“Wala dapat kompromiso sa pagpapanagot sa mga tiwali at magnanakaw, Marcos man o Duterte. Malinaw ang kaisahan ng mamamayan. Tapusin ang korapsyon. Para magawa ito kailangang panagutin lahat ng kurap at baguhin ang bulok na sistema.”
“President Marcos Jr. cannot wash his hands of the systemic corruption that has thrived and reached unprecedented levels under his watch. Siya ang may kapangyarihan, siya ang may pananagutan. It is his budget, and he implements it. The buck stops with him.”
“Militarization inevitably brings increased human rights violations and fear among civilian population. It undermines community innovation, church ministries, genuine development initiatives and even the mental health and general well-being of the rural poor.”
“Marcos Jr. calling for calm while his administration is riddled with corruption scandals is the height of hypocrisy! Ang kapal ng mukha ni Marcos Jr. na magsasabi ng ‘due process’ habang siya mismo ay produkto ng decades-long plunder at corruption ng kanyang pamilya. The Filipino people have every right to be angry and to protest against the continued looting of public funds meant for flood control projects that could save lives.”
“This is exactly the problem with privatization—it prioritizes profit over service to the people. Ang mga kumpanyang ito ay mas nangingibabaw ang kita kaysa sa paglilingkod sa publiko. While we welcome this regulatory action, we must ask how SIPCOR, a subsidiary of the Villar Group, was allowed to operate with such blatant disregard for compliance requirements.”
Replacing the secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways does not resolve the issue of systematic corruption in the agency, and it should not delay or distract the ongoing probe into the anomalous flood-control projects.
“Saan napunta ang bilyun-bilyong piso na inilaan para sa flood control projects? Lumubog din ba sa baha tulad ng Elliptical Road, Katipunan at Mother Ignacia? While our people suffer and lose their livelihoods to these predictable floods, corrupt officials and their contractor-cronies have enriched themselves through overpriced, substandard, and often non-existent infrastructure projects.”
“The Marcos administration has the audacity to claim that it is a ‘long-time champion of international humanitarian law,’ while his National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) run roughshod on the basic rights and fundamental freedoms of ordinary peasants, Indigenous people, and political dissenters. This posturing is belied by the state of unpeace and terror inflicted by State security forces in the countryside.”
“Mainam may pagkakataon pa sila baguhin ito. Kung hindi babaguhin ito ng Korte Suprema, matatapos ang labanan na ito sa lansangan. Hindi ko alam kung ito ang gusto ng Korte Suprema. Pero kung babaligtarin ng Korte Suprema ang kanyang desisyon, magbubukas ulit ang proseso sa Senado at magagampanan ng Senado at Kongreso ang kanilang mga tungkulin sa Konstitusyon.”
“The President’s SONA was a masterclass in deflection and denial. While Malacañang painted a rosy picture of progress, the truth on the ground is starkly different. Filipinos are grappling with soaring prices of basic commodities, stagnant wages, widespread unemployment, and a deepening crisis of governance that affects every aspect of their lives.”
