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Doon sa Senado is hearings being led by Senator Rizzo Ontiveros
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ukol dito sa mga exposes or sa mga alleged abuses
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na nangyayari doon sa isang malaking religious group
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na of course kilala natin lahat.
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Now obviously ang kalaga ng hearings na yan
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ay dahil ito ay isang, pinag-usapan natin,
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isang religious leader.
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Some would use other terms.
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I'm just trying to be as neutral as possible.
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Na malapit sa dating Presidente Rodrigo Duterte.
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Of course itong tao ay is affiliated din sa isa sa pinakamalaking
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information systems, SMNI in this matter,
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na affiliated with the whole Dutertismo, DDS ideology.
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So mahalaga ito. Malaking implications na ito.
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And of course we're watching very carefully
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anong nangyayari in terms of yung supina ng Senado.
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Anong nangyayari in terms of yung response to Quiboloy.
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Is Quiboloy even in the country?
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Is Quiboloy gonna show up anytime soon?
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In terms of whether the DDS or the pro-Duterte folks
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are gonna support him, among others.
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Sorry guys. Grabe yung i-bugs ka.
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Makikita nyo talaga, grabe talaga yung mga schedule natin ngayon.
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Mag-shades na lang ako.
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Ayan. Mag-shades lang tayo.
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Para hindi makita yung mga i-bugs natin.
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But, but, guys, seriously.
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Ako, isa sa mga tinituloy.
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Itignan ko talaga dun sa hearings na yan.
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Obviously, of course, pinapakinggan natin
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yung mga testimonies, yung mga testigo.
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Pinapakinggan natin yung pag-explain nila,
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yung cadence, yung paano nila in-explain,
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yung emotional state of mind.
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Kasi kung nagsisin yung aling isang tao
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or nag-invento lang, or may script lang,
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or paninira lang, or black propaganda lang,
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malalaman mo yan eh.
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There are gonna be gaps, you know, in terms of the testimonies,
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there's gonna be some exaggerated emotions,
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there's gonna be some exaggerated, you know,
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or words used, or sometimes there's gonna be pauses,
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and contradictions.
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Even if minsan binabasa yung testimony,
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malalaman mo talaga kung nagsisimula yung isang tao
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or paninira lang ito.
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Alam na alam natin na dahil napaka dumi yung politika natin,
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unfortunately, maraming beses nakikita natin na itong mga,
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you know, circus.
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Marami tayong mga circus kung saan mga expose daw.
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Kunyari, may mga circus tayo.
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Kunyari, parang may embarrass isang grupo.
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Kung maalala niyo, one reason why very,
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generally, dapat very cautious tayo
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at nagsuscrutinize tayo sa mga hearings and all,
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or mga accusations is because not long ago,
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yung mga red tagging ay sobrang malala sa Pilipinas.
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Thankfully, things are not as bad as before.
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But the reality is that nagpa-pile up na itong mga testigo na yan.
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Itong mga testimonies na yan.
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And we're talking about not only an FBI wanted list kind of situation.
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We're talking about many cases of abuses of people of different gender background.
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Not necessarily the, you know, the person of interest.
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Pinag-usapan natin.
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Pero yung mga tauhan niya.
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Yung mga tao sa organizations.
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I think very illuminating pag tinignan natin, guys, yung conversations about
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yung recruitment process.
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Ano yung panghatak nila ng mga tao.
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Which is quite interesting, diba?
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Kasi alam natin itong mga persons of interest na ito.
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Ito yung mga tao na parating galit sa NPA.
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Galit sa mga debaq.
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Galit sa mga leftist.
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At nag-accusa sila ng mga exploitative recruitment, etc.
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And then now we're hearing these allegations that there's a certain kind of recruitment process happening here.
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That there's a hooking in process.
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That mamaya pag nandun ka na.
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Kung ano yung mga...
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I mean, my goodness.
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It's blasphemous to even claim that you are a person with...
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I mean, I cannot even say it, guys.
