Cayetano claims Senate majority plans to 'cover up' flood control corruption — ABS-CBN News

[0:02] Praise God for this opportunity. [0:04] Makamusta kayo? [0:05] Thank you sa lahat ng nangangamusta, [0:08] lalong-lalo po dun sa mga nagpre-pray, nag-encourage, [0:11] at kahit sa inyong mga nag-re-criticize, [0:14] importante sa ating demokrasya, [0:17] na kung tingin yung tama ay mag-encourage, [0:20] at kung tingin yung mali, [0:22] ay mapakinggan namin ang inyong boses. [0:24] Kaya nga starting today, [0:26] pipilitin namin na hindi lang po ako nagsasalita [0:29] kung hindi nakikinig ng mabuti kami sa inyo. [0:35] So sa comments po, kung may mga questions kayo, [0:38] unlike before po na ako mismo may hawak ng phone [0:41] at kapag ka nag-live, binabasa ko po, [0:44] but ngayon po, ililista po namin, [0:46] and then in our next broadcast, [0:48] we're also inviting groups, [0:51] not only those who are supportive, [0:54] those po na hindi naniniwala sa ating mga paninindigan, [0:57] student groups, teachers groups, mga healthcare, [1:01] we're willing to sit down with you, [1:03] in private, or with Facebook, [1:05] at pag-usapan po natin ang mga issues sa ating lipunan. [1:09] Why do we start out by praising and thanking God? [1:12] Because we are here for one reason. [1:14] Because we are God's creation, [1:16] and because God has a purpose sa ating buhay. [1:20] So let me start out with that. [1:22] Sa aking pagbabati sa lahat sa inyo, [1:25] sa Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, [1:27] sa lahat ng ating kababayan, [1:28] lalong-lalo na po sa ating mga OFWs, [1:31] nagrabe po ang sakripisyo, [1:33] lalo po sa mga panahon ngayon ng krisis. [1:37] Sa aming pagbati sa inyo, [1:38] obligasyon po namin na magtrabaho. [1:41] So the last few weeks, [1:42] napakinggan nyo yung word na work, [1:44] or parating sinasabing, [1:46] trabaho, trabaho, [1:47] diba? [1:47] Tapos yung iba, [1:50] actually, kung pumunta ako sa Senate yesterday, [1:52] at tinanong ako, [1:53] Sir, are you going to work? [1:56] Or Sir, magtatrabaho ba kayo? [1:57] Ang isasagot ko sa kanila kasi, [2:00] mali ang tanong nyo eh. [2:01] Bakit po? [2:03] Never naman tayo tumigil sa pagtatrabaho. [2:05] From May 11, [2:06] when we were elected as Senate President, [2:09] until yesterday, [2:10] when we were replaced as Senate President, [2:13] hindi naman tumitigil ang pagtatrabaho. [2:15] Ang question, [2:17] anong trinatrabaho natin? [2:19] What is our work? [2:21] Siguro, if I may use a term, [2:23] nation building. [2:24] Yan kasi maintindihan ng lahat, [2:27] nation building. [2:28] Pero babalikan ko muna yun. [2:30] There was a time sa Bible po, [2:32] na alam nyo naman po, [2:33] nung araw, [2:34] ang pagbibiyahe ay, [2:36] meron na rin po silang mga baponon, [2:38] or mga bangka. [2:39] Pero of course, [2:40] ang most na biyahe ay mga kabayo, [2:43] donkey, [2:44] may gumagamit po ng camels, [2:46] but most people, [2:47] they walk. [2:48] Diba? [2:48] They walk. [2:49] That's why nga po, [2:49] ang mga Hudyo, [2:51] pagkapapasok po sa isang bahay, [2:52] ang paaang huhugasan, [2:54] kasi sandalyas, [2:56] wala pa namang on, [2:58] Nike, [2:59] Adidas, [3:00] Puma, [3:01] nung mga panahon na yun. [3:02] Wala rin pong mga hotel, [3:04] mga Shell, [3:05] Phoenix, [3:06] mga gasolinahan na kompleto [3:08] ng mga restaurant [3:09] na may Kenny Rogers, [3:11] or KFC, [3:13] or McDo, [3:14] or Jollibee nun. [3:15] So, [3:15] nung isang beses po, [3:17] na maglalakbay ang mga apostles, [3:19] kasama ang Panginoon Yesu Cristo, [3:21] nabasa po, [3:22] ng ating Panginoon Yesu Cristo, [3:24] ang pag-iisip po, [3:26] ng mga apostles. [3:27] So, [3:27] nung tinanong po siya, [3:29] because they were asking each other, [3:31] nagtatanungan sila, [3:32] ang tanungan nila sa isa't isa, [3:34] saan tayo kakain? [3:35] Saan tayo matutulog? [3:36] May pera ba tayo? [3:37] And miracle after miracle, [3:39] nasaksihan na po nila. [3:41] So, [3:41] ang sabi ng Panginoon Yesu Cristo sa kanila, [3:43] seek first my kingdom and righteousness, [3:48] and everything shall be added unto you. [3:52] So, there are many, many lessons there, [3:53] but what are the relevant lessons for us today? [3:57] One, [3:58] seek the kind of nation we want. [4:00] Di ba? [4:00] Parati natin sinasabi, [4:01] ganito ang gusto natin Pilipinas. [4:03] Actually, [4:04] mas madalas natin sabihin, [4:05] ano yung Pilipinas na ayaw natin. [4:08] Pero we have to envision the Pilipinas na gusto natin. [4:12] So, [4:12] hindi ba pag nagdadasal, [4:13] let me address myself to Christians, [4:15] whether you're Anglican, [4:17] Catholic, [4:18] Evangelical