01:19.8
Ito na. Medyo makasaysayan na araw ito mga kumeto.
01:24.3
Maraming nangyari sa ating bansa at saka yung ating minamahal na presidente na si BBM.
01:31.2
Ayan. May mga big moves for President Marcos Jr.
01:35.7
On one hand, of course, on the diplomatic front, ito na.
01:38.9
Something quite unprecedented happened.
01:41.4
We had a sitting President of the Republic of the Philippines openly greeting itong bagong halal na presidente ng Taiwan.
01:48.9
Of course, alam niyo naman, katulad ng diniscuss natin kahapon, meron tayong One China Policy.
01:54.3
So, hindi natin tinatrato bilang isang fully sovereign nation ng Taiwan.
02:01.7
Hindi natin sinasabi na nasasayal probinsya ito ng China.
02:05.1
Pero pagdating sa China, there's only the People's Republic of China na nare-recognize natin.
02:10.2
Hindi natin nare-recognize ang Republic of China, otherwise known as Taiwan.
02:15.8
So, medyo big factor yan.
02:17.1
At nagpasalamat si Vice President, outgoing Vice President, incoming President Lai, William Lai.
02:24.3
Sa ating presidente.
02:26.8
And he underscored the importance of stronger economic and people-to-people relationship.
02:32.9
At, of course, hindi natuwa yung favorite bansa ni Tatay.
02:39.5
So, eto, nagpa-summon ang China ng ating ambassador sa Beijing.
02:50.2
Ito po yung isa. Of course, kaibigan natin yan.
02:54.3
And used to be my colleague also in UP.
02:57.2
Eto, so, galit na galit ang China ngayon dahil ang Pilipinas ay nag-greet sa newly elected President of Taiwan.
03:05.4
So, in effect, legitimizing the Taiwanese elections which China obviously totally rejects.
03:12.2
Now, bago tayo pumunta doon, pag-usapan naman natin yung nangyari sa loob ng ating bansa.
03:16.8
Kakapon, ang dami natin pinag-usapan nungkos sa Taiwan.
03:19.3
Now, let's talk a little bit about the Philippines.
03:21.3
Dahil ngayon, openly,
03:24.3
there are discussions of potential constitutional crisis.
03:28.7
Because may mga iba dyan sa salob ng Kongreso na medyo nagmamarunong or nagpupush ng kanilang agenda.
03:37.6
Diniscuss natin ito sa ating mga videos before.
03:40.3
Kung saan, of course, yung mga reports na si Etzel Agman, si Amy Marcos,
03:45.6
and, of course, recently nakita din natin report ng TV5 kung saan binuking nila na may mga taga-CTL daw na umikot-ikot dyan.
03:54.3
Pumunta sa kung ano-anong mga barangay at nagdadala ng form at akala ng tao itong form na ito ay para sa ayuda.
04:03.8
Of course, alam natin napaka-taas yung presyo ng mga bilihin, nahihirapan yung mga ating mga kabayan.
04:08.3
They will welcome kayot-anong ayuda ang makakuha nila.
04:11.8
So, itong bigla, malalaman lang nila, itong mga papeles na yan ay walang kinalaman sa ayuda or baka potentially may kinalaman sa ayuda but not directly.
04:22.3
Baka incentive yung idea na ito.
04:23.7
Yung idea na baka magkaroon kayo ng ayuda.
04:25.9
Biglang ang alam nila yan, ayan, scammer ang nangyari.
04:29.2
Biglang pinapastirma sila ng mga forms na nagpapasulong sa isang so-called People's Initiative for Constitutional Change.
04:43.8
So, alam natin na marami sa ating senado ay hindi masyadong sangayon dito.
04:49.7
Ewan ko kay Robin Hood Padilla kasi, interestingly,
04:52.6
biglang tahimik yata si parang Robin Hood, diba?
04:55.7
Ito si Sir Robin Hood, napaka-enthusiastic, charter change, magpa-parliamentary tayo, lahat ng problema natin mawala, magpa-federal tayo, yung mga ganyan-ganyan.
05:07.3
Ikikitaos kayo yung biglang tahimik.
05:09.0
At alam natin, at least yung isa sa mga anak ng dating minamahal na Pangulo, ay medyo lumabas na rin na nag-criticize na itong mga planong ng chacha.
05:17.5
So, that's telling you that something big is afoot, no?
05:20.3
That something big is afoot.
05:21.5
And no less than Aimee Marquez.
05:22.6
Yung presidential sister and senadora ay medyo nagagalit na rin at nagre-reklamo dito sa so-called People's Initiative.
05:31.3
So, finally, it looks like the issue escalated to the President of the Republic of the Philippines.
05:37.1
So, very important yung isang letter dyan, eh.
05:40.3
It's not letter A, it's letter U.
05:43.2
So, President Marquez Jr. box, not backs, chacha.
05:47.8
They mean completely opposite things.
05:49.9
At mukhang hindi natuwa daw.
05:52.6
President Marquez Jr. dito sa mga, hindi naman conspiracy, pero let's say just initiative na i-ram through itong constitutional change na yan,
06:01.5
which raises some big questions about ano yung level ng understanding between the President and the leadership of the Congress,
06:08.8
or you would assume that in our system where meron tayong so-called presidential bandwagoning,
06:15.1
hindi naman sunod-sunuran, pero may konting alignment.
06:17.3
Especially when, kamag-anak mo, pinsan mo yung nasa head of the Congress,
06:22.6
alam mo na naging head of Congress siya, because of the connection to the President, or at least that's the assumption.
06:28.2
But, that's the interesting thing.
06:30.4
The President is now distancing himself dito sa People's Initiative and Charter Change.
