimate journalists, no?
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Okay, I'm just saying, alright?
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It's just quite rich for people to suddenly talk about chilling effect and due process and media freedom
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When I'm not sure these people were really speaking about those things
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When a real media channel, media network was actually facing a very very difficult situation back in 2020
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Now, it is incumbent upon the NTC to be very judicious in suspending entire operations of media entities
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As such actions will have a chilling effect on press freedom
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There's nothing prudent in NTC's action today, ayon kay Senadora
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The Senator also accused the Commission of denying SM&I's right to due process
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Sabi niya, we must
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Why must we shut down all those who do not agree with us
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Not even allowing the chance to explain first
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How could the NTC issue a show-cause order but simultaneously hand down a 30-day suspension?
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Are we afraid that SM&I might be right?
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Are we afraid of the truth?
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Well, I'm not afraid of the truth
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Especially if you wanna talk about the horrors of martial law
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If you wanna talk about kapalpakan ng dati
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If you wanna talk about the acting administration
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There's so much we can talk about, right?
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I also wonder when it comes to truth
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Ano po yung mga reports ng SM&I when it comes to confidential fund issue
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When it comes to DepEd
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About yung mga reports ng Commission on Audit
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DepEd, yung mga ganun, right?
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I'm just saying, I'm just asking
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I'm not saying anything, I'm just asking, right?
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So the House Committee on Legitimate Franchise recently held hearings dun sa SM&I report
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And of course, there are some who are saying we should go all the way and just revoke the franchise of SM&I altogether
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Now, the interesting thing is
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Other folks have spoken out big time in favor of this
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And if you remember, there was a vlog I had with Ronald Diamas the other week
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And we discussed the clear difference between the case of ABS-CBN
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Really a legitimate media
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And well, this case of a so-called media
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International level, alright?
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Talagang international
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SM&I, alright? SM&I
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Okay, eto, eto, eto
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Ang mga iba't ibang leaders na
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Mga iba't ibang leaders
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Iba't ibang grupo
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Well, first of all, as you noticed, there's no rallying effect here
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None of the major journalists or major activists or legitimate journalists in this country or anywhere in the world
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Have rallied to the cause of the mga bayani ng SM&I
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And I'm not sure this is really about jealousy or rivalry
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I think it's because there's some fundamental concerns about the
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The, you know, the ontological differences between SM&I and ABS-CBN
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If I put it that way, no?
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Anyway, may mga statements na ngayon
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Si House Deputy Minor Leader and Act Teacher's Partylist Rep. Fraz Castro
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Sinabi niya na, ito yung reaction niya dun sa suspension na yan
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With the recent hearing by the House Committee on Legitimate Franchise on SM&I
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As well as some of the documents that we have seen
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It seems that SM&I itself is a threat to press freedom
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With its advocacy of violence, disinformation, and intolerance, alright?
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So, very clearly, right off the bat
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You know, let's call a spade a spade, right?
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Parang ganun yung position ni Fraz Castro
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Like, ah, excuse me, we're not talking about really press freedom here
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We're probably not even talking about a real media channel
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Or not journalism in any serious sense of the word
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But what we're talking about, ayon kay Fraz Castro
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Is a threat to press freedom
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And a media network, a bunch of pundits posing as journalists
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Who are advocating for, quote, violence, disinformation, and intolerance
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Hindi ito tulad sa kaso ng ABS-CBN
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Na sinadyang pinasara ng mga Duterte dahil sa pagbatikos sa kanila
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Ito yung ayon kay Fraz Castro
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Referring to the case of ABS-CBN
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The loss of franchise of ABS-CBN few years ago
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And again, I'm wondering
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Yung mga ano ngayon, nag-iingay ngayon
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Yung mga nag-uusap ukol sa due process
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Press freedom, alright?
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What were you saying again when ABS-CBN was being shut down?
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And let's just, let's just not forget ABS-CBN medyo legit international law?
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Legit international media ito?
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As it stands, sabi ni Castro
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The SMNA issue is shaping out not to be a press freedom issue
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As its host and, quote-unquote, talents want to project
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Alright, so hindi siya naniwala dito sa mga ano
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Mga hanash na yan, mga hero-hero hanash
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Alright, so let's do the analysis here
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So we went through the latest development here
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So what happened here is kind of like
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I don't know, splitting the difference?
