PAHAYAG NG PAKIKIISA NG BUNYOG SA GINAGANAP NA CIVILIAN MISSION SA SCARBOROUGH SHOAL
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Of course, there are a lot of things happening and our conveners will be also responding to some of the statements issued by Chinese media and China regarding this mission.
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Can I have some space later?
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Meron tayong dito ano, no?
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We will be providing...
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Some of the conveners will be providing the updates of the mission.
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But before anything else, I would like to give it to Ed De La Torre, President of the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement and also a convener of Ating Neto and Rafaela Paeng David, also a co-convener of Ating Neto and President of Akbayan to provide some opening statements.
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Of course, you could also respond na sa mga issues.
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As Frank Sinatra said, let me try again.
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No, but they ask us, what have you learned from the past?
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How will it be the same?
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What is different?
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And I think that is the main...
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And also, is this happening at a time...
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When tensions without your wanting to are increasing and how do you address them?
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Do you think that this is more dangerous, challenging than before?
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Or is it something that is manageable?
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There are no final and clear-cut answers, but I hope that this briefing will clarify some of the things.
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Because at least we have benefited from all kinds of feedback, informal and formal.
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Sent to us by friends, both outside and inside government, outside and inside the Philippines.
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So, let us proceed because I think Paeng knows much more than I.
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That's why she's more stressed than I.
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Alitaba. Alitaba po.
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Hindi naman masyado.
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So, especially for those who've been here last December, here we go again.
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To the West Philippine Sea, as we've been saying in Ating Ito, or this is ours,
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we've been saying that we should normalize and regularize civilian access in the West Philippine Sea.
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If China is militarizing our own exclusive economic zone, we're there to civilianize our own seas.
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Because at the end of the day, we stand by our belief that this...
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The West Philippine Sea should be accessible to ordinary citizens, especially our fisherfolk communities whose livelihood depends on the seas and the ocean.
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So, yeah. With that po siguro, baka we can share with you some of the details.
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But maybe I think we're gonna open with some questions muna. Tama ba?
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Yeah, I think before we proceed with the details of the civilian mission, baka, Mary, our friends from the media would like...
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...to get some soundbites regarding the latest statements or accusations issued by Global Times regarding Ating Ito.
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Yeah. So, of course, we've been seeing reaction from certain Chinese-leaning media.
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And we see that this is not just absurd, but also desperate.
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This is an attempt to malign the...
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...legitimate activities of ordinary citizens doing legitimate initiatives in our own exclusive economic zone.
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And whatever they're saying is only as true as their fictitious 9-10- or 11-9, kung ilang dash na ba yan.
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And I think, especially for our fellow Filipinos, we should remember the fact that...
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...we have sovereign rights in our exclusive economic zone, and the global community has already stood up behind us...
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...and we're here to claim that, again, the West Philippine Sea is ours.
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Sometimes you ask yourself that. Ano ba ba talaga ginagawa natin dito?
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But on cases like this, when we get not only statement of support, but actual delivery of support, I think it's worth it.
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Because in the end...
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...what matters is hindi lamang iilan ang nag-iisip nito, ilan ang kumikilos.
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But more and more, including those who were not part of the original coalition.
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Okay, well, this time around, syempre medyo mas malaki yung ating convoy.
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Nung nakaraan, we were joined by 40 fishing vessels. Ngayon, 100 fishing vessels.
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And syempre, yung sasakyan ng ating volunteers.
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Our volunteers will be on board fishing vessels as well. Last time kasi, medyo barko yung kasama natin eh.
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And of course, this time around, masabi naman ni Sir Ed ito, we were really focusing on frontliners as well dun sa vicinity ng Ayungin Shoal.
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Kasi for us, symbolic yung BRP Sierra Madre.
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This time around, bako di masinlok po tayo, nakasentro tayo dun sa mga kwento ng mga manging isda na pinaka-apektado...
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... na nagagawa ng China doon sa ating area.
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Additional component din po, again, we have foreign guests who will be joining us.