06:37.6
Now, that doesn't mean the President is not for any kind of Charter Change.
06:41.7
It's just that he's not necessarily on board with this way of ramming through Charter Change.
06:47.8
So, as a result, medyo nag-ingay-ingay yung ibang senador.
06:50.6
Hindi lang pala tayo.
06:52.6
Nag-ingay-ingay dito.
06:53.7
May mga iba dyan din nag-ingay-ingay.
06:56.6
Na hindi lang, may Marcus ang pangalan, hindi lang Edsel Lagman ang pangalan.
07:00.1
In fairness, okay, sir, Edsel Lagman.
07:01.5
Biglang, ito na yung breakout moment niya.
07:03.8
In many ways, I think more and more people are beginning to appreciate what he brings to the table as the leader of the Liberal Party.
07:09.3
Again, mahabang usapan niya.
07:11.4
Kumusta naman ang Liberal Party?
07:12.7
I don't want to get into that.
07:14.2
Okay? Marami na tayong sinabi.
07:16.4
Waka may magalit na naman sa atin.
07:17.6
But, in fairness, I think he's doing a pretty decent job of highlighting this issue.
07:21.4
But now, you have also Sen.
07:22.6
That works people close to the President.
07:24.5
Taking this issue to the President and saying,
07:30.5
Dapat may gagawin tayo dito.
07:31.8
So, panorin natin itong video na itong mga kamets.
07:34.5
Kung saan talaga nagreklamo itong minamahal natin na Presidente ng ating Senado naman.
07:42.5
Marami tayong Presidente sa pansan to eh.
07:45.1
Lahat na lang may Presidente.
07:46.3
Ba't yung barangay?
07:47.3
Baka may ano dyan.
07:48.6
O, ito, ito, ito, ito, ito, ito, ito, ha?
07:51.2
Panorin natin itong mga kamets.
07:52.6
Mahalagang bagay ito.
07:54.4
Mahalagang bagay ito.
07:55.4
Pansin nyo, pag-local na mga issues, mas prefer ko talaga mag-Tagalog na lang tayo.
07:59.1
Kasi parang, ewan ko, parang gano'n na lang sa pangkali na lang minsan pag mga local politics natin.
08:06.5
Mami na tayo mag-English, talk about G-Politics, mga gano'n.
08:10.4
Dito muna tayo sa local, ha?
08:11.5
Local news lang muna tayo.
08:13.4
Ito, ito, ito, ito, ito, ito.
08:15.2
Ibang klase talaga itong minamahal natin bansa.
08:18.6
Kasi baka magkakaroon na constitutional crisis.
08:22.6
Pag-Barda ng Senado at Kongreso dito sa issue ng Charter Change.
08:28.2
Nako, akit na yan all the way sa Supreme Court na yan.
08:31.1
So, importante yung ano yung say ng Presidente din dito bilang representative na executive branch of the government.
08:37.4
Although, of course, alam natin sa Pilipinas, the executive branch ay talagang true king among the three.
08:42.8
Primus inter pares.
08:43.9
Although, in terms of our constitutional principles, dapat separation of powers kasi American system.
08:50.5
Pag-usapan natin ito, ha?
08:52.0
Wait, nasan ang punta ito?
08:54.4
Wait, okay, mali ata na na-press ko dito.
08:58.4
Panorin natin itong reklamo ng ating minamahal na si Sir, ano, ito, ito.
09:07.9
This is to avert a constitutional crisis between the House of Representatives and the Senate.
09:15.2
And to make it clear that there are no other...
09:22.0
Planned provisions or amendments on any other thing but purely economic in nature.
09:28.9
Atatlo lang yung topic dito.
09:30.9
And napakasimple, napakalinaw.
09:35.4
So, ito po ay gagawin natin para sa ganun we preserve the bicameralism of both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
09:44.5
Reserve the bicameralism, ibig sa may hindi magbabardagulan yung dalawa.
09:48.2
So, Senate President Mick Zubiri.
09:52.0
Siya ng resolution or bicameral resolution number 5.
09:56.3
Quote, proposing amendments to economic provision of the 1987 Constitution in order to avert a constitutional crisis.
10:03.7
Kung saan yung isa na mas maraming laman ay i-ram through nila under a supposed situation.
10:11.6
I mean, ganito kasi.
10:13.0
Kung you merge the two, no match ang Senado.
10:18.7
Kasi ilan lang ba sila, diba?
10:22.0
Hundreds yung kabila.
10:23.2
Of course, ang position ng Senado is that dapat separate ang voting and then three-fourths majority if ever we're going to push towards charter change.
10:30.1
Pero may mga ba dyan na sinasabi, ay, people's initiative natin.
10:32.7
Which, of course, itself is also very technically, legally questionable.
10:37.1
Pwede rin niya ma-Supreme Court din separately yung merits ng people's initiative.
10:42.1
You know, both in terms of the nature of the people's initiative being conducted, the way it's conducted,
10:47.0
but also in terms of its fundamental jurisdictional, sorry, jurisprudential.
10:53.9
So, ang sinasabi ni Mig Zubiri dito is,
10:57.6
kung iba dyan, ang argument lang nila,
10:59.9
oh, ito, kailangan natin mag-cha-cha dahil may problema tayo dun sa investments, blah, blah, blah.
11:05.9
At yung kanilang henyong argument is pinalitan mo lang yung batas.
11:09.0
Magically, biglang maganda ng bansa.
11:10.6
Lahat ng mga investors ay pupunta.
11:12.6
Obviously, itong mga ito ay mga medyo pitsugi na tao.
11:15.3
Kasi kung nakausap nila, no offense, ah.