Christians, [4:19] di ba parati natin sinasabi sa Lord's Prayer or Apostles, [4:24] yung tinuro ng Panginoon Yesu Cristo sa mga Apostles, [4:28] yung part na sinasabing, [4:30] your kingdom come here, [4:32] here, [4:33] here on earth, [4:34] as it is in heaven. [4:35] Ano po ibig sabihin na? [4:37] Bakit po tayo nagdadasal na yung kingdom mo sa heaven dumating dito sa earth? [4:42] Kasi po, [4:42] perfect ang kingdom sa heaven. [4:45] Walang gutom, [4:46] walang injustice, [4:47] wala pong nag-aaway-aaway, [4:51] wala pong corruption, [4:52] wala pong baha, [4:53] kaya wala rin flood control scandal, [4:59] walang may sakit, [5:00] di ba? [5:00] So, [5:01] but it's also about a culture. [5:03] So, [5:03] when the British colonized Singapore, [5:06] they brought the British culture. [5:08] When the Americans colonized the Philippines, [5:11] they brought the American culture. [5:13] Kaya tayo, [5:13] halo-halo po yung culture [5:14] because ancient times, [5:16] marami ng Chinese traders, [5:18] and then dumating ang Kastila, [5:20] then for a short while, [5:21] dumating ang mga Japon, [5:23] but that was a different story, [5:24] and then the Americans until Commonwealth. [5:26] So, [5:27] what's my point? [5:28] My point, [5:29] lesson number one, [5:31] seeking his kingdom, [5:32] tapos sabi, [5:33] everything comes to you. [5:34] Same thing po. [5:36] If we build the kind of environment, [5:38] the kind of culture, [5:39] the kind of nation we want, [5:42] hindi na natin kailangan pag-usapan [5:43] yung corruption, [5:45] yung equality, [5:47] lack of opportunity, [5:49] because magiging built-in na yun. [5:51] So, [5:51] despite miracle after miracle, [5:53] the Lord Jesus had to remind the apostles, [5:55] wag nyo nang isipin [5:56] anong kakainin nyo. [5:58] Wag nyo nang isipin [5:58] saan tayo matutulog. [6:00] Wag nyo nang iisipin [6:01] na mapapagod ba tayo, [6:03] saan tayo magpapahinga. [6:04] Ang isipin nyo, [6:05] ang kaharian ko, [6:07] at sino ako, [6:08] o yung righteousness [6:09] ng Panginoon. [6:10] So, [6:11] I am constantly reminded, [6:13] despite po, [6:14] na nagro-rotation po, [6:16] ang bagong trese, [6:17] o bagong majority, [6:19] sa pag-criticize, [6:20] I have to keep on message, [6:23] I have to continue talking to you, [6:25] and explain what we're fighting for. [6:28] Let me read this, [6:29] and let me ask you [6:31] if it resonates with you. [6:32] So, [6:33] siyempre, [6:34] pag nag-survey, [6:35] halimbawa tayo ngayon, [6:36] tapos inisa-isa, [6:37] anong klaseng Pilipinas [6:38] ang gusto nyo? [6:40] Anong napipicture nyo? [6:42] Siguro, [6:42] the easiest way to say it [6:43] is some will say, [6:44] Sir, [6:45] parang Singapore. [6:46] Sir, [6:46] parang Japan. [6:47] Sir, [6:48] parang Switzerland. [6:49] Depende kung anong [6:49] napuntahan mo [6:51] or nakita mo. [6:51] Diba? [6:55] What do you think of this? [6:56] We, [6:57] the sovereign Filipino people, [7:00] imploring the aid [7:01] of Almighty God [7:03] in order to build [7:05] a just and humane society [7:07] and establish a government [7:09] that shall embody [7:10] our ideals and aspirations, [7:14] promote the common good, [7:15] conserve, [7:16] develop patrimony, [7:17] and secure to ourselves [7:18] and our posterity [7:19] the blessings [7:21] of independence [7:23] and democracy [7:24] under the rule of law [7:26] and a regime of truth, [7:31] justice, [7:32] freedom, [7:33] love, [7:34] equality, [7:35] peace, [7:36] do ordain and promulgate [7:38] this constitution. [7:40] So, yun. [7:40] Medyo sa umpisa [7:41] at saka sa dulo, [7:42] giveaway kasi [7:43] hindi po ito [7:45] nilikhalang ngayon [7:47] or sinulat [7:48] or hindi ito [7:49] chinat-GPT [7:50] or hindi ito [7:51] yung parang survey [7:52] kung hindi ito po [7:53] yung preamble [7:55] sa ating 1987 [7:56] Philippine Constitution. [7:58] Diba? [7:58] Ibig sabihin po [7:59] ito po ang [8:01] attempt [8:02] na i-articulate [8:03] kung anong Pilipinas [8:05] ang gusto natin. [8:06] Can I highlight for today [8:07] one, [8:09] the aid of Almighty God. [8:10] So, dun po sa inyo [8:11] naman nagsasabing [8:12] huwag natin isama [8:13] ang usapin Diyos [8:15] o ang batas ng Diyos [8:17] sa batas ng tao [8:18] o gobyerno. [8:19] Hindi po [8:20] mismo ang constitution natin [8:21] sinasabing [8:22] the aid of the Almighty God. [8:23] I agree with you [8:24] if you say na [8:25] huwag natin sabihin [8:26] ang Diyos [8:26] kampi kami sa amin [8:27] or kampi sa inyo [8:28] o kayo, [8:29] demonyo kami, [8:30] ganito. [8:30] I agree with you [8:31] kasi nga [8:31] dapat we're on God's side. [8:34] Hindi