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At least, they can help us put a global spotlight on what's happening in the West Philippine Sea.
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Kasi nga, at sabi rin naman ni Sir Ed ito, parte tayo ng global community of nations.
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At sa community na yan, may mga batas tayong pinag-agrihan na dapat sinusunod.
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Kasama na dyan yung UNCLOS. Pero may isa kasing bansang hindi sumusunod eh.
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So, pag hindi sinunod yan ang isa, mapabaliwala yung batas na yan.
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So, hopefully, we have our foreign guests to highlight that all nations should follow our global agreements.
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Okay. So, Father Ed, may magkano ba?
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Well, binanggit ko nga nga, rumarami kami. Interesting ito.
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Kasi you know very well that in terms of political parties and related movements,
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akbaya naman ang panguna.
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Pero interestingly, after, I think after last year eh,
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a few new political organizations have emerged.
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And some of them reached out to us.
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And in particular, I don't know whether you've heard of it,
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it's a bunyong party, pagkakaisa.
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And the vice chairperson is here to read a short statement.
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yung chairperson nila, who is also a blogger under the name Enzo Recto,
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will be here tonight.
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And will join the...
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But tonight, as of this afternoon,
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yung kanyang vice chairperson asked to read a very short statement of support
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para naman sabihin yung...
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Paabot na lang po.
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Good afternoon po.
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In behalf of bunyong pagkakaisa party,
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kami po ay humahanga sa ginawa ng mga convenors ng atin ito.
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At dahil po dito kami ay nakikiisa,
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at ito ang official naming pahayag.
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Ang bunyong pagkakaisa party.
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Ang bunyong pagkakaisa party,
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sampunang pamunuan at kasapian nito
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ay ganap na nakikiisa sa mga layunin at makabayang pagkilos ng atin ito.
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Ikaapat sa walong punto ng plataforma ng bunyog
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ay ipagtanggol ang pambansang soberanya
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at itaguyod ang malayang patakarang panlabas.
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Ipinapauna po ng bunyog pagkakaisa party
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ang pagkilala sa kahangahangang makabayang hakbang
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ng mga convenors sa pagbuo at paglunsad ng atin ito.
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Isinasabuhay at binigyang daan nito
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ang matagal nang nagpupuyos na damdamin ng bayang Pilipino
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sa harap ng walang pakundangang pagyurak ng dayuhan sa ating soberanya,
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particular sa West Pilipinas.
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Ngayon ay may daluya na ang sama-samang pagkilos
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at sa mga tuwirang apektadong mangingisda
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at sa mga makapilipinong grupo at individual.
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Bukod sa nagpapakita ng tahasang pananakop ng teritoryo ang bansang China,
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ang kanyang pagsisigasigaan sa karagatan ay nakakapinsala na rin
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sa buhay at kabuhayan ng mga kababayang mangingisda
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at lubhang sumisira sa kalikasan.
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Sabi nga ng mga kapatid na mangingisda,
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kapag nawala ng kabuhayan ang mga mangingisda,
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damay ding apektado ang ibang sektor.
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Nakataya na ang mismong kinabukasan ng mamamayan at bansang Pilipino.
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Ito ang pagunawa namin sa pangunahing diwa ng pagkilos ng Pilipino.
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Pagpapatunay na ang suliran ninyon sa West Philippine Sea
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ay hindi lamang usaping pambansang siguridad.
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international na relasyon o diplomasya na ang mga pamahaalaan lamang ang humaharap.
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Ito ay usaping sanggot ng buong mamamayang Pilipino.
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Kaya tumpak lamang na kumilos na tayo ang sibilyang populasyon sa makakaya nating bahagi.
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Kasama niyo po kami sa pagtindig at sa iba't ibang anyo ng sama-samang pagkilos.
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Maraming salamat po galing sa Bunyog Pagkakaisa Party.
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Sige po, maraming maraming salamat po.
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ang atinang suportahan, Bunyog Partylist,
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nagtataguyod ng katotohanan,
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lumalaban para sa bayan.