11:16.9
Pero kung nakausap mo, yung top industrialist and manufacturing company, sorry lang, ah.
11:22.0
So, minsan, in-advise lang natin mga biggest hedge funds dyan at yung mga biggest conglomerates and companies.
11:27.3
Ang sasabihin nila sa'yo, isa sa pinakamalaking problema na sila sa Pilipinas, utility costs.
11:32.9
Napakamahal ang electricity, napakamahal ang basic infrastructure, water, etc.
11:37.5
And regulatory uncertainty.
11:39.3
Now, hindi ko alam kung sinong henyong nag-isip na tinanggalan mo lang yung restrictions sa investments,
11:43.5
automatically everything will be fine.
11:44.7
In fact, I'll tell you this.
11:46.4
The reason why I find the Zubiri intervention interesting is because actually, not long ago,
11:51.7
ang conglomerates,
11:52.0
ang position ni Zubiri was this.
11:54.9
Pag-usapan natin yan, before we go to the BBM.
11:58.1
Para lang ma-appreciate niyo yung konteksto ng pinag-usapan natin dito.
12:05.0
Not long ago, actually, ang position ni Zubiri is,
12:08.2
okay naman tayo, eh.
12:09.2
Kasi, meron naman tayong mga bagong batas
12:19.3
nag-lift na po tayo ng restrictions in investments.
12:22.0
in certain sectors
12:29.6
sa ilalim na ating saligang bata.
12:31.7
So, actually, what the previous Senate and Congress did
12:34.2
was to pass three different legislations
12:38.2
to make foreign investment actually easier in the Philippines
12:41.3
and open up some of the sectors of the economy
12:44.4
in yung so-called public utility sectors, among others,
12:49.8
para mas madali mag-invest yung foreigners.
12:53.6
I'm trying to just to find the exact article para mabasa natin.
12:59.9
Ay, eto, eto, eto.
13:00.9
So, actually, earlier, eto yung position ni Zubiri.
13:03.9
Sabi niya ni Zubiri, um, last year,
13:08.5
eto naman, may Republic Act No. 11659 tayo,
13:12.1
which amended Commonwealth Act No. 146 or the Public Service Act, PSA.
13:17.0
This was signed, but it's not being fully implemented up to now,
13:20.1
ayon kay Zubiri, because, why?
13:21.7
The Implementing Rules and Regulations have not been released.
13:24.8
Hindi pa nilalabas yung Implementing Rules and Regulations,
13:27.2
IR in etong batas.
13:28.9
Hindi ko po alam bakit.
13:30.8
Are they delaying for some underlying reasons?
13:33.6
Why don't they let IR go and let it out
13:35.7
so that more direct foreign investments can come to the country?
13:38.1
Obviously, they're still in quandary about
13:39.6
what the Implementing Rules and Regulations are.
13:41.8
So, in short, mga kamay, eto, just to give you an overview.
13:45.0
When you pass new laws,
13:46.7
it's one thing to pass a law
13:48.3
because it's an expression of certain principle,
13:50.7
fundamental to your constitution,
13:51.7
pero paano mo siya i-implement
13:54.0
na pasok dun sa existing implementing rules mo
13:59.1
at pasok dun sa modalities ng bureaucracy mo,
14:02.6
kailangan mo na i-implementing rules and regulations yan.
14:04.4
So, komplikado yan, eh. Komplikado yan.
14:06.5
So, ang argument niya actually last year was,
14:09.2
hindi naman kailangan ng bagong charter change
14:12.3
or hindi naman kailangan ng charter change
14:14.1
dahil actually may mga pinasa na tayo ng mga bagong batas
14:17.1
kung saan binababa natin yung restrictions
14:21.7
Lift na natin ang mga restrictions
14:24.7
sa foreign direct investments, no?
14:28.3
So, actually, we had a...
14:30.7
Actually, ako na, actually.
14:32.2
Hate night ko yung mga ganyan feelers.
14:34.1
Hindi kasi hinanap ko yung...
14:36.1
Hinanap ko yung specific laws.
14:38.0
Meron tayong vlog about that.
14:39.1
Pwede ko na lang yung forward sa inyo.
14:40.2
Please check it out on yourself.
14:42.7
Marami tayong binag-usapan.
14:44.4
I went provision by provision.
14:45.8
I went law by law and the implications.
14:47.6
So, in short, actually...
14:49.3
In short, hindi kailangan to.
14:51.7
Dahil meron na mga bagong batas
14:54.2
na pinasa ng dating senado.
14:57.1
Meaning, just in 2021, 2022.
15:01.4
Ang problema, hindi pa siya na-implement.
15:03.0
So, paano natin masabi na kailangan mo ng bago?
15:06.7
Meron kang driver.
15:08.0
Ang problema, sabihin ng driver,
15:09.3
pakit tong kotse neto?
15:10.3
Bigyan mo naman ng bagong kotse para mas mabilis tayo.
15:12.3
Tapos, binigyan mo ng bagong kotse.
15:14.2
Hindi pa ginamit yung bagong kotse
15:15.4
kasi wala pa siyang lisensya or whatever.
15:17.5
And then, sasabihin mo,
15:18.3
ay, hindi pwede yan.
15:19.2
Bibili tayo ng isa pang...
15:20.5
Hindi lang bagong kotse.
15:21.7
Bibili tayo ng isang bagong garahe,
15:23.6
Eh, hindi mo pa nga na-try
15:24.9
yung bagong kotse na binili mo eh.
15:26.9
Para makita natin
15:27.9
kung ito ay swak doon sa mga pangailangan natin
15:31.6
pagdating sa investment needs.
15:33.9
So, medyo suspicious yan.