dapat natin claim [8:35] na God is on our side. [8:36] Diba? [8:37] But yung salita ng Diyos [8:38] ay importante. [8:39] So, that's number one. [8:40] Number two, [8:41] malinaw na malinaw dito. [8:43] Rule of law [8:43] ibig sabihin po, [8:44] hindi tao yung masusunod [8:46] kung hindi batas. [8:47] Diba? [8:48] At nakalagay din po dito [8:50] yung sinasabing [8:52] regime of truth justice. [8:55] So, ibig sabihin po, [8:57] kailangan maghari [8:58] ang katotohanan. [9:00] So, let me go to [9:01] a new word, [9:02] cover. [9:03] Cover. [9:04] What does it mean [9:05] to be covered [9:07] or to have covered? [9:08] Diba? [9:08] So, sa libro, [9:09] yung cover, [9:10] yun yung ibabaw. [9:11] Pero, halimbawa, [9:12] sa ating mga Kristiyano ulit, [9:14] mga kapatid nating Muslim, [9:15] Assalamualaikum, [9:16] let me use [9:17] the biblical principles [9:18] and talk a little bit [9:19] about what is close [9:21] to my heart [9:22] in what I've learned [9:23] dun sa biblical principles. [9:26] So, halimbawa, [9:26] sa mga Kristiyano, [9:28] hindi po ang ating [9:29] sariling gawa [9:30] or hindi tayo worthy [9:32] na ma-reconcile [9:33] sa Panginoon. [9:34] Pero, paano yun? [9:35] May utang tayo, [9:36] may kasalanan tayo. [9:37] We are covered [9:38] by the blood of Jesus. [9:40] You are covered. [9:41] Diba? [9:42] So, pag sinabi kong, [9:43] halimbawa, [9:44] George, [9:45] in advance mo [9:47] three months na [9:48] sweldo. [9:49] Sir, [9:50] sabi mo last time, [9:51] pag nag-overtime ako [9:52] ng itong [9:54] habang SP ka, [9:55] covered na yung utang ko. [9:57] Diba? [9:57] Bayad na yun. [9:58] So, [9:59] napaka-importante po [10:00] ng word na [10:01] cover. [10:02] Okay. [10:03] Having said that, [10:05] ano po ang ibig sabihin [10:06] pag sinabi natin [10:07] na ngayon na [10:08] re-covered? [10:10] Ibig sabihin na [10:11] cover dati, [10:12] na wala, [10:13] nire-recover mo. [10:14] Diba? [10:14] So, for example, [10:15] during the time of [10:16] President Aquino [10:17] and the first half [10:19] bago ng pandemic, [10:20] President Duterte, [10:21] napakaganda ng ating [10:22] ekonomiya. [10:23] Nagkaroon ng [10:24] economic recovery. [10:27] Diba? [10:27] Na-recover. [10:28] Nag-recover [10:29] ang ating ekonomiya. [10:31] But, [10:31] simula ng pandemic, [10:32] nagka-problema, [10:33] and then, [10:34] gumanda-ganda [10:35] after the pandemic. [10:36] Then, [10:36] ayun, [10:36] sunod-sunod. [10:37] yung ating [10:38] flood control scandal. [10:40] Actually, [10:41] ano lang po yun. [10:42] Yun siguro [10:43] ang pinakamalaki. [10:44] Pero, [10:44] napaka-dami pa [10:46] na systematic [10:47] corruption [10:47] na hindi [10:48] napag-uusapan. [10:49] And then, [10:50] of course, [10:50] nangyari itong [10:51] Ukraine-Russia [10:53] conflict, [10:53] at tapos yung [10:54] Middle East, [10:55] nakakatapos lang, [10:56] pero we still feel [10:56] the effects. [10:57] So, [10:57] what I'm saying, [10:58] again, [10:59] our economy [11:00] is suffering. [11:00] we have to [11:02] re-cover. [11:03] Okay. [11:04] So, [11:04] in terms of [11:05] nation-building, [11:07] yung 13 po ngayon, [11:08] o yung majority, [11:09] led by [11:10] Senator Lacson, [11:12] Senator Soto, [11:13] Senator Wien Gatchelian, [11:15] of course, [11:15] as the Senate President, [11:17] the two Senators [11:17] Tulfos, [11:18] Rafi and [11:19] Erwin, [11:21] I will not take it away. [11:23] They want to build a nation. [11:25] Don't take it away from us, [11:26] yung aming pong grupo, [11:28] want to build [11:30] a nation. [11:30] So, [11:31] good faith po tayo. [11:32] Meron kayong vision [11:33] of a nation you want to build. [11:35] Meron kaming [11:35] vision [11:37] nung gusto natin i-build. [11:39] Pero, [11:39] tanong ko, [11:39] anong regime? [11:41] Regime of truth and justice ba? [11:43] Kasi, [11:44] kung regime of truth and justice, [11:47] let me tell you, [11:48] mga kababayan, [11:49] there are two groups now. [11:51] Those who want to [11:52] uncover [11:53] the truth [11:54] and those who want [11:56] to cover up [11:57] the truth. [11:58] Dalawa lang po, [11:59] ha? [11:59] Dalawa lang po. [12:00] So, [12:00] pwedeng [12:00] one who wants [12:01] to uncover, [12:03] diba? [12:04] One who wants [12:05] to cover up. [12:07] O, [12:07] ulitin ko, [12:08] ha? [12:08] One who wants [12:09] to cover up [12:10] wants to uncover. [12:13] O, [12:13] so, [12:13] dalawa lang parati yan. [12:14] Dalawa lang, [12:14] dalawa lang, [12:15] ha? [12:15] Kung ano man [12:16] ang ating kulay, [12:18] politika, [12:20] ang punto po, [12:21] we have to meditate, [12:22] we have to pray, [12:23] we