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How crazy some of these things sound.
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Like in claims to divinity by certain individuals out there.
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Which in my opinion is blasphemous.
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Last time I checked, diba?
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In Christianity, si Jesus Christ na yung ganyang position.
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So clearly there is that kind of internal conversations and all.
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And then kung pinakinggan niyo yung testigo, you're talking about a lot of kind of exploitative practices.
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Allegations of exploitative practices on so many levels.
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So please pakinggan niyo na mabuti.
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Yung pinost ko dyan sa social media natin, dahil may mga parts na very explicit na,
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kinot ko na siya kasi I think it's just too explicit.
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You're free to check dun sa Senate itself.
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Dun sa website ng Senate.
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Dun sa Facebook ng Senate.
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You're free to check, of course, mga portals and platforms of Senator Riza Ontiveros.
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To know more about dito sa...
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To know more about dito sa details.
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Because some of the details are just too graphic, guys.
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Of course, alam niyo naman, I try to keep things as wholesome as possible.
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As much as we want to discuss crazy situations in our country.
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But details matter.
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And when people explain details,
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and there's no breaking their voice,
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there's no, you know, exaggerated words, exaggerated emotions,
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medyo, diba, malaman mo kung totoong sinasabi niya or nag-invento lang, diba.
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And we're looking at preponderance of testimonies.
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Not just one testimony, not just two testimonies.
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We're looking at testimonies from different individuals, from different gender,
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socio-economic background, of different ethno-linguistic background.
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So yung idea na in-invento lang lahat mga yan, I don't know.
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I mean, I'm just saying, I'm encouraging you guys to watch it because this is something very important.
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Because as I said, you're talking about a person of interest who's very close to the ex-president.
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Katulad nung nakita niyo dun sa RRM episode natin with Mark Gambo and Ronaldo Llamas.
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May mga nagtataka kung nandito pa sa bansa natin. Wala, wala.
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I mean, nandyan pa sa bansa natin.
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Itong person of interest na ito or napunta na sa China or kung sakali nasa China.
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Kasi yun nga eh, kung nasa FBI wanted list ka, malabang pupunta ka sa US or Western countries
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or yung mga countries kung saan very strong yung presence ng United States
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or yung law enforcement agencies ng United States.
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So ang maiisip ko lang dyan, Russia, North Korea, China, at mga China yung pinaka-natural.
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Now, obviously yung China is very important because, again, may kinalaman na ito sa dating presidente,
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may kinalaman na ito dun sa mga propaganda na narinig natin galing sa ibang grupo.
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And then now to mention, there were also discussions about collaboration between SM&I and China's media
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base dun sa mga reports na nakita natin. Pwede natin ilagay natin dyan yung mga links and all of that.
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So as I said, baka pwede yung isang excuse na andun ka sa China for business and all of that.
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Pero if we're talking about subpoena right now, and the subpoena has been in the making for quite some time,
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very essential talaga ka na malaman bakit wala sa bansa, if ever wala sa bansa.
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And if ever magpakita, then ibang usapan na yan.
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Now, in the meantime, in the meantime, while I suggest you guys, I encourage you guys to keep in touch dun sa details,
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to make assessments on your own, I mean, the thing is kasi nanganak din ng ibang exposes yan
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because napakalapit na itong person of interest na ito sa isa sa mga dynasties sa Pilipinas.
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Isa sa mga pinakamalakas na dynasties sa Pilipinas, sa dating presidente.
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Ngayon lumalabas na yung mga exposes, mga ibang allegations about yung nature of relationship niya sa mga Dutertes.
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And ano yung mga nangyayari sa relationships na yan. Of course, if they're accusations of criminal activities
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per the FBI kind of claims among others, then let's see, let's see.
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It's also interesting to see yung level of cooperation na mangyayari sa pagitan ng Pilipinas, Philippine authorities, and American authorities.
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Because, guys, kung maalala ninyo meron tayong mga extradition treaties.