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You know, in a sense that hindi totally na-suspend ang SMNI
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Hindi totally na-revoke yung kanilang franchise
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As some were expecting
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But at the same time, it looks like hindi lang shot across the bow ang nangyari
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With the recent investigation into the SMNI practices
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And what some see as really excesses
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Of this media channel
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If not at least excesses of some of his programs
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Or some of his so-called anchors or journalists
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So mukhang the powers that be kind of split the difference
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And kind of said, okay hindi lang ito ano lang shot across the bow
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There's gonna be something done about this
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There's gonna be a suspension
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I think there are people out there
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And this is what I always say
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This is not the right time to totally declare war
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On the other side
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Because we know this is not about just that media channel
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This is about a bigger showdown
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Between the House of Marcos
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And the House of Duterte
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Of course, there are many gradations to it
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But the reality is that the UNITEAM is falling apart
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And SMNI is kind of being caught in the middle
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We can debate about whether that's inadvertent
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But the reality is that
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Had there been a total suspension of SMNI
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Then, you know, the tone of the
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You know, the tone, cadence and the trajectory
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Of the steady disintegration of UNITEAM
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Would have taken a much more stark and aggressive
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What is happening right now is essentially a situation whereby
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The powers that be are saying
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If you cross the lines
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There will be repercussions, right?
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Now you're not going to get suspended fully this time
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But next time if you keep on doing this
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There could be a full suspension
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So this was a demonstration of power
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But this is also a demonstration of judiciousness
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On the part of the powers that be
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Again, with all due respect to
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Claims to institutional independence here and there
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But let's not be honest
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The Philippines is not Norway
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Just to put it mildly
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This is not a country of rule of law yet
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There have been some improvement
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On the rule of law front
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Especially when it comes to
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Of course, the case of Leyla de Lima
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I think there's a thirteenth fake witness
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Who's been recanting right now
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So we're saying that they're going to fake
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What they did to Leyla de Lima
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So this is not a country of rule of law yet
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But there's some improvement in that direction
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But having said that
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We cannot separate
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Some of the executive decisions that are happening
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From the broader political picture
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Now, let me also add something here
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Earlier, we asked
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If the other opposition leaders
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Need to also come in
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In a previous vlog, we discussed
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The fact that there are at least two individuals
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One is my former colleague, Atom Aurelio
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This is Marcus Aurelius
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And of course, now more recently
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You know, civil cases
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And each of them, two million pesos, I think
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So, you know, I'm just saying
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SMNI is being suspended
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Lawsuits are being filed
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For me, this raises a bigger question
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I think we already heard from
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Senator Leyla de Lima
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That she's also looking at going after her tormentors
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Who concocted all of those nonsensical cases against her
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And really, you know, like tortured her
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On so many levels
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For more than five years
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Now, going back to this
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The question I raised here is
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And I asked that kanina sa Twitter
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I said, do you think dapat
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Ito na, diba? Ito na
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Ito na siguro yung chance finally
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Ng opposition leaders
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And lahat ng mga biktima
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Lahat ng mga biktima ng fake news
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Grabe, I mean, guys, let's be honest
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Grabe yung nangyari throughout the five, six years
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All of us know it
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I personally know it
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Grabe yung ginagawa nila noon, diba?
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They will attack you
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There will be death threats
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And then there was red tagging against a lot of people
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Some cases worse than other
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Some of our female colleagues even faced
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You know, threats, mga gano'n
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Many people were tormented
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And of course, in the case of Lenny Robredo
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Former Vice President Lenny Robredo
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Grabe yung ginagawa sa kanya, diba?
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Sobrang binastos siya
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They made up all sorts of stories about her family
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Grabe yung mga libelous attacks
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Yung mga madam-madam
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Yung mga ganyan-ganyan, diba?
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Well, let's see, you know
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We can talk about the...
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Alam nila where that was supposed to go
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But you get what I'm saying, right?
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You get what I'm saying
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So much impunity in that five to six years
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And now, from what I understand
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ICC is making its moves already
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And in the coming months, we may finally see
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Some development on the ICC front
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From what I understand
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Some of the groundwork is being conducted as we speak
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Alright, I'm not gonna say more than that
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But my understanding is that some groundwork
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Is already being done as we speak
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And so, wag kayong magtataka kung bigla
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May mga announcements from International Criminal Court
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Kaya, ewan ko kay isang senador dyan
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Yung iba, mukhang gets na rin nila na ito yung nangyari ngayon
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Anyway, going back to this
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I mean, a part of me is saying
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Huwag natin guguloy na ito
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Let's just, you know, see how things go
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But another part of me is saying like
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Hmm, maybe this is a time
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This is a time to remind everyone
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Especially those opportunistic people, right?
