Cayetano asks Estrada, Marcoleta to be allowed to attend Sara Duterte's impeachment trial — GMA News

[0:00] Minority Leader, Senator Alan Cayetano. [0:02] Thank you, Mr. Senate President, Majority Leader, dear colleagues. [0:05] And before we start, may I congratulate also the Senate President for his speech yesterday. [0:12] Akma talaga sa panahon. [0:14] Thank you for reminding us to settle down. [0:17] May we also remind you to settle down since you're still single. [0:24] Mahirap yata yun, Minority Leader. [0:28] Mahirap na masaya. [0:30] Thank you, Mr. President. [0:31] May I start by reading a verse from a prophet who is respected by Muslims, Christians, and Jews. [0:42] Jeremiah said in Jeremiah 29, 11, [0:44] For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. [0:54] God talks about plans. [0:56] Wala pong sino man sa atin ang magsasabi ng plans o plano na walang vision. [1:02] Vision is contingent on actions. [1:09] So siguro po sa privilege ng oposisyon at ng minority na magbigay ng kontrasona, napakalaga po na meron tayong isang bagay na pagkakasunduan bilang mga Pilipino, which is a common vision. [1:27] But in Jeremiah 29, 11, when God says he will give us hope and a future, the plans come from him. [1:38] But if we choose our own plans or if we choose the plans of the devil, the reverse will happen. [1:44] We will have, we will not have hope, we will not have a future, and instead of prosperity, we will have harm. [1:53] Many, many times in the 1980s, I asked my dad about politics, about government, governance. [2:03] Minsan tinatanong ko bakit marami kang kaibigan sa oposisyon, bakit marami kang kaibigan sa media, bakit ganyan ang debate sa batasan pambansa, [2:15] ano ang issue ng Marcoses at ng Aquinos, not knowing that two of them will be my colleagues today, [2:25] not knowing that we will have a President Aquino and President Marcos much later. [2:32] But there was always a common thread in the answer of my father when I would ask him questions. [2:36] He would say, [2:37] It is in that spirit that when I read the Bible and see the father's heart, [2:54] the relationship of a father and a son should be the relationship of leaders of a country, [3:01] leaders of a province, leaders of a city, leaders of a barangay with his constituents. [3:08] So payagan niyo ako, Mr. President, na ipagpatuloy itong conversation na ito na tawagin natin kontrasona [3:14] sa pamamagitan ng pagtatanong ng isang anak sa isang ama at pagsasagot ng isang ama sa kanyang anak. [3:25] So syempre po ang unang tanong nung bata o nung anak, [3:28] Tay, Tatay, Dad, ano po ba ang state of the nation? [3:35] Syempre po, sasagutin natin siya, [3:37] Anak, ang state of the nation ay isang paglalahad ng estado o kalagayan ng ating bansa. [3:45] Kamusta ang ating komunidad? Kamusta ang ating gobyerno? Ang ating ekonomiya? [3:52] Maganda ba takbo ng buhay? Hirap ba ang ating mga kababayan? [3:56] Tay, bakit po kailangan ng state of the nation? [3:59] Sagot po ni Tatay, para may starting point tayo na pag-usapan natin na saan ba tayo ngayon? [4:09] Saan ba tayo papunta? [4:11] Paano tayo pupunta doon? [4:14] Ano ang vision, goals, plans, at mga programa? [4:19] Ano ang pananalapi na kailangan natin para ma-achieve yung vision na yun na gusto natin puntahan? [4:25] Kaya kasunod pa ratin ang SONA, ang pag-deliver ng Executive Department ng national budget o yung kanilang proposal sa both houses of Congress. [4:38] Anak, nasa demokrasya tayo, kaya hindi pwedeng diktahan lang tayo. [4:43] Kailangan natin ng national discussion, pag-uusap para magkaisa tungo sa isang vision or pinagkaisahan vision para sa ating bansa at ating kababayan. [5:01] Watak-watak na nga tayo, lalo pang nagkakawatak-watak kapagka may mga suliranin o crisis. [5:08] Ano kaya ang pwedeng magpakaisa sa atin? [5:11] Or ano po kaya ang pwedeng magbigkis-bigkis sa atin? [5:15] Una po, ang pagmamahal sa Diyos. [5:17] Pangalawa po, pagmamahal sa isa't isa. [5:20] Pero ngayon po, pag binabash natin yung isa't isa, nagagamit na rin ang Diyos, [5:24] nagagamit din yung pagmamahal sa bayan, pagmamahal sa isa. [5:28] So may I propose that we work together for a common vision. [5:33] We will disagree how we get there. [5:35] We will disagree what to prioritize, how much to put where, how much time to spend on each issue. [5:44] But if we agree on a common vision, then we have something to truly give the next generation. [5:54] Tay, ano po ba ang vision? [5:56] Ano po ba ang goals? [5:57] Ano po ba ang plans? [5:59] Vision ay siyang nakikita ng isang leader o na isang community. [6:05] Ito ay isang kaisipan na kung saan niya gustong dalhin ang kanyang pinamumunuan. [6:12] Kailangan ng pagkakaisa, papunta sa isang vision. [6:18] I'm reminded of the story told by many people, including Dr. Miles Monroe, of the story of Walt Disney. [6:28] There was this particular ride that was going to be groundbreaking, first of its kind sa Disneyland. [6:38] He put a bench, he continued to just look at that area, then started drawing, then called his engineers at sinabi niya sa engineers, [6:49] ito ang gagawin natin bagong ride. [6:52] Magiging bagong section ito ng Disneyland. [6:56] He died before it was completed. [6:59] When it was completed, the MC called the wife and said, before he passed the mic sa asawa, sabi niya, [7:09] nakakalungkot because hindi makikita ni Mr. Walt Disney yung project niya. [7:17] So pagkuha po ng mikropono ng asawa, sabi niya sa MC, [7:21] ikaw ang nagkakamali kasi ayan yung upuan o, [7:26] araw-araw nakikita ng asawa ko yung project kasi may vision siya. [7:30] Tayo, ngayon lang natin nakita yan. [7:36] So, isn't it time that we provide a better vision, a more comprehensive vision, [7:46] that we articulate what we really want instead of political slogans? [7:52] Importante yung political slogans, a safe and comfortable life, [7:58] better Philippines, para sa may hirap. [8:01] Importante po yung mga yun. [8:02] Ngunit, napaka-importante po na may shared vision tayo. [8:07] Tay, ano po naman yung mga plano? [8:10] Ang plano ang sasagot sa mga tanong na paano natin ma-achieve yung vision? [8:16] Paano tayo makakapunta sa gusto natin paruunan? [8:20] Ang plano ay dapat may mga goals. [8:23] At ang goals ay dapat nababase sa kakayahan at potensyal. [8:28] Eh, huwag tayo gagawa ng goals na hindi naman kayang i-achieve dahil pambobola lang yun. [8:35] Pero huwag din natin maliitin ang ating mga sarili. [8:39] Huwag natin sasabihin okay na yung grade na 75 kung kaya natin ng 80. [8:44] Huwag natin sabihin okay na yung 80 kung kaya natin ng 85. [8:48] Potensyal is very important. [8:52] Para malaman natin ang potensyal, may proseso ng analysis at comparison. [8:58] Kailangan natin maikumpara sa tamang paraan ang ating bansa na ikumpara sa mga maunlad na bansa [9:07] at sa mga bansa na ka-level natin tulad ng Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia [9:15] at mga bansa na mas maunlad sa ating katulad ng