00:36.6
Gusto kong pag-usapan
00:37.3
Alam mo, maraming gusto kong pag-usapan na
00:39.7
Actually, I've been writing on
00:41.6
Doon sa mga international publications natin
00:43.9
And by the way, of course, meron tayong incoming journal articles
00:46.7
Journal of Democracy naman, di ba? Among others
00:48.7
So, marami tayong mga ginagawa, di ba?
00:51.2
Pagdaring sa academic works natin
00:52.5
Global tayong mga kameta
00:54.1
Pero, pagdaring sa Pilipinas
00:56.3
Dahil may paki naman tayo sa ating bansa
00:57.9
Dahil wala naman tayong manok pagdating sa politika
01:00.6
Pero, ang tanging concern po natin
01:03.8
Yung kalagayan na ating bansa
01:05.1
Yung welfare na ating mga kababayan
01:06.8
Ay, ito kasing problema
01:09.6
Every time na mag-update tayo sa Pilipin politics
01:13.1
May nangyari na naman kakaiba
01:15.5
Kaya, ayan na, ayan na naman yung sasabihin natin
01:19.3
Kasi yun naman talaga, di ba?
01:20.9
Kung baga, kung si Insan, Mekos Mekos
01:24.3
Ang kanyang take dun sa kanyang mga
01:27.0
Ako naman, ang take ko sa politika natin
01:34.5
Anong gagawin ko?
01:36.0
Pilitin natin na happy everything?
01:38.1
Hindi naman talaga eh
01:40.2
Eto na, nagbubuljakan na
01:44.1
And today, feel ko matutuwa
01:46.6
Dalawang kampo sa akin
01:48.1
Ang mga matutuwa kampo sa akin today
01:53.1
At mga kapatidies
01:56.0
Talagang only in the Philippines
01:57.6
Isang araw, binabash ako ng mga kadidies
02:00.4
Tapos pinoprotect tayo ng mga loyalista
02:04.4
The next day naman, eto
02:06.1
Medyo, dun naman tayo sa kabila
02:08.8
Magpabash naman tayo sa kabilang kampo ngayon
02:18.6
1987 Constitution
02:21.8
Pag-usapan natin yun mga kamay
02:24.3
Gusto kong mangyara ngayon is
02:26.9
I-space din natin
02:28.5
Para four platforms na tayo
02:30.9
This will be the first time ever
02:32.3
First time ever na
02:38.7
Quadrilateral tayong
02:46.2
Kulang tayo ng mga dito
02:53.8
Key figures from both
02:55.8
The ideological opposition
02:58.2
Ibig sabihin liberal party
02:59.9
Progressive parties
03:01.3
At functional opposition
03:03.1
Essentially ito yung mga kampo
03:05.4
Or mga supporters of Duterte
03:06.9
Both of them raising alarm bells
03:09.4
Dito sa posibilidad
03:10.6
Na baka ma-railroad
03:13.9
Na baka magkaroon tayo
03:17.6
Pagdating sa ating infrastruktura
03:19.7
Medyo matagal-tagal
03:20.5
Mag gumagawa ng mga
03:27.2
Pero pagdating sa politika natin
03:29.5
Mabilis-mabilis ang mga bagay-bagay
03:32.2
I-railroad ang mga bagay-bagay
03:35.1
Alright, okay, okay
03:41.0
I just saw dito sa ating Twitter
03:43.7
Si Congressman Excel Ladman
03:47.0
Are making some very, very big
03:53.2
That some powers that be
03:56.9
Hindi natin alam saan galing mga pera na yan
03:59.5
May be using financial incentives
04:01.8
To push for charter change
04:04.8
Pag-usapan natin itong mga
04:06.1
Allegations na yan
04:08.0
At saka ano yung mga implications na yan
04:12.9
We need to have some background
04:14.4
And before talking about some background
04:17.3
Let's go to what I consider
04:19.9
As the worst ever
04:21.9
Political advertisement I've ever seen
04:26.9
Hindi ako magtataka
04:28.0
Na they'll be worse than that
04:29.4
Akala ko nga si Robin Padilla
04:32.0
Yung mag-ano dyan eh
04:36.9
Ano muna tayo mga kamets
04:39.0
Mag-special mention naman tayo dito sa
04:42.0
Itong nagtitrending na walang yang
04:44.3
Ilang klase talaga itong advertisement
04:48.7
Ieche puwera natin itong ano
04:51.7
Alam nyo na yan ito
04:57.4
Talagang ating bayan
05:02.6
Wait lang wait lang
05:05.9
Wala naman tayong
05:07.8
Twitter account na totoo dito
05:17.0
Ito very artistic work ito
05:24.6
Ito ito ito ito mga kameta
05:26.1
Pinaghirapan naman daw to
05:28.4
Sino bang nagbayad na to
05:32.4
Natawa naman ako in fairness sa ano nya
05:36.1
Wait lang tanggalin ko ito mga bitcoin
05:39.9
Bumaba ba naman yung presya ng bitcoin
05:45.0
May chance na umakyat ang bitcoin price
05:46.6
Pag nagkaroon ng approval ng ETF
05:49.1
But we'll have a different discussion on this
05:53.1
Nag-monitor lang tayo
05:54.7
Ayan, hindi pa ako
05:56.1
Bitcoin ang bibiling ko
05:57.3
or isang 4K camera
06:00.5
or something like that
06:01.6
para sa vlogging natin,
06:03.5
especially mga international
06:05.0
Ito, balikan natin ito.
06:06.3
Baka sabihin nyo,
06:07.1
nag-style maharlig ka ako
06:12.0
tapos 5 minutes lang
06:13.4
Don't worry, guys.
06:13.9
We're going to do
06:15.1
I'm just warming this up.
06:20.7
1987 Constitution
06:22.3
na ed sa puwera tayo.
06:24.3
Sa 1987 Constitution,
06:26.4
natigil ang asenso natin.
06:29.8
Magandang edukasyon daw
06:32.7
Pero pangako nanigas.
06:35.3
Ang pagpasok ng edukasyong
06:40.2
Masaganang agrikultura
06:41.4
daw para sa lahat.