have to make a decision. [12:25] Bakit po? [12:26] Mali, [12:27] maleta ang reward [12:28] kung ikaw ay para dun [12:29] sa cover up. [12:30] Pero, [12:32] napakalaki ng mga [12:33] consequences. [12:34] Kaso, [12:35] bashing, [12:36] tatanggalan ka ng kung ano-ano. [12:40] Basta, [12:41] ipafile lang ka ng cyber libel [12:43] kapag ka ikaw ay [12:45] for uncovering the truth. [12:47] That's just the nature of things. [12:49] Whether you talk about [12:50] organized crime, [12:51] whether you talk about [12:52] slavery, [12:53] whether you talk about [12:54] all the injustices [12:55] in the world. [12:56] Those who want [12:57] to keep the injustice, [12:59] those who want [13:00] to cover up, [13:01] usually have the resources. [13:02] Kasi kumita sila dun, [13:04] nandoon yung [13:05] kayamanan ng mundong ito. [13:07] But those who want [13:08] to uncover the truth, [13:10] to reveal the truth, [13:11] to show the truth. [13:13] So, [13:13] why is this important? [13:14] Because, [13:15] for example, [13:16] we're an agricultural country. [13:18] Gusto natin, [13:19] hindi lang [13:20] to produce our own food, [13:21] we're an archipelago [13:22] kung mag-i-import tayo [13:23] ng isda. [13:24] Nakakakain tayo [13:27] pero magsasaka natin, [13:28] hindi nakakakain, [13:29] mga anak nila [13:30] ayaw na po [13:31] maging magsasaka [13:32] kasi walang pera [13:32] sa pagiging farmer. [13:34] And there are a lot [13:35] of good programs, [13:36] but [13:37] habang ninanakaw [13:38] lahat ng pera, [13:39] habang mali-maleta [13:40] ang pera, [13:41] habang ang [13:42] hindi lang naman [13:43] flood control, [13:44] pati yung irrigation, [13:45] ninakaw din yun. [13:47] Ilan regimes [13:48] ang dumaan, [13:48] pati fertilizer, [13:49] tubig ang [13:50] binigay [13:52] nung before [13:53] sa ating mga farmers. [13:54] So what I'm saying there [13:55] is that [13:56] in any home, [13:58] in any building, [13:59] in any nation, [14:00] foundations are important. [14:02] So kapag ka ikaw [14:03] ay gumawa [14:04] ng isang bansa, [14:05] ang pundasyon niya [14:06] ay sa buhangin, [14:08] gigiba yun? [14:09] Gigiba po yun? [14:10] Kasi hindi tama [14:11] ang pundasyon. [14:12] So kailangan [14:13] ang pundasyon natin [14:13] katotohanan. [14:15] So respond lang ako [14:16] ng konti, [14:17] sabi ni Senator Lakson, [14:18] sayang ang pera. [14:20] Nung si Alang Caetano [14:21] ang Senate President, [14:22] 700 million [14:23] ang nagastos. [14:25] Sabi ko, [14:25] saan kaya galing yun? [14:27] Tapos, [14:28] sabi ko tutal, [14:29] magaling mag-divide [14:30] sila Senator Lakson, [14:32] very divisive. [14:33] Dinivide ko [14:34] kasi ang ginamit niya [14:35] 28 days daw ako [14:36] naging Senate President. [14:38] So tignan niyo po ha, [14:40] multiply muna, [14:42] multiply. [14:44] Multiply mo [14:45] ang [14:46] 25 million [14:48] na sinabi ni Senator Winn [14:50] na gastos ng Senate [14:51] a day, [14:52] imultiply mo yun [14:53] sa 28 days [14:54] and [14:54] baliktarin mo naman, [14:57] division. [14:57] 700 [14:58] divided by 28 days [15:00] is [15:00] 25 million. [15:03] Yun din naman [15:03] ang ginawa ni Senator Winn. [15:04] Tinignan niya lang [15:05] yung budget ng Senado [15:06] tapos dinivide niya [15:08] nakuha yung 25 million a day. [15:10] So nasaan yung [15:11] intellectual dishonesty? [15:14] Nasaan ang pagtatago [15:15] ng katotohanan? [15:17] Simple lang po, [15:20] kahit sino po [15:20] ang Senate President [15:22] 25 million a day [15:23] ang gastos ng Senado [15:25] kung ganun kasimple [15:26] ang computation mo. [15:28] Meaning, [15:28] yung budget ng buong Senado [15:30] divided by the number [15:31] of calendar days. [15:32] Diba? [15:33] So, may nabasa po ako, [15:34] sorry, [15:35] nakalimutan ko [15:35] kung sino mismo nagsabi. [15:37] Sabi niya, [15:38] statistics [15:39] is like a bikini. [15:41] Ulitin ko ha. [15:42] Statistics [15:43] is like a bikini. [15:44] Why? [15:45] What it shows [15:46] is very revealing [15:47] but what it hides [15:49] is essential. [15:51] So, makikita niyo po, [15:52] ni-reveal niya [15:52] parang pang-intriga. [15:54] Diba? [15:54] Kasi magaling naman talaga [15:55] sila mga intriga eh. [15:56] Nagte-take turns [15:57] lang naman po. [15:57] Si Rafi Tulfo, [15:58] si Erwin Tulfo, [16:00] si [16:00] Senator [16:02] Ping Lakson. [16:03] Tapos yung iba [16:04] sa grupo nila, [16:05] yung tag-team lang yun. [16:06] Para, oh, [16:06] kayo naman mang inis kay Alan, [16:07] kayo naman magkalat [16:08] ng hindi toto, [16:09] kayo naman magkalat [16:10] ng ganito, [16:11] palabasin natin [16:11] ang gulo-gulo. [16:12] Diba? [16:13] Again, [16:14] ano