Japan. [9:20] Of course, ngayon sasabihin natin Korea, but once upon a time, baliktad yung storya. [9:26] Balikan po natin yan. [9:27] Tay, magbigay ka naman ng halimbawa. [9:32] Anak, tignan nyo yung GDP per capita natin in current dollars. [9:39] Nang 1970, ang Thailand ay 197.1, ang Vietnam dahil gera doon 67, ang Philippines ay 200.9. [9:51] Nang 1980, ang Thailand ay 708, ang Pilipinas ay 767. [9:57] Never mind Vietnam, they were still at war, it was 46. [10:01] 1990, 1,559.1, ang Thailand, 803 na lang ang Pilipinas, dumobli na. [10:09] Mula sa pantay lang ng 1970, in 20 years, doble na. [10:16] In the year 2000, tumaas din tayo from 800 to 1,050.8, pero tumaas din ang Thailand ng 2006. [10:25] 2010, 4,973, tayo 2,162. [10:33] Hindi ko na isa-isahin yung mga bansa, pero tignan nyo po. [10:36] Sa ngayon, Thailand, 8,056. [10:41] Pang 87 sa mundo. [10:42] Pilipinas, 4,170. [10:45] Pang 119 sa mundo. [10:47] Vietnam, 5,066. [10:51] Pang 111 sa bansa. [10:56] Pero tignan nyo po, 1970, 67. [10:58] 1980, 46. [11:00] 1990, 98. [11:02] Hanggang 1990, 100 dollars lang ang per capita nila. [11:06] 2,404. [11:09] 2010, it was 1,600. [11:11] Pero ngayon po, nasa 5,000 na. [11:14] Malaysia, 13,000. [11:17] Singapore, 98,000. [11:20] South Korea, 36,000. [11:22] Japan, 35,000. [11:25] Tay, ano ba ang estado talaga ng ating bansa? [11:29] What is the state of our nation? [11:32] Ang estado anak ng ating bansa, ang ating bansa ngayon ay dumadaan sa kahirapan. [11:40] Mahirap anak, mahirap. [11:43] Mahirap ngunit malaki ang potensyal. [11:47] Mahirap ngunit may dahan-dahan na pagbabago. [11:52] Mahirap ngunit malaki ang potensyal. [11:55] May mga pagbabago, ngunit puno ng pagsusubok. [12:01] Puno ng pagsusubok at ng peligro. [12:06] Hirap ang mga namamasadang tricycle at jeep, mga riders. [12:12] Hirap sa taas ng presyo ng diesel at kuryente. [12:16] Hirap ang ating mga magsasaka. [12:20] Mga anak ng magsasaka, ayaw na po nila maging magsasaka o farmers. [12:26] Hirap po ang mga estudyante. [12:27] Marami rin pong tumitigil sa pag-aaral. [12:30] Hirap po ang ating mga OFWs. [12:33] Kasi tumaas man ang presyo ng dolyar. [12:36] Labis din tumataas ang presyo ng bilihin at ng kuryente sa ating bansa. [12:43] Tay, malaki din ba ang potensyal ng ating bansa? [12:47] Malaki ba ang potensyal ng Pilipino at Pilipinas? [12:50] Nako anak, siguro sa buong mundo baka Pilipinas ang pinakamaganda potensyal. [12:55] Bakit po? [12:57] Mayaman at maganda ang ating bansa. [12:59] Pag-usapan natin pinakamataas na bundok. [13:03] Pag-usapan natin ang pinakahumble na plains. [13:08] Pag-usapan po natin ang dagat, ang ilog. [13:12] Pag-usapan natin ang kahit anong mineral, ginto, pilak, nickel. [13:17] Pag-usapan natin langis, natural oil. [13:21] Meron po tayo. [13:25] Pag-usapan naman natin ang Pilipino. [13:27] Sabi nung iba, natural resources natin ang number one blessing ng Panginoon sa atin. [13:32] Hindi po. [13:33] Ang Pilipino ang number one blessing sa Pilipinas. [13:37] Napaka-adaptable ng Pilipino. [13:40] Dalin mo sa Middle East, dalin mo sa Ukraine, sa Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa. [13:45] Kaya tinitingala, gawin mong nani o yaya, nagiging pangalawang nanay. [13:52] Gawin mong aid sa dentistry, eh mas gusto pa siya kaso dun sa kanyang dentist. [14:03] Yung mga nurse natin, lalong hinahanap kaso sa mga doktor. [14:06] Yan ay sa Japan man, yan ay sa London or sa Amerika. [14:11] Napakalaki ng potensyal ng mga Pilipino. [14:15] At napakagaling natin sumunod sa batas. [14:18] Basta tayo yung nasa abroad. [14:21] Tay, ano po yung peligro? [14:24] Anak, ang number one na tinuturo parati sa amin ay ang edukasyon ay ang great equalizer. [14:33] Yung aking ang ama ang sinabi sa akin, [14:36] Anak, lahat nang iiwang ko sa inyo, pwedeng mawala, pwedeng mawaldas, pwedeng nakawin. [14:42] Pero ang edukasyon na nakamtam mo, walang pwedeng magnakaw sa iyo yan. [14:50] Pero bakit po sinasabing may peligro? [14:52] Unang-una po, yung sa problema ng pagkabansot or yung pong sinasabing stunting. [14:59] Sinasabi na hanggang 25% or one-fourth po ng Pilipino ay nasa endangered ng stunting. [15:07] Naging bisita po ng Pilipinas ang Pangulo ng Singapore. [15:13] At naging privilege po ng tagig na maging bisita dahil may proyekto po sa ospital, [15:19] ang kanilang isang foundation, ang Temasek, at napakaganda ng mga teknolohiya. [15:27] Pero nagulat po kami sa speech ng Pangulo ng Singapore. [15:29] Sabi niya, kasi ito'y isang finance person. [15:33] Magaling sa negosyo, magaling sa finance. [15:34] Sabi niya, sa lahat ng nakita niya sa gobyerno, ang pinakamalaking return sa tao ng isang bansa ay yung first 1,000 days. [15:51] Yung simula sa mabuntis hanggang 1,000 days nung bata. [15:56] Sa pagkat pag siya'y nabansot at apektado ang kanyang mental and physical growth, [16:04] apektado din po ang kanyang emotional growth, apektado ang kanyang health. [16:10] So kahit anong scholarship, kahit anong gold card ng PilHealth na ibigay mo sa bata na nabansot na, [16:19] ay hindi mo na maibabalik, hindi mo na yung stunting ay pwedeng maging irreversible. [16:30] So yun pong number one, kailangan natin pagtulong-tulungan yung peligro sa ating bansayan. [16:36] Can you imagine one out of four Filipinos who could be the best pilot, the best accountant, [16:42] the best lawyer, who could be someone who discovers the cure for cancer, [16:52] who could be the next Hollywood star, who could be the next tennis star after Alex, [17:00] the next Carlos Yulo. [17:04] Hindi niya makakamtan ang kanyang pangarap at kanyang potensyal. [17:08] Bakit po? [17:09] Dahil hindi kaya ng magulang niya, pero ang gobyerno bilang pangarawang magulang ay may ibang priorities. [17:21] Siguro naman, Mr. President, dear colleagues, we will all agree, [17:24] stunting has to be a priority. [17:28] We keep doing the same thing and expecting different results. [17:32] Mali po yun. [17:34] Mga suliranin sa ating education system, [17:37] I recognize every single person, our Secretary of Education, [17:45] Secretary Angara, our colleague, Bam Aquino, [17:50] every single person here, [17:52] Tepia, Tesdaman, Joel, Vinanueva, [17:56] lahat po, lahat po, siguro isa-isayin ko lahat ng senador dito, [18:00] of course, committee chair din ng education committee, [18:04] who did a great job, si Senator Wynne Gatchelian. [18:07] Lahat po tayo ay may contribution sa edukasyon. [18:11] Pero ano sabi ng EDCOM? [18:13] Yung K-12 na dapat 12 years, 7.5 years lang. [18:17] So, ang sinasabi natin sa buong mundo, [18:19] K-12 kami. [18:21] So, akala nila 12 years ang education natin. [18:23] Hindi po, 7.5 lang. [18:25] So, una ang forma, [18:28] kaso sa substance. [18:29] Sinasabi ko po ito, [18:31] dahil peligro po ito. [18:33] Kahit anong pagbabago ng kurikulum, [18:35] kahit anong dagdag ng mga gadgets, [18:39] kahit anong modern equipment, [18:41] kahit anong taas ng sweldo ng ating mga teachers, [18:44] kung punong-puno ang classroom at half