15:35.2
I mean, si Zubiri mismo nagsasabi yan.
15:38.6
So, this law actually
15:42.1
was supposed to allow
15:43.1
foreign ownership of businesses
15:44.6
in select industries
15:46.3
katulad ng telecommunications,
15:51.7
Although, may restriction naman pa rin
15:53.0
sa total foreign equity
15:55.7
public utility vehicles,
15:57.2
water, electricity,
15:58.2
petroleum pipelines,
16:01.1
Because ito po yung
16:02.0
commanding heights of our economy.
16:04.8
pag binuksan mo kompleto
16:06.9
itong mga critical sectors
16:11.4
And nasabihin natin
16:12.6
baka galing sa China,
16:14.6
Eh, nag-udok na lang sa atin,
16:16.5
Sa gitna ng mga hidwaan natin,
16:19.2
you want to keep away
16:20.0
certain critical infrastructure,
16:24.2
may mga restrictions sila
16:26.2
in terms of critical
16:27.3
infrastructure investment.
16:28.5
Vietnam, for instance,
16:29.9
nagde-develop sila
16:31.7
5G network, et cetera,
16:33.2
para hindi sila kumuha
16:34.0
ng investments from Huawei
16:39.2
medyo balance itong
16:40.0
approach na ito, eh.
16:40.9
So, kung ang problema mo
16:41.8
lang talaga dito is
16:42.9
restrictions sa foreign investment,
16:44.9
ang sinisabi ni Zubiri,
16:46.0
eh yan meron naman tayong patas,
16:47.3
implement lang natin
16:48.8
Hindi ko alam bakit walang
16:49.6
implementation na mabuti.
16:52.0
mukhang na-sense ni Zubiri
16:53.9
na next level na talaga
16:57.7
yung mga gusto mag-railroad
17:00.7
ng itong so-called
17:01.7
people's initiative.
17:03.6
para wala na kayong excuse,
17:05.8
para tapos ng dramang itong
17:08.4
kung ganyan talaga
17:12.2
Palitan na natin yung
17:13.3
provisions na ating
17:16.1
Mag-amendment na tayo
17:17.1
totally, alright.
17:17.8
So, three senators
17:23.2
that only focuses
17:24.1
on the economic provisions.
17:28.9
mukhang nakipag-usap siya
17:32.7
and some of the other
17:33.6
concerned senators
17:34.4
na malapit sa kanya,
17:37.9
katulad ni Zubiri.
17:40.2
President Marcos,
17:42.5
itong people's initiative,
17:47.8
pag yung president
17:49.0
non-confrontational,
17:51.9
the moment na narealize niya,
17:55.2
at napakontroversyal ito,
17:57.6
gumani yung ingay niya.
17:59.5
it's too divisive
18:00.1
and has urged the Senate
18:01.9
in amending the charter
18:05.1
economic provisions.
18:11.1
So, hindi na kailangan
18:11.9
palitan mo yung buong garay,
18:16.0
ayusin mo na yung kotse
18:18.0
things might work.
18:21.8
after yung meeting
18:23.2
niya with Marcos,
18:34.2
of the Constitution
18:35.2
of the Philippines.
18:42.2
to specific provisions
18:43.0
that will open up
18:45.1
the education sector,
18:47.0
industry to foreign
18:53.3
na pinasan nila noon
18:54.1
na wala pala yung IRR.
18:56.0
okay, next level,
18:56.7
itanggalin na na natin
18:57.5
or amend na lang natin
18:58.4
yung parte ng Constitution na yan.
19:03.0
Senators Loren Legarda
19:05.4
also supported him
19:07.8
Sonny Angara is important
19:08.8
because he's generally
19:11.6
in charge of the finance
19:15.4
So, ayon kay Zubiri,
19:17.3
a constitutional crisis
19:18.5
between the House
19:19.1
of Representatives
19:20.2
And to make it clear
19:22.1
that there are no other
19:23.0
planned provisions
19:24.3
on any other thing
19:25.5
but purely economic
19:28.7
isi-shut down na nila
19:29.5
yung excuse nung kabila
19:30.6
to ram anything through that.
19:32.1
So, this is very,
19:32.9
very, very important.
19:35.0
So, mukhang nagkaroon
19:36.0
ng medyo mainit-init
19:38.5
sa pagitan ng mga
19:40.2
yung mga dalawang
19:41.9
lehistatura natin.
19:42.9
So, the Senate Chief
19:43.6
said his colorful
19:45.0
and vigorous discussion
19:46.1
with Martin Ramaldes,
19:47.5
the Speaker of the House,
19:48.5
became quite heated.
19:50.0
medyo nagkasagutan.
19:52.8
nagbigay ng details
19:53.7
pero hintayin natin
19:54.6
yung mga marites diyan.
19:55.7
Speaking of which,
19:57.6
are and are tomorrow.
19:59.1
Yung marites natin
20:00.8
marites siya sa akin.
20:02.3
They met on January 11.
20:03.9
So, yung isang araw lang.
20:05.5
with Special Assistant
20:06.2
of the Presidency,
20:07.8
and Senior Deputy Majority Leader,
20:12.5
Yung favoritan natin,
20:15.4
So, I would like to thank
20:17.4
that the People's Initiative,
20:24.4
and even mentioned
20:26.2
from the media networks
20:27.8
the night before.