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So sa ilalim ng extradition treaties, kung may ginawa kang mga krimen na sakop ng Amerika
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at ito ay may consonants dun sa overlap sa ating mga jurisprudential principles,
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then pwede mo i-extradite isang taong yan.
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Especially crimes na yan nangyayari sa Amerika, itong tao ay bumalik sa Pilipinas,
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nare-recognize ng Pilipinas yung nature ng mga krimen na yan at nare-recognize yung ebidensya.
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So let's also look at that.
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So it's interesting.
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So katulad ng discussion natin dun sa RRM, iba po ang FBI sa ICC.
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And in terms of enforcement capability, incomparable yan.
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Because ICC is just an international organization based in the Hague.
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So its power is far more symbolic compared to FBI which has significant degree of enforcement capacity
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and is attached to a superpower for that matter.
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Now for me, it's interesting also kung gagawa na naman drama yung iba dyan na,
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Uy, ito ay US, West oppressing us, etc.
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But I don't know.
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At kaya nga, I also encourage guys to check yung mga DDS kaibigan natin dyan,
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kung ano yung mga stance sila dito.
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Because at least a claim of some of the people are following the bloggers like si Morgan Camboa is that,
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hindi niya napansin na sobrang defensive yung mga ibang DDS people dito.
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Now I have to assess that on my own para lang maka-verify natin.
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But I monitor of course yung mga, hindi lang mga Buljak TV type.
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I'm monitoring also other major influencers of the Duterte side to gauge anong discarded nila dito,
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anong gusto nila mangyari.
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Now kanina napansin ko nung pinost natin yung mga videos without just sharing them,
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may mga trolls na nagka-comment dyan na script yan, etc.
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At titignan mo zero followers, one followers, obvious na fake.
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So it's not like that.
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So it's not like there's no effort to push back against itong lumalabas na expose and allegations na yan.
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But it's interesting to see how concerted the effort will be to defend this person of interest.
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And then it's also interesting to know whether there'll be updates and information dun sa kanyang location,
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kung saan siya, nasa China ba siya, what's going on, kung babalik siya.
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But the other thing I want to talk about also is Riza Ontiveros.
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Kung pansin niyo, one of the things that I found very interesting or rather very disappointing or rather very shocking
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is that parang mag-isa lang si Riza Ontiveros dyan.
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Napansin niyo guys, parang wala na ibang Senators.
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Saan ba si Mr. Robin Hood Padilla, alright?
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Yung mga sovereignty man, yung mga magagaling na mga ano natin dyan, napakagaling natin mga Senator dyan.
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Yung mga lumalaban para sa mga tao, para sa masa.
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Yung mga ganyan Senators natin, nasaan po sila?
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Nasaan po yung mga ibang, well if we're talking about expectation of women, allegations of sexual abuse among others,
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nasaan po yung ibang babaeng Senadora?
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Especially yung mga ba dyan na pinaposition nila sarili nila bilang feminista, bilang mga advocates of women rights,
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people who fight against violence against women and children, people who claim to be guardians or bastions of women empowerment.
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Kailangan ba natin pangalanan?
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Sino itong mga Senadora na yan?
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So, it's interesting to see that so far we're not...
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Again, I just found that very strange na Riza is parang mag-isa lang niya dito sa isang side with her staff and all.
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And sa kabila na lahat ng mga witnesses among others.
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So nasaan yung ibang mga Senators and all of that?
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And speaking of subpoena, bakit ngayon lang lumalabas ito?
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Itong supposed investigations na yan?
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So, for me, I'm totally not surprised to see Riza taking up the cudgels literally alone again.
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Because kung makalala natin, nung panon ni...
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Aguira ba yung pangalanan?
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Nung yung dati natin Justice Secretary, Justice Secretary.
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Nakalala nyo yung time ni Keon de los Santos.
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Who was the Senator?
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Who took the risk?
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To bring in witnesses.
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To prove beyond reasonable doubt.
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Of course, it is outside court.