day, [18:47] at 7.5 years lang sila, [18:49] e para tayong K-28, [18:51] kulang pa, bitin pa ng 0.5. [18:54] Total outstanding debt out of now [18:56] is 12.79 trillion at the end of 2022. [19:01] The debt increased by 45% to 18.55 trillion [19:04] as of the end of 2026. [19:07] Bakit po ito peligro? [19:09] Yes, numbers lang po yung utang [19:11] at depende din po ang utang [19:13] sa ratio niya sa GDP. [19:16] Pero ang problema po, [19:17] dahil sunod-sunod ang problema [19:19] at mga problema, [19:22] whether it's man-made or outside our control, [19:25] since the pandemic in 2020 till now, [19:28] nasa lugar na tayo kung saan, [19:34] hindi tayo basta't makautang. [19:36] So yung ibang bansa, [19:38] nung dumating yung Israeli-Iranian-US conflict, [19:43] nakautang, nakagawa ng mga programa. [19:46] Tayo, dahil nga sa laki ng utang, [19:48] yung fiscal space kong pag-usapan, [19:51] ay problematic na. [19:53] Hirap din po ang ating mga magsasaka. [19:56] Kanina lang po, [19:57] yun po ang pinag-uusapan dito. [20:01] Senator Pangilinan, [20:02] Senator Loren, [20:06] Senator Imey, [20:07] na may puso talaga sa agriculture. [20:10] Kaya kung sino man ang magsasabi sa atin na [20:12] okay naman ang takbo ng ating agriculture, [20:15] let's agree to disagree. [20:18] Kasi I think in the last 40 years, [20:21] I'm not blaming only this administration. [20:24] We haven't figured out how to really modernize, [20:28] how to bring back the enthusiasm in agriculture, [20:34] how to make it really a good business [20:37] that people will go into farming. [20:39] Actually, maraming mayaman na pumapasok sa farming. [20:42] Pero yung mahirap na farmers, [20:44] umaayaw sa farming. [20:46] So isang problema talaga yung kapital. [20:48] The share of agriculture, forestry, and fishing sector [20:52] to the GDP steadily declined [20:55] to its lowest point of only 7.9% in 2025. [21:00] Agriculture's share in the total workforce [21:02] has steadily declined 26.99% in 2016. [21:07] Ten years lang, eight years lang po. [21:09] In 2024, it was only 20.61% [21:12] as the economy shifts towards services and industry. [21:16] Maganda naman po ang services at saka industry. [21:20] Pero nakita natin yung problema ng supply chain. [21:26] Nakita po natin yan nung pandemic. [21:27] Kailangan ang isang bansa na singyaman natin [21:30] both sa lupa at sa forest, sa bundok at saka sa dagat. [21:36] Kailangan we learn to be self-sustaining [21:40] and produce our own food. [21:42] Agricultural workers are also receiving [21:44] the lowest wages among economic sector. [21:48] Poverty incidence remains high [21:50] among agricultural workers and farmers, [21:53] 27%, [21:54] and fisher folk, 27.4%, [21:58] based on PSA data of 2023. [22:01] Parati kasi tayong nagdi-disagree [22:05] kaya napabayaan ang agree. [22:09] Diba? [22:10] Marami po talagang magaling sa Pilipinas. [22:12] Diba? [22:13] We really disagree with many things. [22:15] So, ang napabayaan yung agree. [22:19] Mr. Senate President, do you agree? [22:23] Mas mahirap ang maghanap ng trabaho [22:26] pero mas, sorry, [22:30] nahihirapan na po ngayon ang ating mga trahabador. [22:33] Lahat po nang may trabaho, [22:35] especially kung daily wage earners, [22:37] hirap po talaga. [22:39] Kasi we have a minimum wage, [22:40] we do not have a living wage [22:41] that the Constitution envisioned. [22:45] The Constitution envisioned a living wage. [22:48] What is a living wage? [22:50] Sapat sa tirahan, [22:54] whether yan ay rarentahan o huhulugan. [22:57] Sapat sa pagkain sa buong pamilya, [23:00] tatlong beses man lang sa isang araw [23:01] at ang Pilipino ay mahilig magmerienda. [23:05] Sapat sa anak na gustong mag-aral. [23:08] Sapat sa panggasto sa medical. [23:14] So, a simple life. [23:16] But a living wage. [23:18] Malayo po tayo sa living wage. [23:21] Sa Amerika po, [23:22] maraming sinasabing mahirap. [23:24] Pero doon po, [23:26] maging driver, [23:28] maging waiter, [23:30] maging security guard, [23:32] nakakabili po ng bahay, [23:34] nakakapag-aral, [23:36] nakakabili po ng kotse. [23:37] Ang taxi driver po sa Singapore, [23:40] tanungin mo, [23:40] sa nagbabakasyon. [23:42] Bihira niya sasabihin ang, [23:44] minsan Thailand, [23:46] minsan Japan, [23:47] pero karaniwan, [23:47] sasabihin sa inyo, [23:48] London, [23:49] Germany, [23:51] ang ating pong mga taxi driver, [23:53] ni hindi makapagbakasyon [23:54] kasi isang kahig, [23:55] isang tuka. [23:56] Pero kung nahihirapan po [23:58] yung mga may trabaho, [24:00] nas nahihirapan po [24:02] ang mga walang trabaho. [24:06] Yung nagahanap [24:06] pero walang mahanap na trabaho. [24:09] Simula po, [24:10] at least po, [24:11] yung mga kasing edad ko, [24:12] kasama po ang Senate President, [24:14] kasama po [24:15] Senator JV, [24:17] Senator Migs, [24:21] Senator Cheese, [24:22] si Senator Padilla Atas, [24:24] yung edad ko rin, [24:30] namulat na po kami [24:32] na may OFWs. [24:33] And may mga lugar po [24:36] na mabibilib ka, [24:37] for example po, [24:38] ibang-iba ang akalain ko sa Saudi. [24:41] Pero pagdating ko doon po, [24:43] kahit draft man eh, [24:44] kahit hindi po siya architect [24:45] or engineer, [24:49] bossing-bossing doon. [24:51] Talagang sanay sa mga lugar, [24:53] et cetera. [24:53] May mga peligro din, [24:55] pero lalo po kung ikaw isang professional, [24:58] ikaw isang architect, [24:59] for example, doon, [25:01] na pagtatapos yung anak [25:02] at magka-ambisyon man sila [25:04] na yung anak nila [25:05] ay magtrabaho din doon. [25:07] It is from strength to strength [25:09] or from one level [25:15] of socioeconomic status [25:16] to a higher level. [25:19] Hindi katulad po, [25:19] for example, [25:20] ng iba natin mga nani sa Hong Kong [25:22] na ang kinikita [25:24] ay katumbas po [25:25] ng 18,000 to 25,000 pesos. [25:28] Kung lima yung anak, [25:31] it barely pays the bill. [25:33] So malamang po yung asawa, [25:35] OFW din. [25:37] So malamang po yung anak, [25:39] kay tita or kay tito [25:40] or kay lolo o kay lola [25:42] tumitira at lumalaki. [25:45] At ang problema, [25:46] dahil nga sa poverty, [25:49] hindi rin po nakakatapos yung iba. [25:52] Second generation sila na OFWs, [25:53] pero hindi tumaas ang antas [25:57] ng trabahong at ng kita [26:00] na inaasam-asam nila. [26:02] So ang tanong ko, [26:03] Mr. President, [26:05] going back to vision, [26:07] can we not have a vision, [26:09] whether it's 5 years, [26:11] 10 years, [26:11] 20 years, [26:12] where a Philippine president [26:14] can say, [26:15] at this year, [26:17] there will not be any more, [26:20] let's say it's 2026. [26:22] Wala bang pwedeng magsabing [26:23] in 2041 [26:25] or in 2050, [26:29] yung totoo, [26:29] hindi bola, [26:31] o in 10 years, [26:33] wala nang Pilipino na OFW [26:35] na napilitan lang mag-OFW [26:37] dahil walang trabahong maganda [26:38] sa Pilipinas. [26:40] So you will always have expats, [26:41] you will always have OFWs [26:43] who want to work