06:46.7
mamamakyaw at negosyante.
06:50.7
Malusog na ekonomiya
06:51.7
daw para sa lahat.
06:54.8
Monopolya ang naghari.
06:57.1
ng foreign investors,
07:00.7
Panahon na para gumawa.
07:03.4
Panahon na para ayusin.
07:05.7
Itama ang hindi patas
07:07.1
ng 1987 Constitution.
07:10.8
Gawing saligang patas,
07:13.0
ang saligang patas.
07:17.1
1987 Constitution,
07:19.4
na ed sa puwera tayo.
07:20.7
Sa 1987 Constitution,
07:22.7
natigit ang asenso natin.
07:25.4
Sisisi natin sa ano.
07:26.8
Iniwan ako ng diyowa ko.
07:30.2
sa 1987 Constitution.
07:32.2
Hindi maganda yung buhok ko ngayon.
07:34.2
Isisi natin sa 1987 Constitution.
07:36.2
Hindi maganda yung panahon.
07:38.2
Iniwan tayo ng mga kaibigan.
07:41.7
hindi magandang labas kahapon.
07:43.7
1987 Constitution.
07:45.7
Yan po ang problema.
07:47.7
Yan po ang problema sa mga kaewanan dyan.
07:50.5
pinipilit ang isang issue
07:52.5
at very problematic yung logic.
07:54.5
Very, very problematic yung logic.
07:56.5
Because let's not forget,
07:58.5
ang problema ng corruption,
08:00.5
ang problema ng mga oligarkiya,
08:02.5
ang problema ng katrapuhan
08:04.5
and political dynasties,
08:06.5
hindi po ito ay nahulog sa atin bigla
08:08.5
nung nag-sign po tayo,
08:10.5
nag-ratify po tayo ng 1987 Constitution.
08:12.5
This problem has been with us
08:14.5
for more than a hundred years.
08:16.5
So if you want to go dun sa ugat ng problema,
08:18.5
saan nagsimula yung problema ng Pilipinas, you have to go,
08:20.5
very much to the beginning of
08:22.5
introduction of Philippine democracy.
08:24.5
Nakaibang usapan yan, but
08:26.5
I can suggest fantastic words like
08:28.5
by Professor John Seidel, for instance,
08:30.5
whose contention is that the problem sa Philippines
08:32.5
is nung na-introduce
08:34.5
ang democratic elections sa Pilipinas,
08:36.5
the problem was that
08:38.5
yung mga na-favor niya immediately ay yung mga political dynasties
08:40.5
na from Spanish era pa lang.
08:42.5
So it immediately
08:46.5
Kasi dati may property rule pa eh.
08:48.5
May mga tao na may property lang
08:50.5
pwede bumoto or pwede tumakbo.
08:52.5
So you immediately created a first-movers advantage
08:54.5
or actually structural advantage
08:58.5
and mga oligarchs and hacienderos
09:00.5
from panon pa ng mga Espanyol.
09:02.5
Kasi marami naman sa kanila yan eh.
09:04.5
Nag-defect ka agad dun sa new imperial power.
09:06.5
Once nawalang Spain, dun na sila
09:08.5
kaagad sa Amerika, di ba?
09:10.5
Kaya nga nagwala-wala si General Luna
09:12.5
o bayan ng sarili dahil ang daming katrapuhan.
09:14.5
So yung mga prinsipales
09:16.5
na naging political dynasties
09:18.5
ng panon ni mga Amerikano, sila yung pinaka
09:20.5
nag-take advantage ng
09:22.5
introduction of semi-democratic elections.
09:24.5
So essentially, hinijack po nila
09:28.5
democratic institutions
09:30.5
na na-introduce ng mga Amerikano.
09:32.5
Ang problema is, in theory,
09:34.5
dapat inaayos yan over time.
09:36.5
But the problem is that for the next hundred years,
09:38.5
whatever Constitution na ginawa,
09:40.5
whether yung Constitution sa ilalim ni Marcos
09:42.5
or yung Constitution na ginawa sa ilalim ni Corazon Aquino,
09:44.5
one way or another,
09:46.5
itong mga oligarchs natin,
09:48.5
technically, oligarch means
09:50.5
the few bad who rule a country
09:54.5
So primarily, we're talking about
09:56.5
economic oligarchs but also about
09:58.5
political oligarchs, political dynasties
10:00.5
for instance. So kung titignan mo yan,
10:02.5
ang masaklap sa Pilipinas
10:04.5
is ang dami natin
10:06.5
naging Constitution.
10:08.5
1935, and then by
10:10.5
panon ni Marcos, 1970s, and then 1987.
10:14.5
nawawala itong problema ng oligarchy.
10:16.5
Hindi po nawawala itong problema ng corruption.
10:18.5
Minsan nga lumala pa.
10:20.5
I would say it was even worse in the 70s
10:22.5
and 80s. But still, things are really
10:24.5
bad in the Philippines. So,
10:26.5
logic lang, right?
10:28.5
Kung nag-aaral ka ng basic causality,
10:30.5
kung paiba-iba yung Constitution pero yung outcome
10:32.5
is the same, then siguro hindi talaga
10:34.5
yung Constitution yung dahilan na ganito yung outcome.
10:38.5
yung ugat ng problema.
10:40.5
And para sa akin, this is where we have to be very clear.
10:42.5
The problem is that
10:44.5
this is not the 1987 Constitution per se,
10:46.5
although, let me be absolutely clear,
10:48.5
I have some concerns with the 1987
10:50.5
Constitution. For instance,
10:52.5
in theory, para sa akin mas maganda
10:54.5
na isang presidente ay dalawang termina
10:56.5
maximum, four years. Every
10:58.5
four years. So, kung magaling ka
11:00.5
sa first four years mo, then
11:02.5
pwede ka ma-reelect. Kung
11:04.5
palpak ka sa first four years mo, and then okay,
11:06.5
di ka na ma-reelect. O baka yun ang mangyari
11:08.5
nga sa US elections this year. But, or
11:10.5
yung nangyari kay Trump, di ba, noong 2020.
11:12.5
So, in theory, I'm okay with
11:14.5
two, four years. Because I think
11:16.5
a single six years term
11:18.5
is too long for a bad president.