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Especially those who
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You know, committed many grievous acts
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During the previous administration
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Maybe it's time to remind them that there's something called accountability
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That there's some form of justice
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And as I always said
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Hindi maging rule of law country ang Pilipinas
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If people do not leverage
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Our existing legal institutions
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And our existing laws
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To push for accountability and justice
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It's much easier to come up with a constitution
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In the sense of, you know
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Drafting a constitution and all
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It's always much more difficult to effectuate
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Or operationalize that constitution
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Because effectuating and operationalizing a constitutional order
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Requires strengthening of the institutions
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But it also requires active citizens
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Who are willing to fight for their rights
20:37.6
And are willing to stand up against abuses
20:41.6
And all sorts of bastardization of our democratic institutions
20:45.6
So, yung mga countries, yung mga bansa na nakikita natin ngayon na medyo advanced
20:49.6
Matinutino yung kanilang bansa
20:51.6
They were not like that overnight
20:53.6
It took decades if not centuries of struggle
20:56.6
I mean, just look at the history of, you know, struggle for suffrage
20:59.6
How men and women and minorities had to fight centuries and decades
21:04.6
Until there was universal suffrage
21:06.6
So, a cursory look at history
21:08.6
Tells us that rule of law doesn't come by its own
21:12.6
That you have to fight for rule of law
21:15.6
And one way of fighting for rule of law is
21:18.6
Well, make sure that there's accountability and justice
21:21.6
Now, of course, realistically speaking
21:23.6
You have to also be reasonable
21:24.6
Realistically speaking, medyo malaabo yan in the past
21:26.6
But it looks like the environment right now is much more amenable
21:29.6
To pushing for some sort of accountability
21:32.6
The suspension orders that we're seeing
21:34.6
These hearings that we're seeing in the Congress, etc.
21:36.6
I'm not saying that, you know, we're talking about institutions of the highest, you know, moral ascendancy
21:43.6
But the wind is blowing in a different direction
21:47.6
Now, this is not necessarily a progressive direction
21:50.6
But it could become a more progressive direction
21:52.6
If opposition leaders do their job
21:55.6
If progressive leaders do their job
21:57.6
I think in terms of public relations
21:59.6
I think in terms of messaging
22:01.6
Sobrang successful sila Franz Castro
22:04.6
I think Franz Castro has kind of established herself as one of the big voices
22:07.6
Out there in the political scene
22:09.6
And definitely one of the opposition leaders
22:12.6
I think Riza Ontiveras has done a fantastic job
22:15.6
In terms of positioning herself not only as a kind of an activist senator
22:18.6
But also as a constructive legislator
22:21.6
I think the opposition in general is doing a lot of correct moves
22:25.6
And dun sa, well, Christmas party lang naman daw
22:28.6
But pinag-usapan natin kakapon yan, diba?
22:31.6
Dun sa, si Sir Teddy Baguila nang-share, diba?
22:36.6
We see embers of a united opposition
22:40.6
And I would say, of course
22:42.6
The hero of the month, right?
22:46.6
Since she has, you know, since she has managed to get out of her conundrum
22:53.6
And see, I mean in the case of Leila de Lima
22:56.6
She fought, she fought, she fought within the framework
22:59.6
Until the framework, the existing
23:03.6
To her quest for justice
23:05.6
So she got the bail
23:07.6
And she's not just out waiting her time
23:10.6
She's out and now she's the official speaker of one of the major parties in the country
23:15.6
The oldest continuous party by some measures
23:17.6
Leila de Lima is out
23:19.6
Posting messages and tweets right and left
23:22.6
I mean, as Senator, former Senator Leila de Lima
23:24.6
I saw her, she's very supportive
23:26.6
She constantly expresses solidarity
23:28.6
This is the kind of leader we want
23:29.6
I mean, may pinostay about TikTok
23:31.6
TikTok censoring me
23:32.6
When I post anything about West Philippine Sea
23:34.6
Uy, TikTok ha, medyo ngayon hindi na masyado sinesensor
23:37.6
But, come on guys
23:39.6
Last week, yun yung time talaga para mag-post about West Philippine Sea
23:42.6
Dahil yung bullying nangyari last week
23:44.6
So ngayon, even if biglang yung mga TikTok post ko ay medyo napopublish na
23:48.6
Wala na yung timing
23:50.6
Ayaw ko na nang anong reasoning nila dyan
23:52.6
But, going back to this guys
23:53.6
Sige, bukasan na natin pag-usapan ng West Philippine Sea
23:56.6
Sorry, I'm a little bit tired
23:58.6
The thing is this
24:01.6
This is it, this is the moment
24:05.6
Yes, I mean the opposition didn't get perhaps the president they wanted
24:10.6
In fact, the president right now is just the junior of a former dictator
24:15.6
But, it's not like this president is acting like a dictator, right?