somewhere. [26:45] So if artists love Europe, [26:47] let them go to Europe. [26:49] If you want to specialize [26:50] in a certain branch of medicine [26:53] and want to study in the US [26:55] or London, [26:56] you're free. [26:56] But yung sasabihin mong, [26:58] hindi, chef ako. [26:59] So may nakausap kami sa Singapore, [27:03] I think ang sweldo doon [27:04] is between 70,000 to 110,000. [27:08] Semi-fast food pa yun. [27:10] Sabi niya, [27:11] Sir, [27:12] kalahati lang, [27:13] kung 110,000 ang sweldo ko dito, [27:16] kitain ko lang 55,000 sa Manila, [27:19] okay na ako. [27:21] Pero kung hindi ka rin naman chef [27:22] ng first class na restaurant [27:24] o hotel, [27:26] hindi ka naman kikita [27:26] ng 55,000 dito. [27:28] So napipilitan siya mag-abroad. [27:30] At pag tinanong mo bakit, [27:31] hindi para sa sarili niya. [27:34] Hindi para magka-iPhone siya. [27:36] Hindi para magka-kotse siya. [27:37] Kung hindi para makapag-aral [27:39] yung kanyang mga anak. [27:40] Para may bahay [27:41] ang kanyang mga anak. [27:44] Negosyante, [27:45] Mr. President, [27:47] usually negosyante [27:48] ang nagbibigay ng kulay, [27:50] nagbibigay ng sigla, [27:51] at pumapalakpak [27:52] pag may zona. [27:54] Pero yung sunod-sunod na problema, [27:56] some we under our control, [27:58] some hindi. [27:59] What is not under our control? [28:00] 2022, [28:02] patapos yung pandemic, [28:03] nangyari yung conflict [28:04] ng Rehaas at Ukraine, [28:06] may mga inflation na nangyari. [28:09] Flood control, [28:10] in a sense, [28:10] it's under our control [28:11] because it could have been stopped, [28:13] pwedeng hindi, [28:14] or how are we handling it? [28:15] Iran, [28:17] US, [28:17] and Israel, [28:21] it's not in our control, [28:22] but how we reacted [28:23] is up to us. [28:25] Nauna pa yung Senate eh, [28:27] yung sa ating protect, [28:29] at ang ating Senate President [28:30] nagpatakbo nun, [28:31] yung uplift, [28:31] sumunod na lang yun. [28:33] So we could have reacted [28:34] faster and better. [28:36] Having said that, [28:37] nandiyan na yan, [28:39] how do we prepare ourselves [28:43] to not only be active, [28:45] proactive, [28:46] but to really achieve [28:50] what we can achieve [28:52] through our potential, [28:53] hindi yung pwede na. [28:55] So tay, [28:57] tanong nung anak, [28:59] sinong may kasalanan? [29:02] Well, anak, [29:04] madaling magturo. [29:05] The easiest thing to do [29:07] for the opposition [29:08] is to point [29:09] at the administration. [29:11] The easiest thing to do [29:12] for the administration [29:13] is to point [29:14] to the secretaries. [29:15] Secretaries can point [29:16] to Congress, [29:17] which they sometimes do. [29:19] We sometimes point to them [29:20] because it's the implementation. [29:22] The local government [29:23] will point to us [29:24] and then to the national government [29:26] and the local government [29:27] and the national government [29:29] will point to the businessmen. [29:31] So, [29:31] andaling magturo. [29:33] Pero siguro, [29:34] anak, [29:34] for the sake [29:35] netong state of the nation [29:37] at paano tayo [29:39] magkakaroon ng common vision, [29:41] sabihin na lang natin ganito, [29:42] parati naman merong kasalanan, [29:44] pero ang pag-usapan natin, [29:45] sino may responsibilidad? [29:47] Kasi maaring hindi mo kasalanan, [29:50] pero may responsibilidad ka pa rin. [29:52] Diba? [29:53] So, [29:54] those not involved [29:55] in the flood control [29:57] are still responsible [29:58] na ayusin natin ang bansa [30:00] at tanggalin ang corruption. [30:02] Those not responsible, [30:03] those not, [30:04] walang kasalanan [30:05] dahil tumaas ang presyo ng diesel, [30:07] dahil may problema tayo sa fertilizer, [30:09] dahil byproduct siya [30:10] ng natural gas, [30:11] di natin kasalanan yun. [30:14] Pero may responsibilidad tayo [30:15] sa mga jeepty drivers, [30:17] taxi drivers. [30:19] Sa ating small businesses, [30:21] all around the world, [30:22] same statistic, [30:23] halos. [30:24] Sabi po natin dito, [30:25] and I think the Senate President [30:26] cited this during his [30:27] opening of the session yesterday, [30:30] 99.63% of establishments [30:33] are micro, small, [30:34] and medium enterprise, [30:35] contributing 66.97% [30:38] to job generation [30:39] and 40% to our GDP. [30:42] Pero anong number one [30:43] problema ng negosyo [30:44] sa ating bansa? [30:46] Dagdagang ko pa, [30:46] problema ng gusto magnegosyo, [30:48] may magandang [30:49] idea, [30:50] masipag, [30:51] matalino. [30:51] Pero ang problema, [30:54] walang kapital. [30:56] Pag tinanong ng gobyerno, [30:58] ang gobyerno, [30:59] saan kami kukuha ng kapital? [31:02] Sasabihin, [31:02] bangko. [31:04] Hindi ka naman basta [31:04] pa-utangin ng bangko eh. [31:06] Land bank nga eh, [31:07] nasa batas na nga [31:08] na magpa-utang [31:09] sa magsasaka. [31:10] They'd rather pay the fine [31:12] than magpa-utang [31:13] sa mga [31:14] agribis [31:15] na maliliit. [31:17] Kung wala ka rin [31:18] isasanla sa bangko, [31:20] wala ka rin [31:21] titulo [31:22] ng lupa [31:23] o wala kang [31:24] sasakyan, [31:25] wala kang [31:25] mga ari-arian, [31:27] sasabihin sa'yo, [31:28] dyan ka sa pawnshop. [31:30] Eh sa pawnshop, [31:31] bukod sa mataasang interest, [31:32] may isasanla ka pa rin. [31:36] So, [31:36] sanang baksak [31:37] ng ating mga kababayan [31:38] sa 5-6? [31:41] Don't get me wrong, [31:43] 5-6 is a service. [31:45] Diba? [31:45] So, [31:46] for example, [31:46] sa palengke, [31:48] wala ka ng kapital, [31:50] eh may piesta [31:51] o kaya Pasko, [31:53] maraming namamalengke. [31:56] Eh kung kikita ka naman [31:57] ng more than 20% [32:00] in one month, [32:01] let's say 25-30% tubo mo [32:04] o kaya 10% per week, [32:06] so 40% a month, [32:08] kapit ka na sa patalim [32:09] sa 5-6. [32:10] Kasi yung 5,000 mo, [32:12] babayaran mo ng 200 a day, [32:14] 6,000, [32:15] may get 20%. [32:16] Pero napakataas pa rin noon. [32:18] Ang yumayaman sa Pilipinas [32:20] yung nagpapautang ng 5-6, [32:21] hindi po yung umuutang. [32:24] So, [32:24] pagdating po sa gobyerno, [32:26] sabihin, [32:26] ilan administrasyon na, [32:27] Sir, [32:29] bakit hindi natin magaya yung 5-6? [32:31] Bakit hindi tayo magkaroon ng programa? [32:33] Ano to ha? [32:34] The estimates are [32:36] 20 billion, [32:37] 50 billion, [32:37] 200 billion. [32:39] It's big business. [32:41] Ano sagot ng gobyerno? [32:42] 5-6? [32:43] May pamalit ba tayo doon? [32:45] Ang sagot ng gobyerno, [32:46] 6-7? [32:48] 6-7 lang. [32:49] O, [32:50] i-google nyo yung 6-7, [32:52] walang ibig sabihin. [32:54] So, [32:54] balik ka na naman sa 5-6. [33:02] Children in conflict with the law. [33:07] Yan ay isang debate. [33:09] Mainit ang debate dyan. [33:11] Pero hindi ba mga kababayan, [33:13] mga kapwa-magulang, [33:15] kung itong tatay na to [33:16] ay sinasagot po [33:17] ang tanong ng anak? [33:20] Responsibilidad din yan [33:21] ng magulang, [33:23] ng