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But nonetheless, we're talking about Senate.
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The highest legislative body in the country.
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Talagang lumabas si Riza Ontiveros risk it all.
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She exposed herself to risk.
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She was legally threatened and harassed by yung...
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Sina ulit yung pahala ng Justice Secretary na yan?
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Ang dami, diba? Ang dami yung mga mambo-jambo nung time ni DeGov.
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Ang pangalan nun?
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Diba na-threaten ba si Riza with kidnapping or something like that?
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Like ridiculous kind of...
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Ridiculous kind of stuff.
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Kasi binooking talaga ni Riza yung nangyaring kalokohan nun.
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Na kinotakota lang nila itong war on drugs na yan.
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Yan ang sinasabi ko eh.
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Lahat naman tayo, galit tayo sa droga.
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Galit tayo sa krimen.
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Ang ayaw natin mangyari is that
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yung mga tao na binibigyan natin na obligasyon to deal with the crime.
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Ito yung mga tao na pwede mag-abuso ng big time.
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At unfortunate yun po yung nangyari.
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Unfortunate yung nangyari.
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Nakakita natin kinotakota system lang nila.
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Hindi ito base sa roof law.
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Hindi ito base sa due process.
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Hindi ito base sa high level intelligence.
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Hindi ito base sa isang coherent national plan to get rid of drugs.
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We saw it more than five years ago.
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Si Sen. Riza Ontiveros took up the caudials single-handedly.
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She went there and she tried to get witnesses and tried to make sure that there will be truth
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when it comes dun sa case ni Keandela Santos.
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Kasi kung hindi lumabas Riza right away,
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at she didn't make the risk,
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she didn't make the sacrifices that she made,
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at the height of the popularity,
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the time na sobrang silent na halos lahat ng mga senador,
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yung mga ibang Richard Gordon type,
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yung mga ganun na, diba?
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Si Laila de Lima, wala na.
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Nakulong na, diba?
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On dubious charges, which of course we have proven talagang dubious sila over time.
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Six years na nga hindi pa rin nila makulong kasi wala silang manat na ebidensya.
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Going back to this, Riza took a lot of risk during that time.
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Tremendous amount of risk during that time.
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And that's why nabuking talaga na may kalakuan ang nangyari.
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And in fact, the case of Keandela Santos did not only create a lot of public backlash
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and uproar in the ways that we didn't have before,
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but it also led, most importantly, it led to justice.
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Because yung mga na-involved doon sa Keandela Santos case,
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of course, it was also caught in CCTV, which also helped, right?
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But, you know, bringing witnesses, creating public scrutiny, etc.
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All of those things came together.
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So, in fact, of the thousands, if not tens of thousands of alleged extrajudicial killings,
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one of the reasons why, at least in the case of Keandela Santos,
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we saw some element of justice is precisely because,
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of commitment of brave leaders like Riza Ontiveros to be there.
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At yun yung parati kong sinasabi, guys.
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Yun yung parati kong sinasabi, guys.
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You will know if someone is a true leader when they're almost the last man,
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in this case, last woman standing.
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Madaling magpapogi during election time.
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Because during election time, the climate of fear goes away,
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it's climate of enthusiasm and energy.
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Madaling nasabihin na dignified silence lang at ayoko lumaban.
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That's always a good excuse not to do the right fight.
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Madaling na sabihin na practical lang tayo, magmakivelan na tayo.
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But, guys, eto talaga.
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Nakikita natin consistently, year after year after year,
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it was Riza Ontiveros against all odds, with all risks there.
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She was the one who consistently made sure that there will be a proper scrutiny
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and that she'll go against very powerful people, guys.
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So, yun ang sinasabi ko sa inyo.
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And this goes back doon ulit, doon sa conversation natin with Sen. Trillianes.
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Remember, sabi ni Sen. Trillianes, di ba?
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Nandun yun sa column ko today sa Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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Re-repost ko rin.
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Oh, by the way, guys, please also subscribe kayo sa sub-stack natin.