20:31.7
nanot pa sa atin eh
20:33.5
sa mga gulo natin,
20:35.6
sa mga pampapagulo natin
20:40.6
I thank the President
20:42.0
I used to be a Senator
20:42.7
and as a former Senator,
20:43.5
I'll not allow anyone
20:45.2
or diminish the power
20:46.7
Ito daw ang sinabi
20:47.8
ng ating minamahal
20:50.0
The President told me
20:53.5
Zubiri is saying,
20:54.3
why doesn't the Senate
20:55.9
in the discussion
20:56.5
of the economic provisions
20:57.3
and then you approve
20:58.7
which the House can adopt
21:00.2
so makoordinate kayo,
21:01.5
yun ang sinasabi ni BBM.
21:03.0
So that was the position
21:04.5
so that we will not put
21:05.3
any more amendments
21:06.3
that we think will make
21:07.7
so that it was quite clear
21:11.6
So mukhang gumahan
21:12.4
ng medyo ingay natin
21:14.4
Yan ang gusto natin
21:15.5
sa Presidente natin.
21:20.0
I hope the people
21:28.0
meaning the people's initiative
21:29.0
is moot and academic
21:30.9
economic provisions.
21:35.9
getting ahead of ourself
21:39.2
people's initiative.
21:41.1
the end of the story
21:42.0
na magpahinga tayo,
21:42.9
magrelax na tayo,
21:43.6
everything's done?
21:44.7
But it looks like
21:45.7
yung mga ayaw dito
21:48.2
may konting victory ngayon.
21:50.1
At least my tactical victory
21:51.7
I won't be surprised
21:52.5
this issue of charter change
21:53.4
will come back again
21:54.3
and there'll be other ways,
22:01.1
pag-iingay ng mga iba
22:02.3
including yung mga ibang
22:04.2
Bigla yung Presidente
22:05.1
natin ay nag-intervene.
22:06.6
malaking bagay yan
22:08.1
Malaking bagay yan.
22:09.5
just to give you an idea,
22:11.1
Zubiri hopes to see
22:14.3
or before the next
22:15.0
congressional recess
22:18.0
essentially five weeks
22:19.5
The Senate President
22:22.7
or 18 affirmative votes
22:25.1
both in the subcommittee
22:26.3
and plenary levels.
22:33.4
Diba yung mga ganyan-ganyan
22:36.2
Yung mga ganyan-ganyan.
22:37.2
The Senate President
22:41.5
to institutional reforms
22:43.1
Public Service Act
22:51.7
rules and regulations
22:53.1
pinasan nila already.
22:54.4
they see this as a
22:55.5
logical next step
22:57.2
dun sa ginawa nila
23:04.5
for constitutional
23:06.7
Our children deserve
23:08.0
to best educational
23:11.6
the best training
23:13.0
globally competitive
23:15.8
industry currently
23:17.5
and they're raising
23:18.4
the logical sound
23:19.9
direct investment.
23:21.0
sinasabi na yung mga
23:22.3
hindi naman dapat
23:22.8
issue yung malaking
23:24.5
eto yung importante.
23:36.8
sour-graping over
23:37.9
What's going on here?
23:39.4
eto yung response
23:42.9
the Speaker of the
23:45.7
unwavering support
23:47.1
initially to file
23:52.4
ayon kay Martin Romaldes
23:54.0
of constituent assembly
23:55.2
is a decisive step
23:57.4
the 1987 Constitution,
23:59.9
particularly in terms
24:01.0
economic provisions
24:01.7
that currently restrict
24:03.4
foreign direct investments
24:04.4
into the Philippines.
24:06.7
just to give a recap,
24:08.2
when we talk about
24:08.8
constitutional assembly
24:12.4
it kind of sounds wrong,
24:14.4
constitutional convention
24:15.9
a constitutional assembly,
24:18.1
constituent assembly.
24:19.1
Under a constituent
24:22.3
one of the three modes
24:32.7
it's more reliant
24:34.6
on an understanding
24:39.0
people's initiative
24:39.8
or constitutional
24:43.1
what they're saying,
24:44.1
ayon kay Romaldes,
24:48.2
with all stakeholders,
24:50.2
constitutional endeavor.
24:53.2
the synergy between
24:53.9
the Senate and House
24:54.7
in passing this resolution
24:55.7
will send a strong signal
25:00.3
of the proponents
25:01.4
people's initiative
25:03.2
constitutional reform.
25:05.1
Romaldes is saying,
25:06.7
yung mga people's
25:10.1
people's initiative
25:12.9
constituent assembly,
25:19.7
and we can push it
25:25.0
This is interesting.
25:27.3
that I necessarily
25:37.6
at least for now,
25:40.7
at least until March.
25:42.2
But as I always said,
25:45.7
to update you guys
25:48.9
ingay ng ibang tao
25:57.9
ng medyo mambo-jombo.
26:07.2
thank you very much
26:09.7
diplomatic front.
26:12.9
in fairness naman.
26:14.8
if you look at it,
26:15.5
President Marco Jr.
26:16.6
did something quite big.
26:19.2
over the past 24 hours.
26:22.0
we welcome the President's,
26:24.2
decision to kind of
26:25.2
put the brakes on
26:29.3
People's Initiative,
26:31.0
But I think we should
26:31.8
even more welcome
26:33.7
bold strategic move
26:35.4
to formally congratulate
26:41.9
democratically elected
26:43.6
Republic of China,
26:51.1
ayon kay President
27:01.8
to close collaboration,
27:06.8
prosperity for our
27:08.7
Medyo may pakayunitim
27:11.0
Medyo may pakamiss
27:13.8
important yan kasi nga,
27:15.6
explain natin shortly.
27:16.7
Now, let's go about
27:19.5
which is also the response
27:20.6
of Vice President,
27:22.8
outgoing Vice President
27:25.9
well, now President-elect
27:30.9
President Bongo Marcos Jr.
27:32.5
for your congratulations.