teachers, [33:24] ng simbahan, [33:26] ng mga komunidad. [33:28] Sabi nga po, [33:30] di ba ni Hillary Clinton, [33:31] it takes a village [33:33] to raise a child. [33:35] Yes, [33:36] there is something [33:37] that caused that child [33:38] to become violent. [33:41] Whether siya'y may mental [33:42] disease or problem, [33:45] whether siya'y na-depressed, [33:47] whether siya'y ginamit [33:48] ng mga kriminal. [33:49] The point is, [33:50] Mr. President, [33:52] there is a blame, [33:53] but there's also [33:54] a responsibility. [33:56] Pag ang isang lugar, [33:58] whether sa US yan, [34:00] whether sa Latin America, [34:04] whether yan po ay sa Africa, [34:06] whether sa Tundo, [34:08] whether it's in any [34:09] rough neighborhood, [34:11] at sasabihin marami [34:12] ng gangs yan, [34:14] it is our joint responsibility. [34:18] In the end, [34:19] there is a specific blame [34:20] and there is a general [34:23] responsibility. [34:25] Habang usapan natin yan, [34:30] mahabang usapan yan, [34:31] Mr. President, [34:32] but eventually, [34:33] we do have to discuss it [34:35] sincerely and very deeply. [34:39] Tay, [34:40] bakit mahirap [34:40] ang ating Estado? [34:42] Ano ba ang pumipigil [34:43] sa ating bansa? [34:46] Well, [34:46] may mga bagay nga [34:47] na wala sa ating control, [34:49] yung mga external. [34:50] May mga bagay [34:51] na nasa ating control. [34:53] Pero may mga bagay din [34:55] na ina-address natin directly, [34:57] pero ang problema, [34:58] kultura. [34:58] For example, [34:59] we have to address [35:00] corruption. [35:02] But we have to address [35:03] the culture of corruption. [35:05] Sasabihin natin, [35:06] wag magnakaw [35:07] sa flood control, [35:08] pero ina-address ba natin [35:10] ang pandaraya [35:11] pag nangungopia [35:13] sa exam? [35:14] Ina-address ba natin [35:15] yung simpleng pagsisinungaling [35:17] sa araw-araw? [35:19] Ina-address ba natin [35:20] na sa bawat kailangan [35:22] ng Pilipino, [35:23] lisensya, [35:25] business permit, [35:27] real property tax, [35:29] customs, [35:30] ay may lagayan. [35:33] So, [35:33] the culture of corruption [35:35] continues to lay hold. [35:39] And as a Christian, [35:40] I believe there's a spiritual [35:41] aspect to that battle. [35:43] There are spirits [35:44] that control, [35:45] di ba, [35:45] that are principalities [35:46] and authorities. [35:48] Kaya sabi sa Bible, [35:49] you have to bind, [35:50] then you have to occupy. [35:52] Hindi sapat [35:52] na mawala [35:53] yung iba't-ibang scam. [35:55] Kaya nga palaki [35:55] ng palaki [35:56] ang scam [35:56] sa ating bansa. [35:59] Policies [35:59] ay nagpapahirap [36:00] din sa atin. [36:01] Nabanggit ko na kanina [36:02] yung K-12. [36:04] Mukhang tama [36:05] si Senator [36:05] Jinggoy Estrada. [36:07] Tanggalin na natin [36:08] ang isa [36:09] o dalawang taon [36:10] sa senior high [36:11] kasi [36:12] K-10 [36:13] na sampung taon [36:15] na nag-aaral [36:16] ang bata [36:16] na mas kumpleto [36:18] ang gamit niya [36:19] ay mas mabuti [36:21] kaso sa K-12 [36:22] pero 7.5 years lang [36:24] ang pinapasok [36:25] ng ating bata. [36:26] Another example [36:30] ang bata ngayon [36:32] karaniwan [36:33] sa highly urbanized [36:34] ay half day. [36:36] Sabi niya [36:36] Tay [36:38] ang ganda naman [36:39] ang tinuturo [36:40] ng aming mga teachers. [36:41] Magagaling naman [36:42] ang aming mga teachers. [36:44] Yung nasa mga [36:45] religious schools [36:45] parochial school [36:46] Christian schools [36:47] yung mga nasa madrasa [36:49] Brother Robin [36:50] sabi maganda naman [36:52] tinuturo sa amin eh [36:53] maka Diyos [36:54] eh anong problema? [36:56] Hindi po kung ano [36:56] tinuturo nila [36:57] kung anong nakikita nila. [37:00] Children learn [37:01] by what they see [37:02] what they experience [37:03] not by what [37:04] they are taught. [37:05] So Mr. President [37:06] that's a lesson [37:07] Mr. President [37:08] that's a lesson to us. [37:12] It is a lesson [37:13] to us Mr. President [37:14] that in everything [37:17] we do [37:17] the children [37:19] are watching [37:20] and they learn [37:23] from that. [37:24] So whether it's [37:25] the internet [37:26] television [37:26] whether it's news [37:28] whether it's cartoons [37:29] whether it's video games [37:31] all of this [37:32] influence them. [37:34] So what's the solution? [37:36] Maging klaro [37:37] kung ano tama [37:38] at kung anong mali. [37:39] Diba? [37:40] Kahit mapanood nila [37:41] pero nakita nila [37:42] eto [37:43] naparusahan [37:43] dahil mali [37:44] matututunan nila mali. [37:46] Pero Mr. President [37:47] pag nakita nila [37:48] yung mali [37:48] nagiging tama [37:49] sa matatanda. [37:50] I remember [37:51] in the 1980s [37:52] yung kasama ko parate [37:53] he was in the Marines [37:54] and they were asked [37:55] during martial law [37:56] to lecture [37:58] about [37:59] not having [38:00] colonial mentality [38:02] ano po ang ginawa nila? [38:04] Nagtuturo [38:04] na ang [38:05] local [38:06] is as good [38:07] as [38:07] important [38:08] and then [38:09] kumuha ng sigarilyo [38:10] at the time [38:10] dito pa pinapasok [38:11] yung sigarilyo [38:12] kinuha [38:14] blue seal. [38:16] So [38:16] yung mga tinuturoan [38:17] hindi matuto. [38:22] Mr. President [38:23] pumunta ka ng [38:24] Hong Kong, Singapore [38:26] sabi ni Senator Pia [38:27] pati sa Thailand [38:28] napakaliberal na nga [38:30] sa Thailand [38:30] dahil [38:31] ang [38:31] cannabis ay pwede [38:33] pero ang [38:34] vape hindi. [38:35] I think [38:35] kay Senator [38:36] Wynne Gatchelian [38:37] ang ating [38:37] Senate President [38:38] without an S [38:39] sorry. [38:41] Ang halimbawa [38:41] ang nagsabi na [38:43] may nagpakita [38:44] ng statistics [38:45] I think [38:46] that was [38:46] 2 years ago [38:47] 3 years ago [38:47] na [38:48] despite being [38:50] heavily regulated [38:51] hindi na re-regulate. [38:53] Halimbawa [38:53] sa Baguio City [38:54] inulat mismo [38:55] ng City Health [38:56] Office [38:57] na may [38:57] 350 [38:58] menor de adad [38:59] ang nakuli [38:59] dahil sa pagve-vape [39:01] sa loob [39:01] ng isang taon. [39:02] Ayon din sa isang [39:03] survey [39:04] isa sa bawat [39:05] pitong [39:05] kabataan [39:06] Pilipino [39:07] na edad [39:07] 30 [39:07] hanggang [39:08] 15 [39:08] ay kasalukuyang [39:10] gumagamit [39:10] ng vape. [39:12] Nakita din [39:13] na malaki [39:14] ang tinaas [39:14] ng paggamit [39:15] ng vape [39:15] ng mga kabataan [39:16] nitong mga [39:17] nakarang panahon [39:18] at mas marami [39:19] at mas marami [39:19] at mas marami [39:19] ring kabataan [39:20] dati namang [39:21] hindi na [39:22] ninigarilyo [39:22] ang nagsisumulang [39:24] gumamit [39:24] ng vape. [39:28] Tay, [39:29] ano naman yung [39:30] issue sa PhilHealth? [39:31] Ay nako, [39:32] pabayaan na natin [39:33] si Risa Antivero, [39:35] si [39:35] Senator Bongo, [39:37] si Senator Pia Cayetano, [39:39] si Aimee [39:40] at lahat ng