yung intent? [16:15] Para hindi malaman [16:16] ang buong katotohanan [16:17] tungkol sa corruption [16:18] sa ating bansa. [16:20] But what? [16:21] Let's be intellectually honest. [16:23] Whoever was [16:24] Espinon, [16:26] ganun din ang gastos. [16:27] Question. [16:28] Pero bakit sila [16:29] one day may napasa? [16:31] I challenge [16:32] all the congressmen [16:33] and senators. [16:34] 1998 pa lang, [16:36] congressman na po ako. [16:37] Naging consil po ako [16:38] for a short while po, [16:40] vice mayor. [16:41] Naging member po ako [16:43] ng House of Representatives. [16:44] Apat na term po. [16:45] Apat na term. [16:46] Pangatlong term po na po to, [16:48] bilang senador. [16:49] I was privileged. [16:50] God honored me [16:51] by allowing me [16:52] to be speaker [16:53] and then for senate president [16:54] kahit maikse. [16:55] I challenge lahat [16:56] ng congressman senador. [16:58] Prove me wrong. [16:59] Sa huling tatlong araw, [17:00] yung Monday to Wednesday, [17:02] kapag kayang po ay session, [17:03] diyan po ang ratsadahan. [17:05] Kasi lahat ng [17:06] pang second reading, [17:07] i-second reading na natin. [17:09] Lahat ng pang third reading, [17:10] i-third reading na natin. [17:12] Lahat ng halimbawa [17:13] pito ang nakapila [17:14] sa senate [17:14] or 20 nakapila [17:16] sa house [17:16] sa interpolation. [17:17] Kakausapin na [17:18] na majority leader yun [17:19] or mag-uusap [17:20] majority minority leader. [17:22] Pare, [17:22] isa na lang magtanong. [17:23] Bili, [17:23] pasa na natin ito. [17:25] Yun po talaga [17:26] ang ano doon. [17:27] But, [17:27] what did [17:28] the group of [17:29] Senator Winn [17:30] and Senator Laxon do? [17:32] Since May 11 po, [17:33] hanggang [17:34] yesterday, [17:36] hindi po sila [17:36] naglagay ng mga [17:37] membro ng [17:38] committee nila [17:38] as [17:40] minority. [17:42] Sila po [17:42] ang ayaw [17:42] magtrabaho. [17:44] Hindi po sila [17:45] naglagay ng mga [17:45] membro [17:46] para hindi mag-function [17:47] yung mga [17:47] committee. [17:48] Question, [17:50] paano po yung mga [17:51] ready na for [17:52] buy cam [17:52] na ipapasa? [17:54] Yun po ay [17:55] in-authorize [17:56] namin. [17:57] Tatanda nyo po [17:58] May 13, [17:59] yung pong [18:00] inatake ang [18:01] Senado, [18:02] yung pong [18:02] sa NBI [18:02] na sinasabi [18:03] na ngayon [18:04] na halatang-halata [18:06] na ngayon [18:06] ay part [18:07] ng kanilang plano [18:08] na sa aming [18:08] binibintang. [18:10] Alam nyo po ba [18:12] na the next day po [18:14] ay meron pong [18:15] buy cam [18:15] tungkol sa [18:16] voucher system [18:17] sa DepEd. [18:20] Yun po [18:21] ay nakakasana [18:22] sa House [18:23] of Representatives. [18:24] Nag-confirm ako [18:25] at tinawagan ko [18:26] mismo si Speaker D [18:27] na pupunta po [18:28] ako doon [18:29] tapos nagkagulog. [18:30] Kinansil nila po [18:31] yun. [18:31] Kung hindi ako [18:32] nagkakamali, [18:32] si [18:33] Senator [18:36] Bam Aquino [18:36] ang chairman [18:37] noon, [18:38] ang magpapatuloy [18:39] noon. [18:40] Meron [18:40] napakarami pong [18:42] hearing. [18:42] Yung hearing [18:42] si Senator [18:43] Piat [18:43] tinuloy. [18:44] Yung kay [18:45] Senator [18:45] Pangilinan, [18:46] nagtanong [18:47] naman siya [18:47] sa floor [18:48] pero [18:48] sunod-sunod [18:49] na bati ko [18:49] sa iba't-ibang [18:50] mga pahayagan [18:51] at online, [18:52] kawawa daw yung [18:52] farmers, [18:53] dumating po [18:54] sa Senate, [18:55] tapos pagkatapos [18:56] hindi pinakinggan. [18:57] Kawawa po talaga [18:58] kasi nagamit sila. [18:59] Kasi pwedeng [19:00] ituloy ang hearing. [19:01] Hindi nila [19:02] tinuloy. [19:03] So yung sinasabi po [19:04] nilang hindi [19:04] nagtrabaho, [19:06] waling-waling po [19:06] yun. [19:09] Walang [19:09] katotohanan [19:10] panay [19:10] kasi nungalingan. [19:12] And that's why [19:13] yesterday po, [19:14] ang main [19:14] na inuna nila [19:17] ay isang bill [19:18] na maganda, [19:19] na gusto natin lahat, [19:21] na walang ano. [19:22] Ang joke nga namin, [19:23] naalala nyo yung [19:23] 1990s, [19:24] yung pag tinanong [19:24] yung bata na, [19:25] anak, [19:26] parang wala kang [19:26] ambisyon. [19:27] What's your plans? [19:29] At sasabihin nung anak, [19:30] ang plans ko, [19:31] mami, [19:32] may sampagita, [19:33] may gumamela, [19:33] may orchids, [19:35] kasi plants pala yun, [19:36] hindi plants. [19:37] So nung tinanong [19:38] yung majority, [19:38] what's your plans [19:39] for the special session? [19:41] Waling-waling pala. [19:42] Diba? [19:42] So, [19:43] huwag na tayo maglokohan. [19:45] Yung