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May free subscription, but I hope you'll also support it in other ways kahit papano naman.
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Para naman maingganyo tayo kasi time and effort din yan.
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But I'll try to repost also some of my articles and columns there.
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Hindi lahat pwede kasi may copyright, may mga ganyan-ganyan.
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So, yung latest column natin sa Philippine Daily Inquirer
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is about Ninoy Navalny and True Opposition Leadership.
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At guys, kung titignan nyo yung opening quote pa lang,
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yung opening quote is from Sen. Trillianes.
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Tingnan yung sinabi ni Sen. Trillianes.
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Of course, hindi siya nagpangalan ng tao.
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Pero sabi niya, hindi pwede yung natalok na sa elections tapos alis ka na bigla
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as if tapos lang lahat ng problema or parang the world stopped.
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Literally yun yung sinasabi ni Sen. Trillianes.
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At sabi niya, the reason why, ini-endorse na si Sen. Trillianes,
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itong tao na to ay never nag-give up.
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Hindi siya buwi bitaw, hindi siya nag-give up.
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Consistently, before elections, during elections, after elections,
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prepared, organized, palaban.
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That's the kind of leadership that you're looking at here.
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So, I suggest you guys to go back to that.
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Because if there's one other senator who has, you know,
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an unimpeachable power,
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record when it comes to audacity,
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I hope you see, you know, I may have some disagreements with Trillianes on certain issues.
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You know, I'm not sure if coup d'etat is the response to problems with democratic deficit,
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but I'm sure he had his own reasons.
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But in fairness to Sen. Trillianes, one thing I respect about that, guys,
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he also took tremendous amount of risk ng panahon ni Digong.
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Grabe yung mga risk sa kanya.
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At I know, parang nasa ano siya eh, parang top two na pinaka-hate ni Digong eh.
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In fact, arguably.
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In fact, arguably, number one siya at some point, diba?
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So siya, Leila Dalima, and to a lesser degree, si Maria Iglesias.
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I know, outside, around the world, akala nila ang kalaban lang ni Digong yung Rappler.
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But actually, mas kalaban talaga kay Trillianes at siya kay Leila Dalima.
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Yung kay Leila Dalima talaga, yun nga, she paid a heavy price for that.
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In the case of Trillianes, of course, I think yung connection niya sa military,
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among others, really helped him.
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But nevertheless, the guy risked a lot.
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So in terms of audacity, cojones, I have no doubts with Trillianes.
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So when Trillianes tells you that ito yung level of respect niya kay Riza,
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because never bumitaw, palaban, minsan kahit mag-isa lang niya, go lang siya ng go,
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that just tells you the caliber of leadership that Riza Ontiveres brings to the picture.
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Kaya nga, I always say, and I think I'm not alone anymore that many people are raising this question,
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like, for some reason, I still see a lot of people, a lot of people from the pink movement,
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they're still hoping that there'll be a redo of 2022, right?
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I'm not still seeing the rallying effect around Riza Ontiveres.
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But my genuine hope is that as Riza Ontiveres continues to be the lone voice of conscience,
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the lone voice of independence, the lone voice of brave leadership,
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people come to realize, you know, what kind of a special senator or legislator she is.
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Again, I also have disagreements, perhaps, on some issues with her,
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but in fairness, I think it's hard to disagree with her on almost anything nowadays
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because even on the West Philippines issue, where you expect progressives to generally be
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overcritical of US in proportion to being soft, kasi yun ang naging problema sa marami sa leftist eh,
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or pseudo-leftist, galit na galit sila sa US, and then pagdating sa China, or worse, Russia,
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my goodness, or Putin, ang dami nila mga excuses.
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Ah, NATO expansion yan, ay, kawawak. Parang, wow, kawawa pa yung Russia na sinugod yung maliit na kapitbayan niya.
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Oh, kawawa pang China na gusto niyang suguri ng Taiwan. Kawawa pang China, binambuli tayo sa West Philippine Sea.