iba, [39:42] si Senator JB [39:43] na napakahaba na [39:44] ang diskusyon doon. [39:45] Pero eto lang [39:46] ang sasabihin ko sa iyo, [39:47] anak, [39:48] 20 years ago, [39:50] more or less, [39:50] or more pa, [39:52] maybe more than 20 years ago, [39:54] nagkaroon ng programa [39:55] ang Thailand. [39:56] Magbayad ka ng [39:57] isandaang bat, [39:59] libre na lahat [39:59] sa ospital. [40:01] Ngayon, [40:01] 30 na lang. [40:02] 30 bat, [40:03] libre lahat. [40:04] Ba't hindi po natin [40:04] magawa yun? [40:06] Ganun lang kasimple. [40:07] Medyo humaba na yung speech ko, [40:09] anak, [40:09] kaya hindi ko na babasahin [40:10] yung statistics [40:11] ng health. [40:16] Tay, [40:17] pinapanood ko ang [40:18] Pangulo kahapon, [40:19] bakit unang-una [40:20] niyang binanggit [40:20] ang flood control? [40:21] Ganyan ba ka-importante [40:23] yung issue na yan? [40:24] Bakit unang-una niyang [40:25] binanggit? [40:28] Anak, [40:29] biggest issue of the year yan eh. [40:30] At pinakamalaking skandalo [40:32] sa corruption in our history. [40:34] Anak, [40:34] importante ma-resolve yan. [40:37] Anak, [40:38] importante malaman [40:39] ng taong bayan [40:40] yung tuloy niyang nangyayari. [40:41] Anong ginagawa? [40:42] Anong pwedeng gawin? [40:44] Anong reforma ang pwede? [40:46] Anak, [40:47] bumalik kasi ang tiwala, [40:49] dapat kasi bumalik [40:50] ang tiwala [40:50] sa leaders at sistema. [40:52] Pag yan ay hindi binanggit [40:53] at hindi inayos, [40:55] lahat ay suspect. [40:57] Anak, [40:57] napaka-importante, [40:59] madapa man ang isang bansa, [41:01] ay siya'y bumangon. [41:03] So, [41:03] in other words, [41:04] genuine reforms. [41:06] Symbols matter, [41:08] anak. [41:10] Pag may mga skandalo [41:11] na tumatama sa isang bansa, [41:13] may isa o dalawa [41:15] na bukod tangi [41:16] dahil nagiging simbolo. [41:17] Either simbolo [41:19] kung paano ni-resolve [41:20] ang isang bansa [41:21] at paano niya nilampasan [41:23] ang corruption [41:23] or simbolo [41:25] kung paano na natiling [41:27] nakadapa ang bansa [41:28] at hindi makatayo. [41:30] So, [41:30] sana anak, [41:32] we will find the strength [41:33] and wisdom [41:34] to conclude [41:36] the investigations, [41:39] to hold people [41:39] accountable, [41:40] but also [41:41] to put [41:42] the genuine reforms. [41:45] Isang simple [41:45] example lang, [41:47] isang simple [41:47] suggestion [41:49] na binigay ko [41:50] sa DPWH [41:51] na dalawang beses [41:52] tinanggap [41:53] ng sekretary [41:53] pero mukhang [41:54] hindi ginawa. [41:57] Ordinaryong cellphone, [41:58] kunan lahat [41:59] ng projects [41:59] para makita [42:01] kung may ghost [42:02] o wala. [42:03] So, [42:03] one year later, [42:04] the problem is [42:05] ni hindi pa [42:06] kumpleto yung data. [42:07] Pero huwag ka mawalang [42:08] ng pag-asa anak, [42:10] walang bansa [42:10] sa mundo [42:11] nang hindi dumaan [42:12] sa corruption [42:13] at walang [42:14] bansa [42:16] na umunlad [42:17] na hindi niya [42:17] kahit pa pano [42:18] na address [42:19] ang corruption. [42:22] Tay, [42:23] bakit ba pinilit mo [42:24] na dito tayo [42:25] sa siyudad tumira? [42:27] Eh kasi anak, [42:28] dati at least [42:29] sa probinsya [42:30] may makakain ka. [42:32] Eh ngayon, [42:32] dito sa mga siyudad, [42:34] lalo sa Metro Manila, [42:36] libre ang uniforme [42:37] pag nag-aral, [42:38] may scholarship [42:39] pagka college, [42:41] pagka single parent, [42:43] pagka PWD, [42:45] pag senior, [42:46] may regalo, [42:47] may cash gift, [42:48] meron pang [42:48] minsan [42:49] mga give away. [42:51] Dito anak, [42:52] may internet. [42:55] Mr. President, [42:56] in 1980, [42:59] one third lang [43:00] ng Pilipino [43:00] ang nakitira [43:01] sa urban, [43:02] two thirds [43:03] ay sa rural. [43:05] And we know [43:06] around the world, [43:06] mas maganda [43:07] ang ugali [43:07] ng mga nakatira [43:08] sa rural. [43:09] Mas may sense [43:10] of community, [43:11] sense of camaraderie, [43:13] mas may malasakit [43:14] sa isa't isa. [43:15] Pero napilitan [43:16] ang mga kababayan [43:17] natin sa rural. [43:18] Bakit po? [43:20] Go to certain [43:20] parts of France, [43:22] of UK, [43:23] even the US, [43:24] Canada. [43:25] Rural, [43:26] pero may kuryente, [43:27] may tubig, [43:27] may ospital, [43:28] may skwelahan, [43:29] may internet. [43:30] Sa atin hindi. [43:31] Pag sinabi mong urban, [43:34] sigurado po yan, [43:35] mayaman. [43:36] Pag pumunta ka [43:36] ng rural, [43:38] mahirap. [43:39] Ang problema, [43:40] ang mahirap sa rural, [43:41] pag pumunta sa urban, [43:43] mahirap pa rin. [43:45] Mas maginhawa buhay, [43:46] pero mahirap pa rin. [43:47] Mahirap po. [43:48] So Mr. President, [43:50] we should have [43:51] a real [43:51] rural development project. [43:54] That was something [43:55] I heard a lot [43:56] in the 70s, [43:57] 80s, [43:57] 90s. [43:58] Pero siguro, [43:59] kasi mas maganda talagang [44:01] ang sabihin sa isa't isa, [44:03] sa siyudad ako nakatira, [44:05] nakakalimutan natin. [44:06] May pay tribute to [44:07] isang Yusek ng DBM, [44:09] I think Yusek as well. [44:10] I remember [44:11] when she tapped the bar, [44:14] sabi ng isang reporter sa kanya, [44:16] Ma'am, [44:16] ano pakiramdam mo [44:17] ng isang taga-provincia [44:19] ay nag-tap ng bar? [44:21] The reporter, [44:22] I think from there, [44:23] but I'm not sure [44:23] from Manila or from there, [44:25] was referring to [44:28] na hindi ka taga-Manila. [44:29] Kasi dati, [44:31] karamihan nang nagta-top [44:32] 10 nandito sa Manila, [44:34] Manila Law Schools. [44:36] Sabi po niya, [44:37] excuse me, [44:39] Baguio is a city. [44:41] So hanggang ngayon po [44:42] sa atin sa Metro Manila, [44:44] pagka hindi ka sa Metro Manila [44:45] or Metro Cebu [44:46] or Metro Davao [44:47] or minsan, [44:48] taga Metro Cebu ko na, [44:49] Metro Davao, [44:50] ang dating sa atin [44:51] sa mga Metro Manila, [44:53] taga-provincia kayo. [44:55] Walang masama po [44:56] maging sa probinsya. [44:57] Ang problema po, [44:58] bakit wala tayong [44:59] Rural Development Program? [45:01] Which brings us [45:02] to transportation, [45:03] Mr. President, [45:06] ako'y natutuwa [45:07] na narinig ko po [45:08] yung additional trains [45:09] at stasyon [45:09] na sinabi [45:10] in both zonas. [45:12] Last year's zona [45:13] at ngayon. [45:14] Pero bakit po [45:15] kung titignan natin [45:15] ang national budget, [45:17] kalye pa rin [45:17] ang ating tinututukan. [45:19] Tignan niyo po [45:20] ang Laguna Lake [45:21] Lakeshore, [45:23] yung ginagawa pong [45:24] highway po dyan. [45:26] Nasabi natin [45:27] last year [45:27] at umoo [45:28] ang DOTR Secretary, [45:30] umoo [45:30] ang DPWH Secretary, [45:32] na pag-aaralan nila [45:34] kung lalagyan man [45:34] ng kalye, [45:35] lalagyan din [45:35] ng tren. [45:36] Pero wala akong [45:37] nababalitaan [45:38] magandang plano [45:39] para sa tren [45:40] na magkakabit [45:41] ng probinsya [45:42] ng Rizal, [45:43] probinsya [45:43] ng Laguna [45:43] at Metro Manila. [45:45] Napaka-simple lang po [45:46] yan. [45:46] Ginagawa na po [45:47] yung kalye. [45:48] Nire-reclaiman na po [45:49] yung lake. [45:50] Ganun din po [45:51] ang Mindanao Railway. [45:53] I have to speak [45:53] because wala po dito [45:54] si Senator Bato. [45:56] Pero sa last year [45:57] budget natin, [45:58] inamin po [45:59] ng DOTR [46:01] kung lalagyan lang nila [46:02] ng Sampung Bilyon [46:03] and I think [46:04] Senator JV [46:05] mentioned this [46:06] 67 years [46:09] basta bago ako [46:12] mag-DFA [46:12] or after ko mag-DFA [46:13] binabanggit na to. [46:16] So nagka-problema [46:17] sa funding sa China. [46:19] Pero yung phase one po [46:21] ay pwedeng pondohan [46:22] ng ating gobyerno. [46:23] Bakit hindi? [46:24] Huwag tayong pumayag [46:25] na yung pagkakamali [46:26] ng Metro Manila [46:27] at ng ibang lugar [46:28] sa Luzon [46:28] ay maging pagkakamali [46:30] ng Mindanao. [46:33] Kasi unlike Visayas [46:34] na grupo [46:34] ng mga isla, [46:36] ang Mindanao [46:40] ay mas halintulad [46:41] sa Luzon [46:41] pero mas mayaman [46:42] sa Luzon. [46:44] So sana naman po [46:45] sa 2026 budget [46:46] may pondo na po [46:48] ang Mindanao [46:48] railway system [46:50] regardless [46:51] kung sino [46:52] nagtatap [46:53] ng survey [46:54] sa Mindanao. [46:58] Patapos na to [46:58] Mr. President. [47:01] Makwento po kasi [47:02] si tatay [47:02] at si anak. [47:07] Anak, [47:07] malaki talaga [47:08] ang potential [47:09] ng Pilipino. [47:10] Maabilidad kasi [47:11] ang Pilipino. [47:14] Tay, [47:14] ano ba mangyayari [47:15] pag na-realize [47:16] natin [47:16] ang potential? [47:18] Anak, [47:19] lahat ng komunidad, [47:20] lahat ng lugar, [47:21] lahat ng Pilipino [47:22] ay makikinabang. [47:24] E di tay, [47:24] ba't hindi natin gawin? [47:26] Maraming dahilan, [47:27] anak, [47:28] pero isang dahilan, [47:29] algorithm. [47:30] Ngayon, [47:32] para na tayong [47:33] fraternities [47:34] na nagra-rumble. [47:36] Na experience ko [47:38] sa University of the Philippines [47:41] pag may rumble [47:41] at may brad ka [47:43] na nagulpe [47:44] o merong kang [47:46] gugulpihin, [47:47] hindi na importante [47:48] sinong tama at mali. [47:50] Ang importante, [47:51] protektahan mo brad mo. [47:53] Sa ating national discussions [47:54] sa impeachment, [47:56] sa flood control, [47:58] sa iba't-ibang [47:59] mga issue, [48:01] ang kampihan natin, [48:02] masarap man [48:03] kung mas marami kang [48:04] kakampi, [48:05] wala nang sanity, [48:07] algorithm, [48:08] parang fraternity, [48:09] kahit mali, [48:10] kampihan ka na lang. [48:11] That's a problem, [48:12] I don't know the solution. [48:14] But what can I tell you, [48:15] anak, [48:16] noong 1960s, [48:17] we were second only to Japan. [48:20] President Erap [48:21] kept on saying this [48:22] during their [48:22] presidential election [48:24] in 1998. [48:25] So, niresearch ko yan. [48:27] Meron palang [48:27] World Bank study [48:28] na nagsabi, [48:30] ang pinakamalaking potensyal [48:31] ay Pilipinas, [48:32] ang pinakamalit na potensyal, [48:34] Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam. [48:35] Bakit po? [48:36] Dahil po sa mga [48:37] gera [48:37] at kondisyon [48:38] ng kalambansa. [48:40] Ang Korea, [48:41] yung Korean War, [48:41] pero dahil din sa [48:42] sobrang winter doon. [48:44] And this was the 1960s. [48:46] The technology [48:47] was much less. [48:49] We know about Taiwan [48:50] dahil nga po [48:51] sa revolution [48:51] sa China. [48:53] And we know about [48:53] Vietnam [48:54] that had a long [48:55] war between [48:56] the South and North [48:57] at saka yung [48:58] hilahan [48:59] during the Cold War. [49:02] But, [49:03] huwag na nating [49:04] pangarapin [49:05] na maging [49:06] second tayo [49:07] sa Japan, [49:08] sa Asia. [49:10] Balik tayo [49:10] sa 70s, [49:11] 80s. [49:12] Vietnam, [49:13] nasa ilalim natin, [49:14] Thailand, [49:15] kapantay natin, [49:16] mas moderno tayo [49:17] sa Malaysia. [49:19] Pero ngayon, [49:19] sabihin nyo, [49:20] whether infrastructure, [49:21] whether tourism, [49:23] whether manufacturing, [49:24] kung ano-anong [49:24] pag-usapan po natin, [49:26] na iiwan na po tayo [49:28] ng ating po mga neighbor. [49:30] So, anak, [49:31] we have to get [49:32] our acts together. [49:34] Anak, [49:35] hindi ko na isa-isa [49:36] in Malaysia, [49:37] Thailand, [49:38] Singapore, [49:39] Vietnam. [49:40] Kung may pera tayo, [49:41] puntahan natin. [49:42] Kung wala, [49:43] i-internet mo na lang, [49:44] pero makikita mo yung ganda. [49:46] Pero anak, [49:47] pinakita ng tatay ko to sa akin, [49:50] with your permission, [49:50] Mr. President, [49:51] can I show the picture [49:52] of Singapore [49:53] in the 1950s? [49:55] In the 1950s po, [49:57] Singapore was a [49:58] fishing village. [50:00] Maraming potential, [50:01] maraming maganda, [50:02] pero wala po kasi silang [50:03] natural resources, [50:05] tapos may problema sila [50:06] with Malaysia, [50:07] may racial problems. [50:09] In fact, [50:09] maraming taga-Davao [50:10] ang meron pong nani [50:12] na galing po sa [50:14] Singapore. [50:16] Pero ngayon po, [50:17] ano na itsura [50:18] ng Singapore? [50:19] Next slide, please. [50:22] Next slide, please. [50:24] At kahit anong [50:25] indicator po, [50:26] human index [50:27] indicators, [50:30] health, [50:30] education, [50:32] quality of life, [50:34] safety, [50:36] kung hindi number one, [50:37] number two ang Singapore. [50:38] So, madalas sabihin [50:39] ng aking ama sa akin, [50:41] anak, isipin mo, [50:42] one generation lang [50:42] kaya yan. [50:43] Kasi yung iba sinasabi, [50:44] 100 years, 200 years, [50:45] hindi one generation. [50:47] But you know, [50:48] my good friend [50:49] and brother in Christ, [50:50] Jeremiah Belica, [50:50] who's here, [50:52] the irony is, [50:52] we were in Singapore, [50:54] and we had a conference [50:55] talking to Christians [50:57] from all over the region, [50:58] and pinakita niya tong [50:59] picture na to, [51:00] or similar to this. [51:01] Next slide, please. [51:05] He showed this picture. [51:08] Hindi niya ni-label nun, [51:09] kaya hindi ko nakilala ka agad. [51:12] And it wasn't so far ago. [51:14] It was in 1996. [51:16] Ito po ang itsura [51:17] ng Bonifacio Global City. [51:21] Next slide. [51:24] Pinakita niya po, [51:25] ano na ang itsura ngayon [51:27] ng Bonifacio Global City. [51:29] In 20 to 30 years po, [51:32] not only did a city rise, [51:36] from 5 million a year [51:37] in 2009, [51:39] na budget sa scholarship, [51:41] isang billion na ngayon. [51:42] From a few hundreds [51:44] to a few thousand, [51:46] more than 50,000 scholars, [51:48] between 15,000 to 80,000 pesos. [51:51] From Fort Bonifacio, [51:53] catering to mostly Metro Manilan, [51:56] richer cities, [51:58] yung nagtatrabaho diyan. [52:00] In the last 10 years, [52:01] napakaraming engineers, [52:03] abogado, [52:04] chef, [52:04] na