27:35.3
the enduring friendship
27:37.5
and the Philippines
27:38.3
and I look forward
27:39.3
to enhancing our economic
27:40.4
and people-to-people ties
27:41.5
while championing democracy,
27:43.2
peace and prosperity
27:44.6
So, there are two
27:45.8
to keep in mind here.
27:47.2
Two important things
27:47.9
to keep in mind here.
27:59.2
people-to-people.
28:00.5
So, he didn't talk about
28:01.4
anything geopolitical
28:04.0
He didn't say something like
28:04.9
defense of democracies,
28:07.5
like holding back,
28:08.8
forces of tyranny.
28:14.1
calibrated response
28:15.2
from the leader of Taiwan.
28:17.5
On the second level,
28:19.7
he still mentioned
28:20.5
that this is about
28:21.2
championing democracy
28:22.6
and peace and prosperity
28:25.2
and rules-based order
28:28.3
that Philippines and Taiwan
28:29.5
should be part of
28:30.9
community of democracies
28:32.8
and some would say
28:34.9
great wall of democracy
28:37.3
O, parang magandang idea yan.
28:38.4
A great wall of democracy.
28:40.7
Gamitin natin yan.
28:42.0
Okay, dun sa mga...
28:44.3
The great wall of democracy.
28:53.1
Yeah, this will be
28:53.9
the great wall of democracy.
28:56.2
Uy, gamitin ko yan.
28:57.0
Itag-tweet kayo mga maya.
29:03.9
pwede ko i-rotate
29:05.3
that goes all the way up,
29:06.5
all the way side.
29:07.2
Pupunta siyang Indonesia.
29:08.6
So, it goes like that.
29:18.3
pwede siya bumaba sa Australia,
29:19.7
akyat sa Indonesia,
29:20.9
pumunta sa India.
29:21.8
So, you'll have something like this.
29:23.9
Parang horseshoe.
29:24.8
You'll have a horseshoe
29:27.9
Parang nine-dash line din yan.
29:31.9
So, that's quite interesting.
29:33.6
That is something
29:34.3
quite interesting
29:35.7
that we have to keep in mind.
29:38.0
Nako-comment ako sa Thailand
29:39.3
kasi neither democracy talaga
29:41.4
nor a real U.S. street talent.
29:43.2
So, let's just skip it.
29:44.4
At saka, gugulo yung map.
29:45.8
Pagkagaganyan yan.
29:48.0
Hindi democracy ang Vietnam.
29:49.9
Alam kong algalit sila sa champion.
29:51.3
Hindi sila democracy.
29:53.1
tatong democracy ang...
29:55.8
pwede ko isama Malaysia dyan.
29:57.7
Medyo mas democratic sila ngayon.
29:59.1
Pero hindi Singapore.
30:03.9
Pahamak tayo dito.
30:13.2
Because never nangyari yan
30:14.7
na we have a sitting president
30:15.8
of the Philippines openly,
30:17.9
congratulating, etc.
30:21.6
affirming the legitimacy
30:23.3
of the Taiwanese electoral process.
30:25.6
Because the position of China
30:26.9
is absolutely clear.
30:28.7
Taiwan is a renegade province.
30:30.4
Their democratic election
30:32.0
not even a municipal elections.
30:34.2
It has no legitimacy whatsoever.
30:36.3
At the end of the day,
30:37.3
the sovereignty of the greater China,
30:44.6
it falls with Beijing.
30:47.8
in Beijing right now,
30:48.6
is controlled by the Communist Party of China.
30:50.9
the sovereignty over the Chinese nation
30:55.1
belongs to the Communist Party.
30:56.5
Yun ang position nila.
30:58.6
President Marcos Jr.,
30:59.3
by making this statement,
31:00.5
is essentially rejecting that.
31:03.2
But, at the same time,
31:04.8
wala naman sinabi si BBM masyado.
31:07.1
we look forward to close collaboration.
31:09.2
but that's very generic.
31:10.2
Strengthening mutual interests,
31:11.5
fostering peace and ensuring...
31:12.4
So, it's very vague.
31:13.2
It's very generic.
31:15.4
if you look at response of President Lai,
31:17.1
it's also, you know,
31:18.4
Sabi niya, you know,
31:19.3
economic, people to people,
31:21.1
nothing more than that.
31:22.1
Not intelligence sharing,
31:24.3
so on and so forth.
31:24.8
Obviously, hindi mo iti-tweet yan
31:26.0
kung talagang nangyayari yan
31:27.1
or mangyayari yan.
31:28.7
in terms of statement,
31:30.2
hindi siya masyado aggressive
31:32.2
while championing democracy.
31:34.0
That's the part that,
31:35.7
kaya nga minensyon ko itong
31:36.8
Great Wall of Democracy in Asia.
31:39.4
The Great Wall of Democracy in Asia.
31:40.7
I mentioned that.
31:44.3
let's look at the response of China.
31:46.8
Of course, hindi na natuwang China.
31:48.6
And accordingly, actually,
31:49.6
China summoned our ambassador
32:04.3
anong drama ng China?
32:07.5
Drama, drama, drama.
32:12.2
pag-usapan natin.
32:16.9
China summoned the ambassador
32:18.8
from the Philippines
32:19.7
and warned the country
32:21.0
not to play with fire.
32:26.6
After President Marcos Jr.
32:29.0
President Lai Ching-te.
32:30.7
Grabe naman yung mga memes dyan.
32:32.6
SD card president versus,
32:34.6
Huwag naman kaya ganyan.
32:35.6
Huwag naman kaya mag-meme.
32:36.5
Kaya presidente natin yan.
32:41.2
the one China principle.
32:42.6
Iyan ang sinasabi.