24:18.6
It's not like this president is, you know, bringing down the hammer
24:23.6
Preventing the effectuation of justice
24:25.6
I think there is a historic opportunity for the opposition to correct
24:31.6
Mend yung mga mistakes nila in the past
24:33.6
I honestly believe
24:35.6
Even during Duterte
24:37.6
The opposition should have fought back harder
24:40.6
Especially on the communications front
24:42.6
And especially in terms of leveraging existing laws
24:45.6
When there was a complete explosion of fake news
24:48.6
Okay, I'll be very honest about this
24:50.6
Kasi, ito yung problema natin nun, diba?
24:53.6
Ito yung naging problema natin nun
24:56.6
There were bunch of, whole bunch of, you know
24:58.6
Whole cabal of, you know
25:00.6
Horrid trolls and wars and all of that
25:03.6
You know, they were just doing whatever they wanted
25:06.6
They were just cowboying their way through
25:08.6
Binabastos nila kahit sinong leader, bisipresidente, senador
25:12.6
Kung anong mga libelous na sinasabi nila
25:16.6
These mega trolls, meta trolls
25:19.6
Ang ginagawa nila is they create an environment of hate
25:22.6
They supercharge the environment
25:24.6
So they normalize yung pagbabastos sa ating mga stateswomen
25:29.6
Statesmen, especially women
25:31.6
They normalize attack on media
25:36.6
They normalize attack against anyone
25:38.6
Who spoke their mind and spoke truth to power
25:40.6
And spoke their political conscience
25:42.6
And my sense really was
25:44.6
Ang hina nung response ng opposition
25:46.6
There was no concerted legal effort
25:48.6
To push back against it
25:49.6
By leveraging the existing courts and laws
25:51.6
Against libelous, slanderous fake news
25:55.6
I don't think also there was concerted public relations
25:59.6
Effort by the opposition leaders during that time
26:03.6
To push back against all of this
26:05.6
Dutertismo ideology and penal populism
26:08.6
And you know, essentially surrendering to China and all of that
26:15.6
Sabog yung opposition
26:16.6
Throughout that 5-6 years
26:17.6
I mean, I understand
26:18.6
Even the first year of Duterte may sabog sila
26:20.6
I understand that
26:21.6
Everyone was shocked
26:22.6
I was also shocked about how crazy things turned out
26:25.6
As you can see in my book and my writings back then
26:27.6
I kind of see things coming
26:29.6
But it was emotionally shocking
26:31.6
Even though it was intellectually and cognitively
26:34.6
In fact, I kind of predicted
26:36.6
How things were gonna turn out under Duterte
26:40.6
Sobrang hina pa rin yung pushback ng opposition
26:42.6
Year and year and year
26:43.6
So yeah, I mean disinformation was an issue
26:46.6
But you don't win the fight
26:48.6
By just whining about disinformation
26:51.6
You do something about it
26:53.6
You fight back against it at the highest levels
26:55.6
In a concerted manner
26:56.6
If only we had more leaders like Leila de Lima
26:58.6
I think the opposition would have been 5-10 times stronger
27:01.6
Even during Duterte time
27:04.6
Even during Duterte time
27:05.6
We didn't have to wait for the implosion of the UNITY
27:07.6
For some of these right things to be done
27:09.6
This should have been done before
27:13.6
We cannot change the past
27:14.6
But I'm just saying
27:15.6
You cannot change the future
27:16.6
If you're not learning the right lessons from the past
27:18.6
I kept on saying this
27:20.6
May kulang talaga dun sa opposition
27:22.6
During time in Digong
27:23.6
And there has to be an acceptance of that
27:25.6
Even the preparation for 2022 elections
27:27.6
May pagkakulang talaga ang opposition
27:29.6
Hindi sila organized
27:31.6
And they were up against
27:32.6
The combined forces of Dutertes and Marcoses
27:35.6
There was just no way you can beat them
27:37.6
Once they combine
27:40.6
And of course my frustration
27:42.6
And this is where I made a lot of enemy I think
27:44.6
Among some of the rabid dilawan and all of that
27:50.6
You know the problem is that
27:52.6
There was no self-awareness
27:54.6
There was no strategic thinking
27:56.6
There was not a proper accounting
27:58.6
Of saan sila nagkakulang
28:00.6
Kami nga walang partido
28:03.6
And I'm sorry okay
28:04.6
My career suffered
28:05.6
My career suffered
28:06.6
When I began to speak out
28:07.6
Remember I used to work in another media network
28:09.6
And next thing you know parang
28:13.6
My career suffered
28:14.6
But that was the least I could have done
28:17.6
To fight for West Philippine Sea
28:18.6
To fight for what is right in the country
28:19.6
Had I had the resources that many opposition leaders had
28:22.6
All those lawyers
28:23.6
All of those PR people
28:24.6
All of that stuff
28:25.6
I would have done hundred times more
28:27.6
During that five to six years
28:29.6