nagra-graduate, [52:06] mga professionals, [52:07] dahil nga nag-rise up [52:08] in less than 30 years. [52:11] Next slide, please. [52:11] President Pinoy saw the potential. [52:17] So, this is just a comparison. [52:18] Next slide. [52:20] Ilan administrasyon [52:21] ang sinubukan i-benta [52:23] yung part ng FTI? [52:25] 2012 po to. [52:27] Ano na itsura ngayon [52:28] ng Arca South? [52:29] I was there last Sunday [52:30] sa Landers. [52:31] Dinala ko yung anak ni ate [52:32] at mga pamangking ko. [52:33] Next slide, please. [52:35] It's turning out to be, [52:38] you know, [52:39] quite a beautiful development. [52:42] At yung traditional barangays [52:43] ng Senate, [52:44] ang Signal Village, [52:46] Marlica Village, [52:46] ang Upper Bikutan, [52:49] Western Bikutan, [52:50] napakaraming residente [52:51] ang naglalakad na dyan. [52:53] So, Mr. President, [52:54] kaya po natin. [52:56] I don't have time now [52:57] and I don't have the pictures [52:58] of how Cebu City, [53:00] Mandawi, [53:01] Davao City, [53:03] Iloilo, [53:04] Bacolod, [53:06] your city, [53:07] Mr. President, [53:08] Valenzuela, [53:08] Mandaluyong, [53:13] Cagayan de Oro. [53:14] I was thinking [53:15] if I'm going to mention [53:16] the city of [53:17] Senator Jinggoy [53:19] and Senator JV, [53:21] but I will mention [53:22] San Juan. [53:24] But my point is, [53:25] Mr. President, [53:27] may pag-asa eh. [53:28] Hindi mo kailangan [53:29] maghintay na matagal. [53:31] So, nung bata ako, [53:32] gusto ko nasabihin [53:33] sa matatandang politiko, [53:34] panaysabi nyo, [53:35] para sa amin eh, [53:36] pero kayo lang yung mayaman eh. [53:38] Di naman nagbabago. [53:40] Kaya huwag tayong magalit [53:41] sa mga bata ngayon [53:42] if they're demanding [53:43] that when we said [53:44] this is for you, [53:45] they want to see [53:46] faster results [53:47] at kaya, [53:48] Mr. President. [53:49] So, in that sense, [53:50] let me close, [53:51] Mr. President, [53:51] by saying, [53:52] let's take a second look [53:54] in having a new [53:55] local government code, [53:58] giving more [53:58] decentralization. [54:00] Actually, [54:01] I will push the envelope [54:02] dahil nakatingin sa akin [54:04] si Robin Padilla [54:06] na may kakampi siyang mabigat, [54:09] kakampi po niya [54:10] si Dr. Jose Rizal [54:11] na nagsabing [54:13] federalismo [54:14] ang dapat sa Pilipinas. [54:15] So, Mr. President, [54:19] there are system changes [54:20] that can help our country, [54:23] but it won't happen [54:24] kung may problema tayo [54:26] sa demokrasya. [54:27] Sabi ng Pangulo, [54:29] I am president [54:30] not only of my family, [54:32] and it is worth [54:33] yung palakpak [54:35] na binigay sa kanya. [54:37] But, [54:37] can we add, [54:39] the president [54:39] is also not only [54:40] the president [54:41] of the administration, [54:42] he is also [54:43] the president [54:43] of the opposition. [54:47] And respectfully, [54:49] I believe that [54:50] Senator Bato [54:50] is fleeing unjustly [54:53] because he cannot [54:55] get justice. [54:56] I believe [54:57] Senator Jim Goy [54:58] and Senator Marcoleta [54:59] are political prisoners. [55:01] And that [55:01] if it wasn't weaponized, [55:03] they will be able [55:04] to at least go out [55:05] on bail. [55:06] So, Mr. President, [55:06] these are things [55:07] that we should talk [55:08] about as a Senate, [55:10] beyond politics, [55:11] beyond emotions. [55:12] Sabihin nyo na mali ako, [55:14] but should they be allowed [55:14] to attend the impeachment? [55:16] Sabihin nyo na mali ako, [55:17] and they're not political [55:18] prisoners, [55:20] but are they getting [55:22] the justice? [55:24] Pantay-pantay ba [55:25] ang hostessia [55:25] o selective justice [55:26] po tayo ngayon? [55:28] Mr. President, [55:29] I don't know if there's a slide, [55:30] but if there is, [55:30] please put it on. [55:32] So, [55:32] ang huling tanong [55:33] ng anak, [55:33] Tay, [55:36] ang daling sabihin, [55:37] common vision. [55:38] Pero ano yung [55:38] common vision na yan? [55:39] Actually, [55:40] nasa preamble [55:41] ng ating Constitution. [55:43] And allow me to read it. [55:44] We, [55:45] the sovereign Filipino people, [55:47] imploring the aid [55:48] of Almighty God [55:49] in order to build [55:51] a just and humane society [55:52] and establish a government [55:53] that shall embody [55:55] our ideals and aspiration, [55:57] promote the common good, [55:58] conserve and develop [55:59] our patrimony, [56:00] and secure to ourselves [56:02] and our posterity [56:03] the blessing of independence [56:04] and democracy [56:05] under the rule of law [56:07] and the regime of truth, [56:09] justice, freedom, [56:10] love, equality, [56:12] and peace [56:12] do hereby [56:13] ordain this Constitution. [56:16] Anak, [56:17] ito ang batas [56:18] ng ating bansa. [56:20] Pero may mas mataas [56:21] na batas dito, [56:22] ang batas ng Diyos. [56:24] Anak, [56:25] ang insang bansa [56:26] na hindi niya kilala [56:27] ang kanyang sarili, [56:28] yung walang identity, [56:30] walang mangyayari. [56:31] So, Mr. President, [56:32] let me put that forward. [56:34] Whether as individuals, [56:35] as a community, [56:36] as a country, [56:37] let me quote [56:38] Dr. Miles Monroe, [56:39] identity is important. [56:42] Who am I? [56:43] Second, [56:44] what am I meant to do? [56:45] A question of purpose. [56:47] What is the purpose [56:48] of the Philippine nation? [56:49] And third, [56:50] destiny, [56:51] what am I meant to do? [56:53] If we understand [56:54] the preamble of the Constitution, [56:56] we understand [56:57] the law of God, [56:58] we understand [56:59] our destiny, [56:59] purpose, [57:00] and identity, [57:00] we will be on our way. [57:02] So, let me close [57:03] by telling [57:05] our mga anak, [57:08] manampalataya po tayo, [57:11] anak, [57:12] let us believe, [57:13] but let us act. [57:14] Faith without action [57:16] is dead. [57:17] Sabi sa Jeremiah 29, [57:19] 11, [57:19] for I know the plans [57:20] I have for you, [57:21] declares the Lord, [57:22] plans to prosper you [57:23] and not to harm you, [57:24] plans to give you hope [57:25] in the future. [57:26] But it is followed [57:27] by Jeremiah 29, [57:29] 12, [57:30] and 13. [57:31] Then you will call upon me [57:32] and come to pray to me, [57:34] and I will listen to you, [57:36] you will seek me [57:37] and find me, [57:39] and you will seek me [57:40] with all your heart. [57:41] So that's my prayer today, [57:42] Mr. President, [57:43] that despite the toxic politics, [57:46] despite our disagreements, [57:49] let us all seek God [57:50] and have faith [57:51] that when we seek him, [57:52] we will find him. [57:54] And when we find him, [57:55] he will show us his plans, [57:57] plans to prosper us [57:58] and not to harm us, [57:59] plans to give us hope [58:00] in the future. [58:01] Thank you, dear colleagues, [58:02] for this opportunity. [58:03] Thank you.