“Ang pattern ay malinaw: gumawa ng mga kaso, magpahayag sa media, at gamitin ang mga korte para patahimikin ang oposisyon. Ito ay hindi sistema ng hustisya—ito ay state terrorism na nakabalot sa legal process.”
“Dapat pakinggan ng pambansa at lokal na gubyerno ang panawagan ng mga magsasaka. Doble pahirap ang Rice Liberalization Law o RA 11203 at ang pagbagsak ng presyo ng palay. Nararapat lamang ang Php20 na floor price para sa sariwang palay upang matiyak ang kabuhayan ng mga magbubukid. Ang laban para sa pagpapataas ng presyo ng palay ay laban ng lahat ng magsasakang Pilipino. Dapat itong suportahan ng publiko at aksyunan ng gobyerno.”
“Public officials must be held to the highest standards of transparency. Using fake names in financial documents is not only illegal, it is a gross insult to the Filipino people who demand accountability for every centavo of public money.”
“There is no witch-hunt. In fact what happened is that we want to get the witch of the south to explain where she took the confidential funds, but she does not want to answer our questions, that’s why we brought this up to an impeachment trial so that we will know the truth there.”
“Halos limang beses ang kapasidad ng CBK kaysa Casecnan, pero parang barya lang ang binayad rito. Saan napunta ang tunay na halaga ng asset ng taumbayan? Dapat imbestigahan ito ng Kongreso at ng taumbayan mismo. Hindi dapat basta-basta na lang ibinibigay ang ating mga pampublikong pag-aari sa mga oligarko. Ito ang problema sa pribatisasyon tapos ang sisingilin nang malaki ay ang taumbayan tulad ng nangyari sa EPIRA at Primewater.”
“She has been languishing in prison for five years, waiting for a trial for five years — that to me is a travesty of justice. We need to stand with the Frenchies of this world.”
“The Constitution does not grant the Senate the power to dismiss, quash, or return the Articles on procedural or political grounds. The only way an impeached official may be acquitted is through a trial, not through a majority vote to dismiss. A two-thirds vote of all senators is constitutionally required to convict, and anything short of that—whether for acquittal or otherwise—can only be arrived at after a fair and public trial.”
“The government has the executive power to suspend these burdensome taxes immediately. We cannot afford to wait for legislative action when our people are already suffering from rising prices of basic commodities.”
Given the long history of threats, harassment, and even killings targeting victims, witnesses, and human rights lawyers, we assert that Duterte’s release will escalate these attacks. Malaki ang panganib na lalo pang tataas ang pananakot sa mga biktima at kanilang mga abogado kapag siya ay pinalaya. Dapat unahin ng ICC ang kaligtasan ng mga naghahanap ng hustisya.
“That is not the discretion of the Senate, as if it is giving to the plenary to decide whether they will fulfill their constitutional mandate or not. The Senate plenary is not supreme over the Constitution, and it is not up to the Senate on whether or not they will convene as an impeachment court.”