11:22.5
And it's not like every time you can
11:24.5
etsa na lang and erap out. Unfortunately,
11:26.5
that's like once in a blue moon.
11:30.5
term is too long for a bad
11:32.5
president, but it's too short for a good president.
11:34.5
So, I think an eight-year,
11:36.5
maximum eight-year system like America
11:38.5
or what we had before, or an
11:40.5
Indonesian system of two, five years,
11:42.5
Jokowi was not too bad. And actually, andito po siya
11:44.5
sa Pilipinas the other days. I think that's better.
11:46.5
So, I can raise three or four different
11:48.5
concerns I've had with the 1997 Constitution.
11:50.5
But fundamentally,
11:52.5
I don't think the 1997 Constitution ay
11:54.5
talagang ugat ng problema natin.
11:56.5
And I don't think yung mga few flaws,
12:00.5
trivial, but nevertheless,
12:02.5
the few flaws that I
12:04.5
the problems I see with the 1997 Constitution.
12:06.5
So, isa pa yung problema ko is,
12:08.5
walang enabling law sa
12:10.5
1997 Constitution pagdating sa
12:12.5
anti-dynasty principle
12:14.5
sa ating saligang batas. But again,
12:16.5
these are actually political problems
12:18.5
rather than legal problems. So, actually,
12:20.5
if you analyze it fundamentally,
12:22.5
constitutions are a frozen balance
12:24.5
of political relations in a
12:26.5
specific time and space.
12:28.5
So, yung 1997 Constitution, yung kalabasan
12:30.5
niyan, eto ay yung
12:32.5
reflection ng political calculation
12:34.5
ng mga political elites
12:36.5
who took over the Philippines
12:38.5
after the fall of the Marcos
12:40.5
dictatorship. At alam natin,
12:42.5
you know, Corazon Aquino and the people who were
12:44.5
in charge, they had to deal with all of these
12:46.5
trapos, hacienderos, dynasties,
12:50.5
biglang are back into power
12:52.5
or malapit sila kay
12:54.5
Marcos but they didn't pay a price for it.
12:56.5
So, in a way, the
12:58.5
1997 Constitution was somehow a kind
13:00.5
of a compromise, but more importantly,
13:02.5
its spirit and letter was
13:04.5
fundamentally compromised
13:08.5
oligarchs and economic oligarchs
13:10.5
who continue to dominate the Philippines.
13:14.5
1987, they have been, I mean,
13:16.5
I don't know, mag-name drop pa tayo dyan.
13:18.5
May mga iba tayong mga
13:20.5
political dynasties dyan,
13:22.5
mahaanap mo yan sa mga records,
13:24.5
1870s pa lang or 1880s.
13:26.5
Panahon pa ng mga Espanyol, andun na sila.
13:28.5
Alam ko na sabihin ang mga yan, but
13:30.5
pwede niya i-google yan, diba?
13:32.5
So, we have many political
13:34.5
dynasties and we have many
13:36.5
conglomerates and oligarchs who go
13:38.5
beyond 50 years, some of them beyond 100,
13:40.5
50 years. So, kung sasabihin mo na
13:42.5
kasalanan ito ng 1991 Constitution,
13:44.5
napaka-ewan yung logic na yan,
13:46.5
diba? Because, alam natin,
13:48.5
mas malalim yung ugat ng problema natin.
13:50.5
But I'll tell you another thing,
13:52.5
pagdating sa 1991 Constitution, actually,
13:56.5
promise, right? So, there are certain
13:58.5
provisions about political parties,
14:00.5
there are certain provisions about
14:02.5
political dynasties, and then, of course, there are provisions
14:04.5
on human rights, among others. Ang problema
14:08.5
kaheidarian na lang, kasi ang dami natin
14:10.5
mababash na naman ako sa Reddit, sabi nyo
14:12.5
yan, sa aidarian, naka-aidarian.
14:14.5
Ayan, yung mga kameta natin, ayoko sabihing
14:16.5
kameta kasi may space tayo, may
14:18.5
TikTok tayo, may YouTube tayo.
14:20.5
No, no, no. Ang problema kasi natin
14:22.5
dito is, you know,
14:24.5
freedom doesn't come
14:26.5
free, right? Freedom
14:28.5
comes from constant
14:30.5
political struggle. Ang problema
14:32.5
parating dito sa Pilipinas is,
14:34.5
once nakapasa tayo ng bagong saligang
14:36.5
batas, or once tapos ng elections,
14:38.5
akala natin tapos ng laban, uwi
14:40.5
na tayo, balik ulit, next cycle.
14:44.5
tend to demobilize
14:46.5
politically, always prematurely.
14:48.5
So, nag-ETSA 1 na tayo, okay na,
14:50.5
tapos na. And then, medyo nag-ETSA 2
14:52.5
na tayo, dapat tapos ng problema. Well,
14:54.5
guess what? Kung gusto mo ayusin isang
14:56.5
bansa, na katulad ng Pilipinas, na napakalalim
14:58.5
ng problema, napakahigpit
15:00.5
yung grip ng mga oligarchs sa ating
15:02.5
ekonomiya, sa ating
15:04.5
political alliance. I'll give you numbers, right?
15:08.5
40 families in the Philippines, two
15:12.5
newly created growth. So, every
15:14.5
6% of growth we create in our GDP,
15:18.5
only 40 families. That's
15:20.5
scandalous level of
15:22.5
concentration of wealth. Right?
15:24.5
And I doubt that has dramatically
15:26.5
improved over the past 10 years or so.
15:28.5
Political alliances,
15:34.5
offices, ay napupunta dyan sa mga political
15:36.5
alliances. So, hindi
15:38.5
tayo totoong demokrasya, dahil
15:40.5
yung spirit and letter of the
15:42.5
1997 Constitution was never effectuated,
15:44.5
and it was never effectuated because we
15:46.5
did not elect the right people into office.
15:48.5
So, actually, we have a number of problems.
15:50.5
One of our problems that we think,
15:52.5
ang obligasyon lang natin
15:54.5
during election time mag-ingay, and then
15:58.5
manok natin, then okay na.