So I hope some people appreciate
28:30.6
Where my frustration comes from
28:32.6
It's not about what you do
28:33.6
It's about what you do
28:34.6
Compared to what you have
28:36.6
So I saw many journalist friends of ours
28:39.6
Who had very limited resources
28:41.6
Risking their lives
28:42.6
And pushing the envelope
28:43.6
And in fact I'll give kudus to
28:44.6
Patricia Evangelista
28:45.6
My senior in UP debate society
28:47.6
Who came out with this fantastic book
28:48.6
Really really wrenching book
28:50.6
About Duterte's drug war
28:52.6
Which I just reviewed for Loewy Institute
28:54.6
In Sydney, Australia
28:55.6
I already posted that
28:56.6
The title of my review is
28:57.6
Manila's Killing Fields
28:59.6
The War on the Poor
29:02.6
I saw many of my colleagues
29:03.6
They fought so hard
29:04.6
They fought so hard
29:05.6
Even if sobrang limited resources
29:06.6
Even if most of us could not afford a lawyer
29:07.6
Let's just be honest
29:08.6
Most of us could not even afford a lawyer
29:10.6
We didn't have PR teams
29:12.6
We didn't have any institutional backing
29:16.6
We didn't have any institutional backing
29:20.6
We didn't have any institutional backing
29:27.6
Never bothered to even reach out to us
29:28.6
Or never bothered to show support
29:29.6
Or anything like that
29:32.6
Kaya after nung election
29:36.6
Na we have proven
29:37.6
Na mali talaga yung ginawa ng opposition
29:38.6
Throughout those 5 to 6 years under Tigong
29:39.6
And we have to call it out
29:41.6
I made a lot of enemy
29:43.6
Whining about disinformation
29:44.6
And just blaming all on disinformation
29:45.6
Is not the solution forward
29:46.6
Because if you just say
29:47.6
It's all about disinformation
29:48.6
You are saying something very nasty
29:50.6
And when you say something nasty
29:55.6
It's intellectually simplistic
30:01.6
Periodical articles
30:02.6
And books I've written
30:03.6
You have to understand
30:04.6
Grievance politics
30:05.6
You have to understand
30:09.6
Duterte style populism
30:10.6
It thrives in conditions
30:12.6
Weaknesses of democratic institutions
30:14.6
Of liberal democratic leaders
30:16.6
At maraming kapalpakan
30:17.6
Yung mga liberal democratic leaders
30:20.6
At maraming kapalpakan
30:21.6
Yung mga liberal democratic leaders
30:22.6
That was the context
30:24.6
The Dutertismo ideology
30:26.6
And that was exactly
30:30.6
Clawed their way back
30:31.6
To the Malacanang
30:33.6
So there has to be
30:34.6
An accounting of that
30:40.6
For all of the shortcomings
30:41.6
During the time of Digong
30:44.6
Existing institutions
30:49.6
In whatever you wanna call it
30:51.6
For accountability
30:53.6
Better late than never
30:55.6
Better than late than never
30:56.6
So yun yung sinasabi ko
30:57.6
So there's a part
30:58.6
The other part of me
30:59.6
Is also arguing that way
31:01.6
I'm so open-minded
31:04.6
I try to be as self-aware
31:06.6
And fair as possible
31:07.6
I always also tell myself
31:08.6
Richard baka naman
31:09.6
Hindi mo alam sinasabi mo
31:11.6
You intellectually grasp
31:12.6
What is happening
31:13.6
But you have to also grasp
31:16.6
The organizational issues
31:17.6
All the limitations
31:18.6
Human limitations
31:21.6
Of the relation country
31:22.6
Okay I understand that
31:23.6
Maybe they know something
31:25.6
Maybe they better understand
31:26.6
The country than me
31:28.6
But last time I checked
31:29.6
I got a lot of things right
31:30.6
When it comes to the direction
31:32.6
And foreign policy and all
31:35.6
I'm like the best analyst out there
31:38.6
I studied other countries
31:39.6
Similar to the Philippines
31:40.6
I saw how they ended up
31:42.6
If we don't do the right thing
31:43.6
We're gonna go in the wrong direction
31:46.6
What we learned from history
31:48.6
If you do not fight for democracy
31:49.6
Democracy is not gonna fight for itself
31:50.6
It's gonna be vulnerable
31:53.6
If you do not fight
31:54.6
For press freedom
31:55.6
What's gonna happen
31:56.6
Is bastardization
31:57.6
Adulterization of press freedom
31:58.6
If you do not leverage
31:59.6
Existing legal institutions
32:01.6
You're not gonna have
32:03.6
You're gonna have
32:05.6
You see the preposition
32:06.6
Is very important
32:14.6
You have accountability
32:16.6
Regardless of who you're talking about
32:17.6
The richest person
32:18.6
The most powerful people
32:24.6
In order to punish
32:27.6
Voices of conscience
32:28.6
So if you wanna move from
32:30.6
Towards rule of law
32:31.6
And this is a spectrum
32:33.6
It's like 1 to 10
32:35.6
Obviously we're not 10
32:36.6
But we can go 6, 7, 8
32:39.6
Do the right moves
32:40.6
In the coming months
32:41.6
In the coming years
32:45.6
People can take out
32:48.6
People can take out
32:50.6
And it's much harder
32:58.6
There is a historic