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Usually, I tend to hear yung mga nonsense na gano'n doon sa mga pa-left, pa-left dyan.
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But with Riza Ontiveres, sobrang tapang niya doon sa issue ng West Philippine Sea.
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So, she has really transcended yung mga narrow ideological divides and polarizations and all,
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and she tells you about, matalino tong tao to, tao na to, nag-iisip tong tao na to.
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Hindi lang siya, you know, hindi lang siya, you know, confined doon sa mga ideological straitjackets.
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Iniisip niya talaga yung national interest natin.
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She did very well in the elections, and in fact, one of the reasons I think Riza did very well during the last elections,
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from what I understand, is she had a very strong regional campaign strategy in vernacular.
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So, in different regions of Visayas and Mindanao, she had commercials, advertisements,
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and engagement strategies in the vernacular.
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I don't know about the Ilohos region or our region.
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That's why, perhaps, against all odds, she was, you know, the only opposition leader
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who really made it to the national office in 2022.
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And technically speaking, Lenny already passed down the baton.
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But the thing is, I think that was not enough. That was never enough.
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One symbolic act of passing down the baton was not enough.
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And if you look at the sentiments online, if you look at the surveys among others,
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it looks like marami sa ating mga kaupayan, nandun pa rin sila kay Lenny eh.
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I have nothing against that. I think Lenny has shown tremendous amount of leadership in many times.
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I think she's a very inspirational leader.
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I have friends in Singapore and around the world na love na love nila si Lenny.
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Lenny exudes a lot of optimism and positivity and inspirational leadership that I completely understand.
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Tuwan-tuwang tao sa kanya.
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Having said that, you know, you can only have one figurehead, right?
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You can only have one ultimate opposition leader.
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So I think there has to be some clarity around that.
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And the reality is that, I mean, it could be a co-leadership like Riza and Lenny or something like that.
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But even that is not clear to me eh.
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Parang si Riza, hindi pa rin nagkakaroon ng rallying effect around her.
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Now, the thing with Riza is that she doesn't grandstand.
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That's an interesting thing.
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Lumalabas na grand yung kanyang interventions because sobrang tama yung ginagawa niya. Sobrang matapang siya.
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But never siya nag-grandstand. Never siya nagpa-cute.
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Never siya nag-rely sa mga PR people.
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Mga pa-cute na TikTok or whatever.
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That's interesting because she's a journalist, right?
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She's an award-winning journalist.
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She's a very good journalist just like, you know, yung isang sister niya si Pia.
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And yet if you look at it, she's really convictions and principle-based in her approach.
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And I call her the Iron Lady of the progressive movement in the Philippines.
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Which brings me back to my biggest suspicion.
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I think a big part why that commensurate rallying effect around Riza is not happening
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is because ito nga, kasi sa Pilipinas talagang, right-wing talagang Pilipinas.
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Katulad ng Amerika, I think Filipinos are generally more center-right than center-left, right?
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Which tells you how amazing it has been that Riza has made it this far.
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But I think it also tells you a little bit about the challenge of creating more rallying effect around her.
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Kasi si Leni very center eh, to be honest.
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I mean, if you look at some of her positionings on abortion, on divorce, actually center-right.
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Quite conservative.
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Si BBM pa nga yung medyo liberal dun sa mga ibang issues.
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If you wanna really be strict about it.
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But Riza has been consistently center-center-left, right?
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Not far-left, clearly.
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But I think in the Philippines, we still have to properly distinguish between different progressive groups.
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Between far-left and center-left.
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And we have to also understand that many of the most progressive countries in the world today,
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where it's Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany,
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a lot of these countries, a big part of their success was because of decades of leadership under center-left governments.
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Social democratic governments.
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SPD in Germany, for instance.
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Labor in Norway or Social Democrats in Sweden, for instance, right?
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They played a very important role in the success of the most successful countries on earth today.
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And their versions in places like South Korea and Taiwan.