16:00.5
Or, kung hindi nanalo yung manok natin,
16:02.5
babay na ang Philippines, alis na tayo. Yung ganyan mindset.
16:04.5
Well, that's the problem.
16:06.5
Even if nanalo yung manok mo, assuming
16:08.5
okay na tao yung manok mo,
16:10.5
it's not enough that
16:12.5
you have the right president there.
16:14.5
It's not enough that you have the right senator there.
16:16.5
Dahil, pagdating sa governance,
16:18.5
it's a group work.
16:20.5
You have to make sure they're the right congressman
16:22.5
there, they're the right governors there,
16:24.5
they're the right mayors there. So, ang
16:26.5
nagiging masaklap sa Pilipinas is, even when
16:28.5
we had slightly okay
16:30.5
presidents na hindi ganun kakorap,
16:34.5
pagdating sa ibang branches of the government, andun pa rin
16:36.5
yung mga oligarchs, andun pa rin yung mga problematic
16:38.5
people. Kaya, kawawang
16:40.5
kawawang Pilipinas. So, we
16:42.5
never had enough mobilization
16:44.5
pre-election, during election, and post-election
16:46.5
to make sure na papaalisin natin
16:48.5
talaga yung lahat ng mga oligarchs
16:50.5
sa state institutions natin, at ipapressure
16:52.5
natin yung mga economic oligarchs
16:54.5
na nagda-dominate na ating ekonomiya.
16:56.5
So, we always have this problem
16:58.5
of premature demobilization
17:00.5
and limited cyclical
17:02.5
political mobilization. Ito yung
17:04.5
constant problem sa Pilipinas.
17:06.5
And I'll tell you this, since
17:08.5
naging active ako, naging quote-unquote
17:10.5
vlogger na tayo, kitang kita yun,
17:12.5
kitang kita ko yung online eh.
17:14.5
Kung titignan mo yung mga videos natin nung election time,
17:16.5
some of our videos easily get million views.
17:18.5
A single video gets a million views.
17:20.5
Political ah. Live,
17:22.5
you know, Facebook live,
17:24.5
no production, whatever. I was amazed
17:26.5
by it. Next thing I know,
17:28.5
tapos na elections, views come
17:30.5
down to 10,000 maximum, right?
17:38.5
wala nang interesan tao sa politika
17:40.5
once natapos yung elections.
17:42.5
Now, I understand people are tired, exhausted,
17:44.5
people are demoralized,
17:46.5
or nanalo yung manok mo, so happy ka na yun.
17:48.5
But that's not how reform works.
17:52.5
reform movements,
17:54.5
if you study democratic movements,
17:56.5
whether it's in civil rights movements
17:58.5
in South United States,
18:00.5
you know, the horrible
18:02.5
semi-apartheid system they had back in the day,
18:04.5
whether you look at the anti-apartheid
18:06.5
movements in South Africa, whether you look at
18:08.5
the social democratic movements in Sweden,
18:10.5
in Germany, so on and so forth, ito po ay
18:14.5
and some of the movements have been centuries
18:16.5
old until they get more and more right.
18:18.5
So, constant struggle po. Especially
18:20.5
kung yung bansa mo ay sobrang
18:24.5
yung hawak ng mga
18:26.5
oligarchs sa ating ekonomiya and politika.
18:28.5
So, this has been the constant
18:30.5
problem for us. Now, but
18:32.5
the other problem we have is that
18:34.5
we focus on the wrong problems.
18:36.5
Therefore, we come up with,
18:38.5
let's be honest, dumb solutions.
18:40.5
So, this idea that you just change
18:42.5
the constitution and everything automatically will be okay,
18:46.5
fourth-world thinking, right?
18:48.5
System change takes way more
18:50.5
than just a different yung sulat mong batas.
18:52.5
You need the right institution
18:54.5
building to enforce the laws. You need
18:56.5
to make sure, you know, you build the foundations
18:58.5
of good political parties. You need to make sure
19:00.5
you have the right political culture. Latin may hirap yan,
19:02.5
so you have to move on many multiple fronts.
19:04.5
In fact, there's a new social science article
19:06.5
that came out which has
19:08.5
medyo depressing pa nga yung
19:10.5
analysis niya, di ba? So,
19:12.5
what I'm saying here,
19:18.5
nandisconnect tong internet ko dito sa
19:22.5
balikan natin. So, what I'm saying here is that
19:24.5
the other tendency we have is that we fall
19:26.5
for bara-bara solutions,
19:28.5
solutions or fake solutions. And parang
19:30.5
sa medicine yan eh. Kung mali yung diagnostics mo,
19:32.5
mali yung bibigyan mong gamot,
19:34.5
lalong lalala yung problema. Hindi mo lang nasa
19:36.5
resolve, hindi mo lang nare-resolve yung problema,
19:38.5
lalala pa yung problema.
19:40.5
In fact, the way I put it is this,
19:42.5
you cannot fix a problem
19:44.5
if the fixer is the problem.
19:46.5
Right? Common sense.
19:48.5
Tingnan nyo to. Kung
19:50.5
magkakaroon tayo ng charter change,
19:52.5
sino sa tingin nyo ang mag-oversee
19:54.5
ng charter change sa Pilipinas?
19:56.5
Hindi ba yung mga
19:58.5
trapo din na nandyan sa pader?
20:00.5
Di ba? So, sa tingin nyo ba,
20:04.5
So, logic lang ah. Sa tingin nyo ba,
20:10.5
vote for a new constitution that
20:12.5
takes them out of power?
20:14.5
Or undermines their power? No!
20:18.5
if they're gonna push for a constitutional change,
20:20.5
ang gagawin nila yun, lalong papalakasin
20:22.5
nila yung pundasyon
20:24.5
ng kanilang puwersa. Lalong,
20:26.5
lalong maging mahirap
20:28.5
ang sitwasyon ng taong bayan
20:30.5
in terms of making sure there's more accountability,
20:32.5
there's more good governance, there's more democracy,
20:34.5
that's just the reality.
20:36.5
So, yun nga yung problema natin.