kahapon, [19:46] kasi may 13 na kayo, [19:48] at gusto nyo palitan [19:49] ang Senate President, [19:51] kasi gusto nyo, [19:52] tuloy-tuloy na yung [19:53] impeachment, [19:54] at ang gusto nyo, [19:55] grupo nyo [19:55] ang magdikta [19:56] ng tempo [19:57] through [19:58] the presiding officer. [20:01] That's been very clear [20:02] to us from the start. [20:03] Diba? [20:03] Nung February pa, [20:04] nung ipipwesto natin [20:05] si Senator Loren Legarda [20:07] bilang Senate President, [20:09] yun na ang sinabi, [20:10] hindi sila papayag [20:11] dahil impeachment [20:11] ang importante. [20:13] Pero, [20:13] number two lang pala [20:14] yung impeachment. [20:15] Ang number one, [20:16] yung cover-up [20:17] dito po [20:18] sa flood control [20:20] at [20:20] napakarami pang iba. [20:22] Kaya, [20:23] ang message ko [20:24] kay Senator Laxon, [20:25] simple lang. [20:26] Gusto mo, [20:26] tumahimik muna ako, [20:27] meditate, [20:28] pray, [20:28] ikaw din. [20:29] Pero, [20:30] Senator Laxon, [20:30] napakahaba [20:31] ng iyong karir. [20:32] Nakilala ka [20:33] bilang nag-expose, [20:35] nakilala ka [20:36] na sinusundan mo [20:37] yung ebidensya. [20:38] Of course, [20:39] there have been [20:39] many issues also [20:40] regarding you, [20:41] your family, [20:42] pero, [20:43] yung businesses nyo. [20:44] Pero, [20:45] sinantabi ng Pilipino yun [20:46] kasi magaling kang [20:48] mag-imbestiga eh. [20:49] Pero ngayon, [20:49] bakit? [20:50] Panay-comment mo na lang [20:51] sa mga witnesses, [20:52] pero ayaw mong humarap [20:53] sila sa committee. [20:55] So, [20:55] ako, [20:55] hindi ko sinasabi [20:56] na lahat ng witnesses na to, [20:58] former Marines, [20:59] mga bodyguards, [21:00] mga former military, [21:01] active military yung iba ha, [21:03] na naging security. [21:06] Hindi lang ni Salty, [21:07] hindi lang ni [21:08] former congressman [21:10] and head of the [21:10] Appropriations Committee [21:12] ng House [21:13] na si Saldico. [21:14] Marami pa po dyan. [21:15] Kasi alam naman po natin [21:16] na parating may security naman po [21:18] ang ating mga congressman, [21:19] senador, [21:20] at mga sekretary. [21:22] Diba? [21:22] Alam naman po natin yun. [21:23] Alam natin hindi sila pipit-binge. [21:26] So, [21:26] anong mawawala [21:27] na may hearing na fair [21:28] at pakinggan? [21:30] Pero in the meantime, [21:31] inuubos kami. [21:32] Diba? [21:33] Kaya ang susunod daw, [21:34] si Sen. Marculeta. [21:36] Diba? [21:36] So, [21:36] I will, [21:37] and then si Sen. Bongo. [21:39] So, [21:39] you know, [21:39] I wanna honor [21:40] Sen. Bongo, [21:42] Sen. Bato, [21:43] Sen. Marculeta, [21:44] Sen. Jingoy. [21:45] Bakit? [21:46] Eh, [21:46] before May 11 po, [21:49] nung nag-usap-usap kami, [21:50] in fact, [21:50] nagkita kami May 10 eh, [21:52] at bago ko mapagharap-harap po [21:54] ang labing dalawa, [21:55] wala po si Sen. Bato nun, [21:57] nagsabi na po kaming lahat [21:58] na dadaan tayo sa pagsubok na to [22:00] at may magsabi na lang [22:01] pag hindi na kaya. [22:02] Pero napakaraming nagsabi nun, [22:04] kulong na kung kulong, [22:05] harapin na natin [22:07] kung ano to, [22:07] et cetera, [22:08] o walang hiwalayan tayo, [22:09] grupo tayo. [22:10] So, I'd like to honor [22:11] those who are in the front line. [22:14] You know, [22:14] I'd like to honor [22:14] those who held out, [22:16] diba? [22:16] But ang problema kasi, [22:18] nagbago yung laban eh. [22:20] From just having a platform [22:21] sa Senate [22:22] para fair yung ating impeachment, [22:27] para makapag-focus tayo [22:28] sa economic crisis, [22:31] at para lumabas [22:32] ang katotohanan, [22:34] nakita na namin [22:35] kung gaano kalaki ang skandalo [22:36] at yung corruption na to eh. [22:37] Ongoing to ha. [22:39] Yung sasabihin nila [22:40] na wala nang nakawan ngayon, [22:41] tell that to the Marines. [22:44] Nagbabago lang. [22:45] So, [22:46] I don't want to take up [22:47] much of your time today [22:48] and I don't want to [22:50] answer each of the issues [22:54] in a way that [22:55] will effectively [22:57] conflict or confuse us. [23:00] Diba? [23:01] So, [23:02] kung sinagot ng Panginoon [23:03] Neso Kristo [23:03] yung mga apostles [23:04] isa-isa, [23:05] o ikaw, [23:05] anong pagkain ang inisip mo? [23:07] O ikaw, [23:08] san matutulog? [23:09] O ikaw, [23:09] diba? [23:10] Kasi they were not all [23:11] able, [23:12] may naglilimp din, [23:13] diba? [23:13] So, [23:14] ang concern niya, [23:15] merong bang mule [23:16] or donkey [23:17] o kabayo [23:17] na pwedeng sakyan? [23:19] Those are all valid. [23:21] Diba? [23:21] Kung sasabihin ngayon [23:22] nung