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If you look at the Democratic Progressive Party of Tsai Ing-wen,
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Tignan, sobrang beshi si Tsai Ing-wen in Riza.
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And I think they share a lot of socio-economic policies.
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Not only their China stance, no?
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Hindi lang dahil matapang silang pareho.
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So if you look at Taiwan, the DPP.
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If you look at the former president of South Korea and the main opposition party in South Korea.
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If you look at Scandinavian countries, a lot of the most progressive countries in the world, center-lefting governments nila.
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Center enough na hindi revolutionary, na hindi pa-communista.
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But at the same, left enough to push for structural transformation, strong healthcare systems,
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strong education systems, strong industrial policy, optimal forms of state interventions.
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And the other good thing I appreciate also with center-left is unlike yung mga far-left,
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yung mga pa-communista, yung mga iwan na iba dyan,
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hindi sila pro-China or pro-Russia.
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Critical sila sa US, critical din sila sa mga ibang non-Western superpowers.
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Kasi kung totoong against ka sa imperialismo, hindi ka lang magka-question sa Western imperialismo.
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O yung ginawa ng Amerika, isang daan na nakalipas.
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Titignan mo rin yung mga imperialismo ng Russia, ng mga Russo, sa kanilang mga paligid.
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Tingnan yung ginagawa nila sa Georgia, sa Central Asia.
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Kaya alam ko yan kasi yung mga region na yan, kilalang kilala ko yan.
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Georgia, Central Asia, and then of course Ukraine.
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Lahat ng mga yan may concern sa Russia, yung imperialism ng Russia.
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Never nang wala talaga yan eh.
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Yung China, my goodness, alam na alam natin yung kabulian na nangyari sa kanilang paligid.
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At yung nakakainis sa mga ganyan mga imperialist power na yan ay pa-victim pa sila.
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Now, I completely agree na may mga ginawang mali talaga mga Western countries.
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Hindi ako sangayon sa maraming ginawa ng mga Western countries.
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Giyera na ginawa nila sa Middle East.
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Sinirasira nila yung gitnang silangan.
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Hindi talaga ako agree dyan.
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Marami akong disagreements sa mga Western countries.
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Pero hindi tayo dapat nagbulag-bulagan doon sa mga mas marahas pa mga imperialist powers
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or mga mas marahas na mga imperialist na kabulian nangyari sa ating karagatan.
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Sa ating sariling backyard.
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Hindi po ang US ang nagbubuli sa atin sa West Philippine Sea.
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Hindi po ang NATO.
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Hindi po ang Europe.
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Hindi po Japan. Diba?
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Tapos na yung Second World War.
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Tapos na po yung colonization of the Philippines in the 20th century.
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Of course, we can talk about new colonialism.
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Pero kung speaking of new colonialism,
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pag-usapan natin yung China.
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Kinokontrol nila lahat ng mga resources na may mina lahat sa Africa.
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By the way, talk about China.
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Hindi yung mga Chinese na kapatid natin.
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Talk about yung government nila, yung regime nila.
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But you get what I'm saying.
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Imperialism has no color, has no race, has no ethnicity.
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It's a political, geopolitical phenomenon.
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I think there's nothing uniquely imperialistic about China or US, etc.
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Pag lumaki talaga yung bansa na sobrang malaki at malakas,
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almost inevitable na magkakaroon ka ng imperial ambitions.
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Although I would say in some countries talagang malalim yung pagka-imperialist nila.
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I would say Russia is a problematic case because sa napakalaki ng bansa nila, 11 time zones,
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at sa napaka... eh pagod na ako.
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Sa napaka-traumatic yung kanilang experience with Mongolian Golden Horde colonization back in the day in the medieval era,
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ang Russia parating nagkikreate sila ng tsare.
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Whether ito yung mga panahon nila Romanov's family, Ivan the Terrible, Stalin, all the way to Putin.
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Lahat sila tsare.
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Yung mindset nila imperialistik talaga eh.