20:38.5
First of all, sobrang limited yung
20:40.5
political mobilization. Second, ang
20:42.5
bilis mag-demobilize yung tao,
20:44.5
cyclical lang naging active. Pangatlo,
20:48.5
sabla yung expectations natin.
20:50.5
Parang nanalo lang yung matinong presidente,
20:52.5
akala nyo mga solve lahat, as if yung presidente lang
20:54.5
mismong can solve all the problems.
20:56.5
And then, more importantly,
20:58.5
kaya to lang sinasabi ko, ang dali
21:00.5
natin mauto minsan
21:02.5
sa mga scam. Yung mga tipong
21:04.5
bigyan nyo akong, ano, six months lang
21:06.5
isusolve ko yung droga, o yung mga ganyan
21:08.5
scam na gano'n. Or yung mga, ang e,
21:10.5
may bagong scam na naman tayo. Bagoyin
21:12.5
natin yung salingang batas, magiging Switzerland
21:14.5
na tayo. Well, guess what? Parliamentary
21:16.5
din ang sistema sa Iraq.
21:18.5
Have you seen their political system?
21:20.5
Parliamentary din yung system sa Bangladesh.
21:22.5
Right? And yung mga
21:24.5
nagmimension ng Malaysia, these people have no idea
21:26.5
how messy Malaysian politics is.
21:28.5
I mean, I know Malaysian politics
21:30.5
pretty okay. I interviewed
21:32.5
a prime minister or two from that country.
21:34.5
I have contacts at the
21:36.5
highest levels. I have friends who know the ins
21:40.5
they have a very bad politics.
21:42.5
Nagkataon lang, swerte lang Malaysia dahil marami silang oil.
21:44.5
Malit lang population nila. Kaya medyo
21:46.5
matinitin yung bansa nila at magandang location nila.
21:48.5
So there are many other reasons that explains why Malaysia
21:50.5
is wealthier and more developed than Philippines.
21:52.5
Except their politics which is worse
21:54.5
than the Philippines. But anyway,
21:56.5
I can go to Bangladesh, Iraq,
21:58.5
federalism. Tignan mo yung Nigeria, tignan mo yung
22:00.5
Brazil. So I can mention you many countries
22:02.5
with parliamentary, federal, federal
22:04.5
system that sobrang sabog.
22:06.5
So yung idea na palitan natin
22:08.5
sa ligang patas, gawin natin federally
22:10.5
sa parliament, automatic lang maging Switzerland,
22:12.5
or Canada, or whatever. Sobrang
22:14.5
ridiculous yan. It's like, sinabi ko yan.
22:16.5
It's like, di ba,
22:18.5
may mga nag-meme dyan eh, yung idea na
22:20.5
di ba kung si Michael Jordan, pag
22:22.5
nagshoot siya, lalabas niya yung dila niya. Parang
22:24.5
gaganyan kasi ishoot niyang ganyan.
22:26.5
It's like saying, pag nilabas mo
22:28.5
yung dila mo, ginaya mo yung porma ni Jordan,
22:30.5
maging kasing galingan ni Jordan. Ganon
22:32.5
kaso nga, yung ganyan level of analysis.
22:34.5
Nasasabihin mo, by just replicating
22:38.5
a political system,
22:40.5
you're automatically gonna achieve
22:42.5
the substantive developments inherent
22:44.5
to that system. It doesn't work that way. Now,
22:46.5
again ah, just to be fair,
22:50.5
constitutional amendments,
22:52.5
and in theory, I'm
22:54.5
kinda okay with the idea of parliamentary
23:02.5
ayoko magpa-auto tayo.
23:04.5
Doon sa mga scammers, nasiguradong
23:06.5
masasolve yung problema na yun. There's always a lot of
23:08.5
unintended consequences. And as I
23:10.5
said, one reason I'm very
23:12.5
worried about charter change,
23:14.5
under the current circumstances,
23:16.5
so in theory, I'm okay with charter,
23:18.5
well, with constitutional amendments or even to
23:20.5
a certain extent. Pero,
23:22.5
ang tanong ko is, under what conditions?
23:24.5
Kasi, kung papalitan mo
23:26.5
yung saligang batas, sa ilalim
23:28.5
ng mga conditions kung saan
23:30.5
ang lalim ng problema ng corruption,
23:32.5
kwasyonableng intention ng mga
23:34.5
legislators mo. And then,
23:36.5
ngayon, merong accusations na may mga
23:38.5
bribery daw nangyari to influence,
23:40.5
I don't know, people's initiative, whatever.
23:42.5
Then, honestly, do you think ang outcome
23:44.5
neto will be really towards
23:46.5
a Switzerland clean political
23:48.5
system? Come on, mag-isip naman
23:50.5
kayo. Mag-isip naman tayo
23:52.5
dyan. Mag-isip naman tayo dyan.
23:56.5
transition naman tayo dito sa
23:58.5
second part ng analysis
24:00.5
natin. Because this is where we want to analyze.
24:02.5
What's happening right now
24:04.5
under the current powers that be.
24:06.5
Now, interestingly, interestingly,
24:12.5
parang medyo iba yung inip ng hangin.
24:14.5
I'll, I'll, I'll, let me go to this
24:16.5
first. Bago tayo pumunta sa mga accusations
24:18.5
laban sa kasalukuyan na
24:20.5
administrasyon, tignan muna natin anong yung
24:22.5
posisyon ng ating minamahal na Pangulo.
24:24.5
So, if you look at President
24:26.5
Bong Marcos, while he ran
24:30.5
office, under the
24:32.5
federalist party, interestingly,
24:36.5
nung unang-una, medyo skeptical siya
24:40.5
constitutional change. In fact, ito po yung
24:42.5
sinabi na dito sa article na yan. Philippines
24:44.5
may not be ready for federalism.
24:46.5
Bong Marcos, ito yung article sa Philippine Daily Inquirer
24:48.5
by Gabriel Carriroza
24:50.5
nung September 10,
24:54.5
So, nung time na tumakbong bilang
24:56.5
bisipresidente si
24:58.5
Bong Marcos, you know,
25:00.5
ah, dun pala kung saan
25:02.5
sabi niya. For example, how would you form the
25:04.5
states? If the process is by
25:06.5
administrative region, then we may become
25:08.5
say, an Ilocano state.