iba, [23:22] o kay Tano, [23:23] tumahimik ka, [23:24] gutom na kami, [23:24] kain muna. [23:25] Those are valid. [23:26] And we should discuss that. [23:27] Pero anong una? [23:28] What's the priority? [23:30] No? [23:30] So, [23:30] don't get me mistaken. [23:32] I'm talking about the principle. [23:33] I'm not comparing. [23:35] Ayan, [23:35] babalok mo din na naman [23:36] nung iba. [23:37] Sasabihin, [23:37] kinocompare natin [23:38] ang struggle. [23:40] God is God. [23:42] And we have to pray [23:43] that we're on God's side. [23:44] But there are principles [23:45] He teaches us. [23:46] So, [23:47] diba? [23:47] Anong sabi ko sa inyo kanina? [23:48] Nation building. [23:49] At saan natin umpisahan [23:51] yung nation building? [23:52] Sa pundasyon. [23:53] Rule of law. [23:54] Diba? [23:55] Regime of justice and truth. [23:57] Kung walang justice and truth, [23:59] yung binibuild po natin [24:01] para natin nilagyan ng anay. [24:03] Para natin nilagyan [24:03] ng payat na bakal. [24:05] Para nilagyan natin [24:06] ng bakal yan na [24:07] may kalawang na. [24:09] Gigiba at gigiba [24:10] din po yan. [24:12] So, [24:12] ang tinitignan pa lang po natin, [24:13] ano? [24:14] 24, [24:14] 25 budget. [24:15] Yung 26 budget. [24:17] May nagsasabi ba [24:18] na napaka-inosente yan? [24:19] Wala rin mga sinaksak dyan? [24:21] O, going back. [24:22] 2023 budget. [24:23] Ang sabi po [24:24] ng mga ex-marines, [24:26] 2022 pa lang [24:27] may deliberan na eh. [24:28] Tapos, [24:29] hindi lang DPWH yan. [24:31] Meron din yan po [24:32] sa farm-to-market roads. [24:33] Meron din daw [24:34] sa school billings. [24:35] Meron silang binabanggit [24:36] na noon 22, [24:37] 23, [24:38] BIR. [24:38] So, napakarami po. [24:39] Alam naman na po natin eh [24:40] na may corruption. [24:42] Again, [24:42] don't get me wrong. [24:44] What I'm looking at [24:45] is the systemic, [24:47] systematical, [24:49] rubbing blind [24:52] our people [24:53] in the last few years. [24:55] There are two [24:56] systemic na pagnanakaw. [24:58] Diba? [24:58] Yung sistema natin sa Pilipinas [24:59] na may papel ka, [25:00] kailangan may lagay. [25:01] Diba? [25:02] So, [25:03] tatlong natin kailangan tignan. [25:04] Yung una, [25:06] yung day-to-day corruption [25:07] na parang [25:08] walang mastermind yun. [25:09] Yung [25:10] wala kang plaka, [25:13] hinuli ka, [25:13] penging isang libo. [25:15] Yung [25:15] nahuli ka, [25:18] walang driver license, [25:19] penging isang libo. [25:20] Magpa-file ka ng business permit, [25:21] o, [25:22] 20 mil lang dapat mo bayad, [25:23] penging liman libo. [25:24] Diba? [25:25] So, yun. [25:26] We will deal with that [25:26] and we're dealing with that [25:28] and citizens are dealing with that. [25:30] Churches are dealing with that. [25:31] Business groups are dealing with that. [25:33] Pangalawa yung systemic, [25:35] yung [25:35] nasa [25:35] ganun na sa Pilipinas, [25:37] yan ang kalakaran. [25:38] So, we have to deal with that [25:39] through [25:40] values, [25:41] through systems. [25:42] But I'm talking about [25:43] the systematic [25:44] and continuing [25:46] rubbing us blind now [25:48] and using the last bastion, [25:51] which is the Senate, [25:53] not only to be the rubber stamp, [25:54] but to be their mouthpiece [25:55] para maraming issue, [25:57] para hindi tayo tumutok dito. [25:59] So, that's the sad thing, [26:01] that there is [26:01] an economic crisis. [26:03] Nagihirap [26:04] ang ating mga [26:04] kababayan. [26:06] So, kailangan natin [26:07] isa ba yun? [26:08] Pero hindi natin [26:08] pwedeng ilihis [26:09] ang usapan. [26:11] So, in behalf [26:12] of the senators [26:13] I represent, [26:14] in behalf of the people [26:15] praying for us, [26:17] in behalf of students, [26:19] farmers, [26:20] healthcare workers, [26:21] OFWs, [26:23] seafarers, [26:24] na sinasabing, [26:25] Boss, [26:25] may pag-asa pa ba [26:26] ang Pilipinas? [26:27] Boss, [26:28] hindi kami nawawalan [26:29] ng pag-asa. [26:31] Huwag nyo kaming bossin, [26:31] kayo boss namin. [26:33] Ilan politiko [26:34] na ang dumaan [26:34] na kayo boss, [26:35] you do not cover up [26:36] from your boss. [26:37] You tell the boss [26:38] the truth. [26:39] If you tell your boss [26:40] lies, [26:41] he will fire you [26:42] and even put you in jail. [26:44] Diba? [26:44] Pero ngayon po, [26:45] hindi. [26:45] So, may dalawang boss. [26:47] Boss ng cover up [26:48] at saka yung boss [26:49] ng gustong mag-uncover. [26:52] Please meditate on that. [26:54] Handa po tayo. [26:55] So, dati, [26:56] ang capacity po natin [26:57] bilang Senate President [26:59] at mga kasama ko [27:00] bilang mga chairman [27:01] ng mga committees, [27:02] gagamitin natin [27:03] as a platform yun. [27:04] For the truth, [27:05] hindi para usigin [27:06] or i-persecute [27:07] ang kahit sino. [27:08] Iba ang prosecute, [27:09] iba yung persecute. [27:10] Hindi po. [27:11] We were going to use [27:12] that platform. [27:13] O, nakita natin [27:14] in how, [27:15] in less than 40 days, [27:17] kung paano inuga [27:18] ang mga pundasyon [27:20] ng Senado [27:20] at inuga [27:21] ang pundasyon [27:22] ng ating mga institusyon [27:23] at paano pinunit [27:24] ang konstitusyon [27:25] para lang [27:26] matuloy yung cover up. [27:28] Now, [27:29] we will have [27:30] other platforms, [27:31] other venues. [27:32] And one of these venues [27:33] is Facebook. [27:34] So, ito lang ang tanong ko [27:35] sa mga pamilya ko [27:37] sa Facebook. [27:38] Bakit si Senator Lacson [27:39] at yung [27:40] Sen. Rafi Tulfo, [27:41] Sen. Erwin Tulfo, [27:43] na gumagamit din naman [27:44] sila ng Facebook [27:45] na tignan nyo nga [27:47] sa Senet [27:47] bawat salita. [27:48] Tumingin lang ng ganun, [27:49] gumanoon, [27:50] may sumusunod din, [27:51] may sumusunod sa kanila eh. [27:52] Diba? [27:53] O, tapos, [27:54] makikita mo, [27:55] pati kay Sen. Lacson [27:56] yung angal [27:56] ni Sen. Marculeta, [27:58] pati sa CA, [27:58] kahit anong committee, [27:59] ine-edit, [28:00] pinapaganda yung [28:01] itsura. [28:02] Diba? [28:03] Yung sa NBI, [28:04] hindi ko alam [28:04] totoo ba yun [28:05] yung talagang [28:05] nag-ayos [28:06] naka-ano ng hearing. [28:10] That it's not only [28:11] mainstream, [28:13] meron din social media, [28:14] but, [28:14] ba't kayo galit na galit [28:15] pag nagpe-Facebook ako? [28:17] Eh, ang hilig nyo rin [28:18] mag-Facebook. [28:19] So, sasabihin nyo, [28:20] hindi, kasi mas maraming [28:20] nanunood kay Alam Kaitano [28:22] kasi nagsasabi ako [28:22] ng totoo. [28:24] Hindi naman parating [28:25] mas maraming nanunood sa akin. [28:26] Bakit? [28:26] Last year ba? [28:27] Mas maraming nanunood sa iyo. [28:28] Rafi at Erwin Tulfo, [28:30] eh, problema, [28:30] nabuko kayo [28:31] na may tinatago kayo. [28:33] Diba? [28:34] O, hindi lang sa sarili, [28:35] para pati din sa [28:36] sa Malacanang. [28:37] So, [28:39] walang perfecto sa atin. [28:41] But it's time for real change. [28:42] So, yun ang hinihingi ko [28:43] mga kababayan. [28:44] Huwag po tayong susuko. [28:46] Huwag po tayong [28:47] manghihina. [28:49] I mean, [28:50] tao din naman po ako. [28:51] So, I spent a day yesterday, [28:53] sabi ng asawa ko, [28:54] o, pwede kang kumain [28:55] ng sisig ngayong gabi. [28:57] Kasi nga, mataas ko listrol ko, eh. [28:58] Pero, sabi niya, [28:59] para namang matuwa ka ng konti, [29:01] tapos sinama niya yung [29:02] barkada namin na [29:04] medyo [29:05] magaling sa akin ng konti yun, [29:07] pero [29:07] ka-level ko na mag-chess. [29:09] So, at least, [29:09] hindi ako talo [29:10] parate. [29:13] Tapos, [29:13] you know, [29:14] I spent a day reflecting. [29:16] Tinex ko, [29:17] mga kasamahan ko, [29:18] as a group, [29:19] individually, [29:20] na, you know, [29:21] na kailangan, [29:22] eto ang sitwasyon, [29:24] ituloy ang laban. [29:25] I thank them. [29:26] Humingi din ako [29:27] ng kapatawaran [29:29] sa pagkukulang ko. [29:30] Sabi ko, [29:31] pasensya na kayo, [29:31] hindi rin ako perfecto, [29:33] tao din. [29:33] May pagkukulang din ako sa inyo. [29:35] So, sa ating mga kababayan, [29:36] kung may pagkukulang din ako sa inyo, [29:38] hindi lang bilang Senate President, [29:40] hindi lang bilang ordinary Senator, [29:42] even in how I articulate [29:43] these issues, [29:45] pagpasensya nyo. [29:46] But like you, [29:48] let's all do our best, [29:49] let's not lose hope, [29:50] and let's keep praying. [29:51] I still believe [29:53] there will be people [29:54] who will be switching sides. [29:56] Sabi nyo, [29:56] hindi, sir, [29:57] pakunti ng pakunti tayo. [29:59] Sir, [29:59] iba talaga yung may pera, [30:01] may kapangyariyan. [30:01] Hindi po. [30:03] You know, [30:03] the moment you lose hope, [30:05] that's the moment. [30:06] Kasi may spiritual warfare dito. [30:08] Sabi sa Bible, [30:09] meron pong [30:10] principalities, [30:12] authorities, [30:13] spirits. [30:14] Isang spirit doon, [30:14] yung lying tongue. [30:16] Yung bumubulong, [30:17] talo na kayo, [30:17] wala na kayong magagawa. [30:19] Tutal sila kumikita, [30:20] kumita ka na rin. [30:21] Di ba? [30:21] Huwag po tayo makikinig doon. [30:23] Doon po tayo sa tama. [30:24] Let us build this nation we love. [30:27] And let us serve the God we love. [30:29] God bless you po.