33:00.6
For the opposition
33:01.6
To do the right thing
33:03.6
All of the shortcomings
33:04.6
They had in the past
33:21.3
You get what I'm saying
33:25.9
That's my best hope
33:26.6
Sorry, I wanted to talk about West Philippine Sea
33:28.2
Kasi nainis din ako sa mga lahat ng mga gaslighting na nangyari sa atin
33:32.4
Parang Pilipinas pang may kasalanan na may tensions daw sa West Philippine Sea
33:36.1
Yung mga kaibigan natin dyan sa ASEAN
33:38.7
Or yung mga ibang kaibigan natin dito
33:40.2
Diba, yung mga tatay style na
33:41.5
Oh, Philippines, Western
33:43.6
There's nothing Western with standing up for your rights
33:47.2
And there's nothing Asian with not standing up for your rights
33:50.6
Kasi takot ka sa China
33:52.0
In fact, I have to mention Vietnam
33:53.6
Vietnam is as Asian it can get
33:55.4
And it has been fighting against empires after empire after empire
33:58.7
1,000 years with China
34:00.3
Against the Mongolian Empire
34:01.9
Against Maoist China
34:03.2
Against the French
34:04.1
Against the Americans
34:04.9
So on and so forth
34:06.2
That's very, very Asian
34:08.3
So please, don't drop this nonsensical civilizational argument
34:11.8
No, the Philippines is doing the right thing
34:13.2
The Duterte Strategic Era was an anomaly
34:15.9
From Aquino to Marcos Jr
34:19.6
The Philippines is once again
34:21.7
The only ASEAN country
34:24.1
That is daring to stand up to bullying on all fronts
34:27.7
You see, Vietnam never did the legal strategy
34:30.2
We did the legal strategy
34:31.8
We're doing the operational strategy
34:33.4
We're doing the diplomatic strategy
34:35.0
So let's stop gaslighting ourselves
34:37.3
So in the same sense that I say
34:39.5
The opposition should fight for rule of law in the country
34:42.4
And I hope the best for all the good people
34:45.3
Inside the administration
34:46.5
You may not like Marcos
34:48.4
Or you may not like Sinong Nanala last elections
34:50.5
But I know for a fact
34:51.4
There are many good people working in this government
34:53.5
I know them personally
34:56.5
But they're doing the right thing for the country
34:58.0
I'm just also saying this
34:59.4
The Philippines has to fight for respect
35:01.8
And recognition of its legitimate rights
35:03.9
On their own clause
35:05.2
By staying its course
35:07.3
Huwag tayo magpa-saiwar
35:08.8
Huwag tayo magpa-intimidate
35:10.1
Huwag tayo magpa-bully
35:11.1
Huwag tayo magpa-loser mindset
35:13.6
The Philippines has to stand up to this
35:16.0
Until it earns the respect of the other side
35:23.1
I'm 100% for diplomacy
35:24.7
But it has to be from a position of strength
35:28.8
That's what I'm gonna talk about
35:30.6
Anyway sorry sorry
35:31.7
Napahaba itong rant natin
35:34.2
Pero ulitin natin yan
35:36.0
Since wala tayong time
35:37.7
Let me just shorten this again
35:40.2
Kasi I promised to talk about West Philippines
35:44.2
So give me some chance
35:45.7
Tanggalin natin itong SMN9 na to
35:49.0
Okay this is yours
35:50.7
So I'll say this once again
35:53.7
When it comes to the West Philippine Sea
35:55.1
We should not allow ourselves to be gaslighted
35:58.8
Or the enablers of the bullies
36:00.6
The Duterte era was an anomaly
36:03.6
It was a strategic anomaly
36:04.8
Because if you look at both President Aquino
36:07.0
And President Marcos Jr.
36:08.4
They have stood up
36:09.5
And they have made sure
36:12.8
That hindi tayo magpa-bully lang
36:15.1
They have made sure
36:16.0
That on all fronts
36:17.6
We fight for the Philippines' legitimate rights
36:20.6
There's nothing Western
36:22.3
With fighting for sovereign rights
36:25.4
That's an insult to Asians and non-Western people
36:27.4
Every self-respecting dignified country
36:30.9
Has to fight for their sovereign rights
36:33.0
Especially if the sovereign rights
36:36.1
Legitimized under an international arbitration body
36:40.4
The 2016 Arbitration Tribunal Award
36:42.1
Under the aegis of the United Nations Convention
36:44.1
On the Law of the Sea
36:48.7
Huwag kayo magpaloko
36:49.5
Or magpauto-uto dun sa mga propagandist
36:51.9
Let's be absolutely clear about this
36:53.3
So both President Aquino
36:54.8
And President Marcos Jr.
36:55.6
Are doing what is right
36:56.6
They're moving on all fronts
36:58.2
No other ASEAN country has done this
36:59.6
No other ASEAN country has stood up to China
37:01.8
On diplomatic, military, and legal front
37:04.5
We're the only ASEAN country that has done that
37:06.8
So to dismiss the Philippines
37:08.0
As a kind of a Western country
37:09.1
Just because of our treaty alliances and all
37:11.7
To any courageous nation standing up for their rights
37:13.9
To any courageous nation standing up for their rights
37:15.4
Yung mga ibang friends natin sa ASEAN
37:16.9
If they don't have anything helpful to say