32:44.0
Went against political commitments
32:45.9
and interfered in China's
32:47.1
internal affairs.
32:47.8
So, again, sabi ko,
32:48.9
the one China principle
32:50.8
ultimate sovereignty
32:53.9
all of that falls
32:55.7
the regime in charge.
33:00.2
hindi sila natuwa
33:01.6
they have called upon
33:03.0
the Philippine ambassador
33:06.5
papagalitan lang nila.
33:08.0
Ganyan-ganyan din.
33:08.7
O, padalawin nila.
33:10.2
Ganyan lang nila.
33:12.1
ginagawa rin natin yan
33:15.8
Paggalit tayo sa kanila.
33:17.0
May pagbubuli silang ginawa.
33:19.8
medyo timic na eh.
33:21.5
Medyo timic na yung
33:23.0
ambasador ng China
33:24.8
dahil pinagalitan din natin
33:26.4
na maraming beses
33:27.2
at medyo nagkalat-kalat na rin siya
33:29.0
throughout the years.
33:31.4
let me get back to this.
33:35.7
what are we gonna
33:36.9
look forward to here?
33:41.0
kakapon medyo nagkaroon tayo
33:43.2
sa technicalities
33:45.2
let me explain to you
33:47.9
should be the way forward.
33:49.2
I'm working on a couple
33:52.5
Pwede nyo also check
33:53.3
yourself later on.
33:59.9
I am for the Philippines
34:01.2
to get more out of
34:08.0
itong relationship natin.
34:09.4
I had a chance to meet
34:10.3
both President Ma and Ju
34:12.3
when he was the president.
34:13.2
Also, President Tsai Ing-wen,
34:14.3
the outgoing president.
34:18.2
yung mga Taiwanese,
34:19.1
ang sasabihin nila,
34:19.7
napaka-underdeveloped,
34:21.4
yung level of communication
34:22.9
between Philippines and Taiwan
34:23.9
considering how close
34:24.9
the two countries are
34:26.7
and also in terms of
34:27.6
our democratic system
34:28.6
at least compared to other.
34:30.1
we have more in common
34:31.5
than many ASEAN countries
34:32.6
in terms of political values,
34:36.7
mention here is that
34:38.1
ang tingin sinabi ko kakapon,
34:41.4
if you look at Taiwan,
34:43.0
center of the universe
34:45.0
production of the most
34:45.8
important technology
34:47.9
which is semiconductors.
34:52.3
it's a trillion dollar
34:53.4
industry we're talking about
34:55.0
semiconductor industry
34:56.9
So, para sa akin,
34:57.7
medyo nasasayangan ako
34:58.9
because ang Pilipinas
35:02.9
we can be part of
35:03.8
the production network
35:04.8
of semiconductors.
35:07.4
we cannot do the most
35:10.8
but we can be involved
35:13.0
and also in terms of
35:16.4
which, by the way,
35:19.7
are competing for.
35:21.6
So, we should have
35:34.4
push for investments.
35:36.1
getting investments
35:37.9
one-China policy.
35:39.5
in the one-China policy
35:40.9
hindi pwede mag-invest
35:41.8
ng Taiwan sa bansan.
35:44.0
pinakamalaki investors
35:47.9
investors din sa Thailand
35:50.2
also in Indonesia
35:54.7
more Taiwanese investments
35:56.1
in the Philippines,
35:57.3
particular dun sa mga
35:58.6
pinaka-high level
36:02.1
product productions
36:03.2
like semiconductors.
36:05.4
realistic din tayo
36:07.7
best of the best,
36:09.3
kind of part of the process,
36:11.3
then the Philippines
36:12.0
will also be more
36:17.5
ng mga Western countries
36:18.7
na protektaan ng Taiwan
36:20.2
is because they cannot
36:21.0
lose Taiwan to China.
36:22.9
And they cannot lose
36:24.3
because any war in Taiwan
36:26.4
of the global supply chain
36:29.1
yung panahon ng pandemic,
36:30.6
maraming mga kotse
36:33.9
mong pumili ng kotse
36:37.9
and semiconductors nila
36:39.0
may mga bottlenecks
36:42.5
delivery and supply chains.
36:44.5
konting delay lang dito,
36:46.2
biglang isang milyong kotse
36:47.6
ang hindi pwede deliver.
36:50.0
ganyan ka-importante
36:52.1
30% of total chips,
36:54.6
of all high-end chips
36:57.2
your most advanced drones,
36:58.5
military facilities,
36:60.0
military equipment,
37:02.5
your high-tech laptops
37:03.6
and high-tech cars,
37:04.8
so on and so forth.
37:07.3
more aggressively pushing
37:08.5
for semiconductor
37:09.1
cooperation with Taiwan
37:10.4
and we should have
37:13.1
let's say Vietnam,
37:14.3
Thailand and Malaysia
37:15.0
who've been juicing
37:15.6
their relationship with Taiwan
37:16.6
for far too long.
37:17.5
Yun ang problema sa atin eh.
37:19.3
Marami tayong mga
37:20.3
geopolitical and values
37:23.8
medyo huling-huli tayo
37:28.2
to invest more in ASEAN
37:29.5
so that hindi rin sila
37:30.7
ganong kadependent sa China.