25:10.5
But what effect would have that in terms of political
25:12.5
structures? I mean, if somebody had been chosen to head
25:14.5
a state, how will you tell, for instance, Governor
25:16.5
Ali Marcos that she will no longer be the one
25:18.5
to be followed by the head of state? So, parang,
25:20.5
it has become that way because this system has
25:22.5
long been with us. So, nagingin natin,
25:24.5
si BBM may skeptical sa
25:28.5
This is time of digong, when there was a push for
25:30.5
federalism. I think this federated
25:32.5
system is not a bad system. It's a good system.
25:34.5
We need to examine how it, but we have to examine.
25:38.5
so, dito makikita mo na
25:40.5
that the President is expressing a lot of, ah,
25:42.5
you know, misgivings about this,
25:44.5
lang hindi siya andre. And, actually, he's right.
25:46.5
I agree with the President. Na hindi tayo
25:48.5
pwede bara-bara lang. And then
25:50.5
later, and actually in 2022
25:52.5
during elections, ah,
25:54.5
Marcos, again, said something about
25:56.5
federalism, constitutional change,
25:58.5
and so he reiterated the
26:00.5
skepticism that he had in the past.
26:02.5
Ito, ah, January 25,
26:04.5
2022, ito yung article, isa pang
26:06.5
article. So, I'm showing to you guys, step
26:08.5
by step, yung evolution ng position ng ating
26:10.5
minamahal ng Pangulo, diba?
26:12.5
Um, and kaya namumuska
26:14.5
anong nangyari dito, diba? Bakit ganon?
26:16.5
So, actually, this is,
26:18.5
o, pakita ko dito, ah.
26:20.5
O, dun sa mga ka-TikTok
26:22.5
natin, kay YouTuber, don't worry, i-upload din
26:24.5
natin yan para makikita nyo yung analysis.
26:28.5
so, 27 din yan, kita niyo. Skeptical.
26:32.5
ganun na naman, sabi
26:36.5
mahirap daw, maging difficult daw
26:40.5
to federalism. So, again, in principle,
26:42.5
kinda okay, pero sabi niya, ito, ah,
26:44.5
ah, while the federal
26:46.5
system may fit the Philippines,
26:48.5
amending the constitution may be difficult this
26:50.5
time, sabi niya, nung tumatakbo siyang
26:52.5
bilang presidente. Dun sa isang,
26:54.5
ah, interview niya sa DZRH,
26:56.5
ito yung presidential job interview, ang sinabi ni
27:00.5
tignan dapat natin ulit ang mga
27:02.5
proposal tungkol sa federalismo. Ito ay mukhang
27:04.5
babagay para sa atin dito sa Pilipinas.
27:06.5
Ngunit, ngunit, ang
27:08.5
paglipat ng sistema ng gobernance
27:10.5
requires a constitutional amendment. Sa palagay ko,
27:12.5
napakahirap ngayon na buksan
27:14.5
ang saligang batas dahil ang
27:16.5
tao ayaw nila, ang
27:18.5
suspektsya nila, ang mga politiko ay mag-extend
27:20.5
lang o magka-cancel
27:22.5
ng election. O, this is, ito,
27:24.5
si presidente mismo nagsabi, ano,
27:26.5
bakit ako sa inyo exact code.
27:28.5
So, see, the president,
27:30.5
well, back then, presidential
27:34.5
recognized skepticism
27:38.5
ukol dito sa charter change.
27:40.5
Diba? Ito yung sinabi na.
27:42.5
Diba? Kitang-kita na yan. Sa aking palagay,
27:44.5
pag-usapan mo buti kung sakali
27:46.5
man na sumungayan ng taong bayan
27:48.5
na dapat lumimpat tayo sa federalismo at
27:50.5
yan ang ninanayis ng
27:52.5
madla, yun ang ating gagawin. Pero
27:54.5
in the meantime, parang medyo skeptical siya.
27:56.5
But, medyo iba na yung
27:58.5
inip lang kami later on.
28:00.5
Diba? At yun yung sa akin very interesting.
28:02.5
Biglang, next thing you know,
28:06.5
siguro may kinalaman din yan sa...
28:08.5
Actually, before we
28:10.5
go there, tignan niyo rin yung
28:12.5
first state of the nation address ni BBM.
28:14.5
In fact, his first two state of the
28:16.5
nation addresses, he didn't mention
28:18.5
itong issue ng federalismo and constitutional change.
28:20.5
In fact, dun sa first state of the nation
28:22.5
address niya, nagkaroon ng away
28:24.5
yung dalawang malaking
28:26.5
anchors dyan sa SMNI, si
28:28.5
Kibuloy, Pastor Kibuloy,
28:36.5
yung isa dyan, hindi siya natuwa na
28:38.5
hindi minention yung mga
28:42.5
ng Duterte camp, ng mga pro-Duterte.
28:46.5
yung issue ng federalismo. In fact,
28:48.5
si Robin Hood Padilla din,
28:50.5
isa sa mga hindi natuwa na hindi na mention
28:52.5
yung masyadeng federalismo dahil yun
28:54.5
talaga yung kanyang expertise.
28:56.5
Of course, expert naman si Robin Padilla sa
28:58.5
constitutional change. Siya nga yung
29:00.5
Senate Constitutional Amendments
29:06.5
Sigurin natin ng mga vlogs
29:08.5
ni ganitong ganyan, then okay na, expert na tayo.
29:12.5
dito na ito natin, actually, way into
29:14.5
2023, malabo. Malabo
29:16.5
yung position ni BBM dito sa issue
29:18.5
ng constitutional change.
29:20.5
Dahil gets niya. Gets niya yung gets din
29:22.5
natin, diba? But,
29:24.5
biglang iba na yung inip ng hangin
29:28.5
by approaching the third quarter of last
29:32.5
the, you know, yung 8-1 sa unity
29:36.5
uminit-init, diba?
29:38.5
So, here, suddenly, the president
29:40.5
is saying, okay, now we're
29:42.5
taking the first steps
29:46.5
constitutional change, in this case, federalism.