37:18.7
Or they don't have any support to provide us
37:22.2
Better just keep your advice to yourself
37:25.9
I think, you know
37:27.0
Whether you talk about Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, etc
37:29.9
They are doing their own thing
37:31.5
But what we really need is more courageous solidarity
37:35.8
Because what's happening right now is
37:38.1
The Philippines is being bullied right and left
37:39.8
Philippines is being gaslighted
37:41.5
And the Philippines so far cannot rely
37:43.9
On the ASEAN to back it up
37:45.4
But naturally it should be ASEAN
37:47.2
That should be there for the Philippines
37:48.4
And I hope if not ASEAN 10
37:50.2
Then at least few of the key ASEAN countries
37:52.3
Especially Vietnam
37:53.2
But also Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia
37:55.1
Will stand by the Philippines in one way or another
37:57.6
Because either we're going to stand together
37:59.6
Or otherwise, you know
38:02.2
We're going to be picked apart
38:05.3
So this is really the base
38:08.3
That we have to deal with
38:09.5
There has to be minimums
38:11.3
When it comes to dealing with the China challenge
38:13.9
Now, to be absolutely clear
38:15.7
I am for negotiations with China
38:18.4
We don't want war
38:19.4
China also doesn't want war
38:20.8
Do not insult China by saying
38:22.9
China is going to go to war
38:24.0
No, China is a sophisticated rising power
38:26.9
They have many mistakes
38:28.4
They make mistakes
38:29.7
Sometimes there's hubris and all
38:31.1
But at the end of the day
38:32.0
They're far more sophisticated
38:33.1
Than Putin or some of the other aggressive revisionist powers in history
38:37.1
So how you deal with them is this
38:39.2
You stand your ground
38:40.4
You stay your course
38:41.4
You earn their respect
38:42.7
No matter how grudgingly
38:43.9
And then from that position
38:45.7
Push for a kind of a compromise
38:48.3
From a position of strength
38:49.6
Now, I am for joint exploration or development
38:52.5
But it has to recognize the Philippine sovereign rights
38:55.3
President Marcos Jr. has mentioned that he is for joint exploration with China
38:59.2
But it has to be a service contract
39:00.5
It has to recognize the Philippine sovereign claims in the area
39:03.5
We are for all sorts of different cooperation
39:05.6
Our cooperative schemes with China
39:07.9
But it has to be from a position of strength
39:09.6
So by adopting loser mindset
39:11.9
By blaming ourselves
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By gaslighting ourselves
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By absolving bullies of responsibility and accountability
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We are doing a disservice to our country
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And disservice to a lot of people
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Including Rizal and Rizal Stratos
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And a lot of our heroes who fought hard
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They made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation
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That's the least we can do
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Alright, on that note
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Thank you very much
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Pasensya na again
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If some people got hurt with what I've said
39:35.2
I get passionate sometimes
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You can see I really believe in what we say
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I really care for our country
39:41.9
And I know our country can...
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I always believe that
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But you need to push
39:47.4
You need to nudge, right?
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This is like yung...
39:50.0
Alam mo yung mga Hollywood movies na
39:53.4
Alam mo yung medyo kulelat yung sports team
39:55.3
Ano yung movie ni...
39:56.7
Curveball ba yun?
39:58.8
Yung movie ni Brad Pitt?
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You know, that's what I'm saying, right?
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We have to accept
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We have certain weaknesses and all
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But we have to also accept our potential
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For greatness, right?
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We're not gonna be a major power