37:32.0
Kasi yung isang problema
37:33.3
marami sa kanilang companies
37:39.7
So, parating mga henyo dyan
37:40.6
nagsamang yung mga
37:41.8
kung ayaw mo si China
37:43.0
huwag kang bumili ng Apple
37:44.4
when it comes to Apple
37:45.6
the design is American
37:47.9
The engineer is American
37:49.6
the company that actually
37:51.5
oversees its production
37:52.8
in China is Taiwanese
37:54.4
So, kung ayaw mo rin sa
37:56.5
dapat ayaw mo rin sa America
37:57.9
ayaw mo rin sa Taiwan
37:58.8
kung gusto mo ng China
38:00.4
hindi wag ka na manood
38:01.7
yung mga ridiculous
38:03.0
na argument na ganoon
38:03.7
I'm just showing how
38:04.8
ridiculous those arguments are
38:07.2
there's so much to do here
38:13.5
what should be the
38:14.3
Philippine strategy
38:15.1
how should we approach it
38:16.3
what should we do
38:20.6
communication standards
38:22.9
and talk to the Taiwanese
38:24.2
and encourage them
38:26.4
to find a reasonable
38:27.7
relationship with China
38:29.7
because katulad ng sinabi ko
38:34.9
they don't go to war
38:35.9
magyayabang ang China
38:37.6
magta-threaten-threaten sila
38:39.2
gagawa sila ng military drill
38:41.4
magsasanksyon-sanksyon sila
38:42.9
but even China alam nila
38:44.1
magiging Putin 2.0 sila
38:46.5
pag sumugod sila sa Taiwan ngayon
38:48.5
mas durog ang mangyayari sa kanila
38:51.2
kumpara dun sa nangyayari sa Russia
38:52.9
when they invaded Ukraine
38:54.0
yung mga first few months and all
38:56.3
but at the same time
38:59.5
dapat mag-effort ng konti
39:03.1
hindi mo ma-reassure yung China
39:14.4
if Taiwan and China
39:15.9
can kinda keep things
39:19.9
medyo just below the threshold
39:21.5
of full confrontation
39:22.5
then hindi tayo masastress
39:28.4
nabibigyan natin sila ng mga
39:30.7
malapit sa Taiwan
39:31.6
because to be honest
39:32.7
I see the value in that
39:34.2
but dapat hinahinay lang tayo dyan
39:37.6
unayin natin dito
39:38.6
yung sarili natin
39:39.3
national interest
39:42.2
at yung mga bases
39:42.9
na malapit sa Taiwan
39:44.7
maging leverage point yan
39:45.9
pagkausap natin ng China
39:47.4
sabihin natin sa China
39:50.1
yung pagbubuli nyo sa atin
39:51.2
sa West Philippine Sea
39:54.1
kung i-disrupt nyo
39:55.7
yung ating fortification plants
39:57.6
dyan sa Yung Insyol
39:58.4
at saka yung mga plano natin
40:00.0
yung mga facilities
40:07.2
lagot kayo sa amin
40:08.3
kasi bibigyan namin
40:10.0
ng mga malalaking bases
40:11.6
and we'll do more
40:12.8
intelligence sharing
40:13.7
and security cooperation
40:16.1
so we have that option
40:17.1
we have that option
40:20.9
meron tayong interest
40:22.6
doon talaga meron tayong interest
40:24.4
this is a very important thing
40:27.6
yun naman yung mga
40:31.9
huwag natin pag-usapan
40:35.7
seryosong bagay yan
40:36.6
if you wanna learn
40:37.8
something real here
40:38.7
from a real expert
40:40.3
a real publication
40:41.0
who actually went to
40:42.8
has taught in real university
40:46.6
pag-usapan yung mga iba
40:51.1
yung mga blogger-blogger dyan
40:54.7
and moving forward
40:55.9
so huwag nang sayangin
40:58.4
yung espasyo doon
40:59.2
napakaganda yung comment section
41:00.7
pwede kayo magtanong
41:02.4
pwede kayo magbigay
41:05.1
pwede kayo magbigay
41:06.1
ng constructive criticism
41:07.8
ayan ang problema
41:11.7
matinong sinisabi
41:13.2
may free lecture dyan
41:15.6
magkita-struck-struck na dyan
41:17.0
sa comment section
41:27.8
how things are gonna move forward
41:29.8
in fairness sa DFA
41:31.4
DFA made it clear
41:35.5
that yung statement
41:40.9
congratulations and all
41:42.2
and it doesn't mean
41:44.6
fundamental shift
41:45.5
in our foreign policy
41:48.3
ang sinisabi na sa China
41:49.7
huwag kayo magdrama
41:52.0
ang sinisabi ko eh
41:53.0
as much as we should not
41:54.6
unnecessarily provoke
41:57.1
China or any country
41:58.7
huwag rin tayo mag
42:00.1
huwag tayo mag stage
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ang laking-laking bansa
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nag-iingay na parang
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the Department of Foreign Affairs
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the Philippines remains
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and ayon sa kanila
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for hosting our OFWs
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200,000 Filipinas
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ang dami mga Pilipinas dyan
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this doesn't mean
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na pinapalitan natin
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yung position natin
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sa one-China policy
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ayon sa Department of Foreign Affairs
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congratulating the new President
42:34.0
for hosting our FWs
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and holding a successful
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democratic process
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the Philippines reaffirms
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its one-China policy
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So yun ang sinasabi ko
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huwag mag-drama-drama siya
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tsaka minsan mag-dedrama
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talaga yung China
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that's why mahirap
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ang diplomacy and strategy
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huwag ka rin mugsulsol
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huwag mo na yung trigger-trigger
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din yung necessary
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you find the right balance
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that's why it's important
42:56.6
we have responsible
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good people in the DFA
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and other departments
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to do the proper diplomacy
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thank you very much
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behind the scenes
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alam naman si Ronald
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ang maraming mga mari test dyan
43:14.4
mabahit na tao lang tayo
43:15.6
matinil lang tayo
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so thank you very much
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sa mga followers natin
43:19.3
in different platforms
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dito of course sa Facebook
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thank you very much
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may isa lang naman