29:48.5
Right? So, may kita natin na by third
29:50.5
quarter of last year, the president's taking
29:52.5
a position openly
29:54.5
in saying that we're already moving towards
29:56.5
devolution and preparation
29:58.5
of the government for
30:00.5
constitutional change. And then,
30:02.5
things really got serious when
30:04.5
yung kanyang pinsan,
30:06.5
right-hand man niya, at
30:08.5
isa sa mga pinaka-influential figures
30:10.5
in the Philippines, top 4, top 5,
30:12.5
si Martin Romualdez said na
30:14.5
ipaprioritize ng house
30:18.5
sa kasalukuyan na taon. Right?
30:20.5
So, ang sinabi nila,
30:22.5
sinabi niya is, I believe
30:24.5
2024 will allow us again to revise
30:26.5
the whole constitution of,
30:28.5
whole issue of the constitution. We'd like to
30:30.5
focus very much on the economic provisions, but
30:32.5
even to get there, we have to look at the procedural
30:34.5
aspects of the amendment of the constitution. So,
30:36.5
one of the things they're looking at is people's initiative.
30:38.5
Because alam nila na medyo
30:40.5
magkakaroon ng pushback
30:42.5
from the Senate, including
30:44.5
independent senators, independent
30:46.5
minded senators, and opposition
30:50.5
well, not Coco Pimentel,
30:52.5
but from Riza Antivarez, among others, then
30:54.5
inisim nila, magpapipol
30:56.5
inisim nila sila. So, this is the
30:58.5
context wherein suddenly you have itong mga buljakan
31:02.5
supposed expose. Now, one
31:04.5
of them is no less than presidential sister
31:08.5
Amy Marcos, who we know, of course, is very close to
31:10.5
President Duterte. Right? I don't know about
31:12.5
the other side, but she's very
31:14.5
supportive and close to President Duterte.
31:16.5
And ayon kay Senator
31:18.5
Amy Marcos, up to
31:20.5
20 million pesos daw was reportedly
31:22.5
allegations to her.
31:24.5
Allegations to her was offered to
31:26.5
each congressional district that could deliver
31:28.5
yung number of signatures to support
31:30.5
the charter change being pushed dyan
31:32.5
sa House of Representatives.
31:34.5
Of course, galit na galit si Amy daw
31:36.5
dito sa alleged offer, noting
31:38.5
yung pera niyan ay dapat sana
31:40.5
binigyan nalang sa DOLE,
31:42.5
ay sorry, sa DOLE, sa
31:44.5
DOH, sa DSWD. Sabi niya,
31:46.5
I even heard that big cities were also promised
31:48.5
to receive 20,000
31:50.5
if they can produce
31:52.5
I think this is 20 million, right?
31:54.5
Kulangang zero dito.
31:56.5
20 million if they can produce 20,000 signatures
31:58.5
by many newly elected barangay captains
32:00.5
were ordered to produce 20,000 signatures
32:02.5
by the weekend so they could receive goodies
32:04.5
from this. Ito. Pakita natin yung exact
32:06.5
quote niya para mabasa niya
32:10.5
Sabi niya, I condemn.
32:16.5
I condemn. Hindi naman daw.
32:18.5
Kinondem daw niya.
32:24.5
Ito yung sinabi ni Amy Marcos.
32:26.5
Just be absolutely clear about what
32:30.5
Kasi nakikita ko yun sa mga ka-DDS natin,
32:32.5
sinishare yan kagabi.
32:34.5
Sabi niya, I condemn the offer because
32:36.5
our Constitution is not for sale. Apparently,
32:38.5
they offer the DSWD assistance
32:40.5
to individuals in crisis situations,
32:42.5
doles tupat, or tulong
32:44.5
paghanap buhay sa ating disadvantaged
32:46.5
displaced workers, at saka yung
32:48.5
DOH Medical Assistance to Indigent Patients
32:52.5
nakakaroon daw ng mga reallocations.
32:54.5
Clearly, somebody's holding the budget. We know the power
32:56.5
of the purse rests with
32:58.5
the Congress. Actually, rests with
33:00.5
in preposition. Maybe those with
33:02.5
access to or control over the funds.
33:04.5
I'm just saying, why do they have to
33:06.5
offer something like this?
33:08.5
Is our Constitution now for sale?
33:10.5
This is shameless? Is there... Well, actually,
33:12.5
you know, I don't know about the allegations.
33:14.5
I haven't seen the evidence
33:16.5
myself, but if this were true, I agree
33:18.5
with Amy Marcos that
33:20.5
dapat hindi for sale yung issue
33:22.5
sa ligang batas. Napaka-sensitive
33:24.5
ito. Napakalaki ang maging
33:26.5
implication na ito para sa ating
33:28.5
bansa, tsaka ating demokrasya.
33:30.5
But interestingly,
33:32.5
just when you thought maybe it's really one camp,
33:34.5
I was also wondering, what will the real opposition say?
33:36.5
You know, yung mga progressive liberals,
33:38.5
ano yung sasabihin nila? So, interestingly,
33:40.5
nakita ko kanina,
33:42.5
one of the opposition
33:44.5
leaders, and I think the
33:46.5
current leader of the Liberal Party,
33:48.5
si Congressman Lagman, also had
33:50.5
an intervention in this regard.
33:52.5
Medyo parang next level pa yung buljakan niya,
33:56.5
expose niya. So, ito, ito, ito.
33:58.5
Ito, ito. Pakinggan natin,
34:34.5
So, ito yung expose
34:36.5
ni Edsel Lagman, diba?
34:48.5
This is the form.
34:50.5
Sa dokumentong ipinakita ni
34:52.5
Albay First District Representative
34:54.5
Edsel Lagman sa CNN Philippines,
34:58.5
pesos ang ibinigay umano
35:00.5
sa isang mayor para
35:02.5
bayaran ng tig-isandaang piso
35:04.5
ang kada constituent na pipirma
35:06.5
sa petisyon para amyendahan
35:10.5
The name of the mayor, the
35:12.5
municipality, then
35:16.5
acknowledge the receipt
35:22.5
initiative. Another
35:30.5
municipality got 175,000.