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Yung iba na ibang syungang engot sa Pilipinas kasi yung mga palef-lef na iba dyan,
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they don't go and talk to ordinary people from Georgia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, yung mga ganyan.
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Lahat ng mga bansa na natakot sa mga pinagagawa ng mga regime na yan sa Kremlin.
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But anyway, everything I'm saying here, guys, ayan naman yung trauma of century of humiliation.
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Well, hindi lang naman ang China nga humiliate.
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Na-humiliate halos tayong lahat.
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Pilipinas, ilang century tayong lahat.
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Ottoman, na-humiliate.
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Japanese, na-humiliate sila.
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Kaya nagbukas sila ng major restoration, etc.
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Ang problema sa mga higanting bansa like Russian and Chinese, forever pa-victim sila.
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At ginagamit nila ng excuse na ito para mang-bully ng mga mas malitang bansa katulad natin.
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Or Taiwan, or Ukraine, or whatever.
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Kaya yun ang gusto kay Risa eh.
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She doesn't fall for the trap which tells you about the sophistication of mindset and the genuine nature of her patriotism.
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Anyways, guys, kailangan ko na umalis.
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Tama natin gagawin. Medyo napagod na rin ako.
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Tuloy-tuloy lang ito.
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Grabe kasi mga transit hours and all natin.
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Kaya kitang-kita sa mata natin.
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Ganun ko kayo kamahal.
30:55.0
Speaking of which, please, guys, subscribe dun sa YouTube channel natin.
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Dun sa Softstack, which are Hidara Softstack.
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Please, thank you dun sa mga nag-subscribe already.
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May mga nakita ko nag-subscribe officially already.
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Pero may free subscription din.
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Please, any kind of support, we appreciate it.
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It's just a show of love.
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And a while ago, nasa flight pa tayo.
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I was thinking about, dun sa connective flight pa.
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I was thinking about doing audio version sa mga columns natin.
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So, parang audio essays.
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Right? Audio essays.
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So, your support, including subscription and giving us stars and support.
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Hindi yung star na bayad lang.
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I mean, like just rating us.
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I really, really appreciate it.
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So, please, guys, go to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Softstack, Richard Hidara Podcast.
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We really appreciate it.
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And dito naman sa YouTube, of course, we want to go 100k, God willing, sooner than later.
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Para naman makuha natin yung verification and everything that comes with that.
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So, I really appreciate sa lahat naman sa mga support at nagmamahal sa atin.
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And sana tuloy-tuloy itong conversation na ito.
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At mabuhay po ang Pilipinas.
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At mabuhay sa inyong lahat.
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Mga ating mga kababayan na nagkinig sa atin.
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At bukas sa ating mga diskusyon.
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Alam ko naman na hindi naman kailangan na kayo sa akin sa lahat.
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Although tama naman ako sa maraming bagay.
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Iyan na naman tayo.
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But naiintindihan ko.
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I mean, people are emotionally not comfortable with contrarian views.
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Especially if they know those views are factual.
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Ibang usapan yan.
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But I appreciate it.
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I appreciate guys reaching out to us.
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And I was looking at the analytics the other day.
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Curious lang ako.
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Marami tayong mga followers at nanonood sa atin.
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Including from Davao City.
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Ano pa lang galing sa Davao City.
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Nanonood sa atin.
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I don't want to make pre-judgements about it.
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But of course you would think that on average,
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people from Davao are perhaps more receptive to a kind of a Duterte way of thinking than us.
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But again, I could be completely wrong.
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Because I also have a lot of friends in Davao.
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Athenians in Davao are very progressive, liberal, etc.
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In the best way possible.
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But you know, I think the fact that we have many people also listening to us from Davao,
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And back in the day also, you know,
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I think until now, marami din nang kinig sa atin from solid north.
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Then that means, you know, marami naman bukas sa alternative points of view.
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Especially kung alam nyo naman deep inside, may sense naman talaga yung sinasabing natin.
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On that note, God bless and talk to you soon.