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Relatively decent middle power in the 21st century
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But we have to accept that we have certain weaknesses and all
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But we have to also accept our potential for greatness, right?
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We have to get rid of that loser mindset
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And we have to believe in our ability to improve
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Wag tayo magsinangaling
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Marami tayong mga weaknesses
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Marami tayong mga problema, right?
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But we focus on our strengths
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We accelerate, you know
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The improvement of ourselves in the right direction
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And also we deal with our weaknesses
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If we continue to do that in 10, 15
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You're gonna see very, very good improvements
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And honestly, in my case personally
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I remember very well
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10 years ago, 15 years ago
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You said Philippine Coast Guard
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In terms of capabilities
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I mean, great people, patriotic people
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Capabilities were nowhere close to where we should be
40:51.1
Today, the Philippine Coast Guard
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Is the most developed Coast Guard
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In the entire ASEAN region, right?
40:56.5
And they have the best experience
40:57.9
Of dealing with bullying
40:59.4
We are number one in ASEAN
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As far as Philippine Coast Guard is concerned
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We had to earn that
41:06.3
We had to invest in our capabilities
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And we had to earn that by standing our ground
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So if the Philippine Coast Guard can do it
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Other branches can do it
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Other branches of the state can do it
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The whole nation can do it
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So what I say is not based on just like pipe dream
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It's based on actual observation of
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When we do the right things and stick to it
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Over time, 5 years, 10 years
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Then you're gonna see great results
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That's how national development happens
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Most of the successful countries today
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Were the countries who made those sacrifices
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And they had the discipline 20, 30, 40 years ago
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So the next generation is benefiting from that
41:37.9
So let's do the right thing
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So that the next generation of Philippine people
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Can be even more proud of their country
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And hopefully, we can do it again
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And be proud of us
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For whatever little thing we're doing
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For our democracy
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And for the West Philippine Sea
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On that note, thank you very much, guys
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We're gonna drink our Calamansi juice now
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I need to recover
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God bless and talk to you soon