35:34.5
the mayors in my district
35:36.5
already returned the amount.
35:38.5
Nangyari raw ang bigayan
35:40.5
sa isang meeting ng mga mayor
35:42.5
ng Albay noong January 5.
35:44.5
Bagay na itinanggi ni Mayor Raymond
35:46.5
Adrian Salceda, Presidente ng
35:48.5
Albay Chapter ng League of
35:50.5
Municipalities of the Philippines.
35:52.5
Sa ilalim ng people's initiative,
35:54.5
pwedeng ipetisyon ng taong bayan
35:56.5
na baguhin ang saligang batas
35:58.5
kung may pirma ng 12%
36:00.5
ng registered voters.
36:02.5
Dapat pumirma ang 3%
36:04.5
ng lahat ng botante kada distrito.
36:06.5
Kumalat na rin sa social
36:08.5
media ang petisyong pinapipirmahan
36:10.5
umano sa mga botante para
36:12.5
baguhin ang saligang batas sa
36:14.5
pamamagitan ng joint voting ng Senado
36:16.5
at Kamara. Mariing
36:18.5
inututulan ng mga senador ang
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Mismong kapatid ng Pangulo
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na si Sen. Aimee Marcos,
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may nakalap na impormasyon na
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20 milyong piso raw ang ipinapangakong
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pondo sa mga distrito
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gamit ang ilang social assistance
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programs ng gobyerno.
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Basta't maabot nila ang sapat na pirma.
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kada distrito ang inaalok.
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napakaraming bagong halal
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ng mga barangay kapitan na magproduce
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ng mga lagda na 20 mil
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Para sila mabigyan
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nitong sinasabing
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Napakaliwanag nung offer
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at kinukong din ako
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talaga yung nag-aalok nito
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binibenta ang ating konstitusyon.
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Hindi siya for sale.
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Aimee Marcos, balitang balita ito sa
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Ilocos, Bicol at Central at
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Eastern Visayas. Sa tanong kung
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sino ang nasa likod nito?
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We know that the power of the
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Congress rests with Congress
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so baka yung may access
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talaga at some semblance of
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suasion and control over the funds.
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Duda rin si Lagman
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sa idinagdag ng Bicameral Conference
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Committee na 12 billion pesos
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sa budget ng Commission on Elections
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para sa mga eleksyon,
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referendum at plebisito.
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has sortito funds
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General Appropriations Act is the
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total amount of about
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Para kay Senate Minority Leader
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Coco Pimentel, dapat mag-imbestiga
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DILG, Kongreso at
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maging non-government organizations.
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Kung public funds ang
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ginamit sa panunuhol, dapat daw
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managot ang mga nasa likod nito sa ilalim
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ng Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.
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ang source ng pondo? Hindi na raw
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ito maituturing na legitimate
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people's initiative, kundi pera-pera
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Ito na ang concern ngayon ng mga
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iba't ibang panig
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including si Army Marcos,
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Esa Lagman, Coco Pimentel.
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dyan, may mga kakamping dyan.
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Lahat sila nag-express ng
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concern na baka i-rerailroad
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itong constitutional change
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at ang mangyari dyan is gamitin
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yung mga pondo ng gobyerno to create
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positive enticement. Ito yung allegations.
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Again, we are not confirming it. I'm just saying
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ito yung allegations na galing sa mga iba't
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ibang kampo who actually are
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not necessarily on the same page on almost
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every other issue. So kaya ang sinasabi
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natin mga ka-Method dito is, of course may mga
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sabi ko nga, may mga iba dyan
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natuwan-tuwa doon sa mga hidwan,
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ng UNITEAM, o may mga
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nagpa-comment sa akin doon sa kinakain
39:32.5
ni Digong. O mamaya ko naman yan,
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nagkakasalan na yata naman sila.
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Pulvoric ba yan? Ano yung
39:42.5
Kumakain ng pulvoron?
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Mamaya na natin patulan yung kay Tatay.
39:48.5
May bukas na lang. Separate topic na
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itong pulvoron. Balikan natin itong mga asaran
39:52.5
niyan. And of course, set up tayo isa pang
39:54.5
R&R soon na marami tayong mga catch up
39:56.5
dito. Well, I turned out correct.
39:58.5
Sabi ko nga, si BBM is gonna
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things down dahil time is
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on his side. So he doesn't have
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you know, incentive
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to push the nuclear bottom
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at this point in time.
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But pag-usapan natin pulvoron soon.
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Sige rin yung separate meta.
40:16.5
On that note, thank you very much mga
40:18.5
minamahal natin mga followers
40:20.5
on different platforms. Of course, yung mga
40:24.5
kay YouTubers natin, mga ka-meta
40:26.5
natin. Unfortunately, dito sa
40:28.5
mahina yung signal ko dito sa
40:30.5
space kaya nawala siya bigla.
40:32.5
At of course, dito sa ano rin,
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Yes, lahat yan. Thank you so much
40:38.5
dun sa mga followers natin.
40:40.5
Please continue to support us and
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magbigay ka ng suggestion, etc.
40:44.5
As I said, we were hoping to also transition
40:46.5
into doing something different,
40:48.5
medyo more lifestyle, travel,
40:50.5
plus society and culture. So,
40:52.5
kung may mga technical advice kayo,
40:54.5
mga things, what is the affordable way,
40:56.5
mga gadgets, please also go ahead. Thank you very much.
40:58.5
God bless and talk to you soon.
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Tuloy-tuloy lang itong discussion na ito.
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At least I hope now you have an overall view
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ng evolution of positioning,
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PBM sa issue ng Constitution,
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constitutional change,
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ano yung mga problematic circumstances
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at mga angles ito sa chacha.
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And now, interestingly, both DDS and
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kakamping people, both of them are very critical
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of this move and there's a fear that after
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2025, baka ma-railroad yung constitutional
41:22.5
change and with very troubling
41:24.5
implications. Again,
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we're totally good for,
41:28.5
I'm totally for fixing the problem
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but you never, never fix the problem
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if the problem is the fixer.
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Alright? On that note, thank you very much.
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Magameta. Talk to you soon.
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God bless and have a good evening.
