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Burukrata Kapitalismo, Ibagsak!!!

Ito ang paalala ni dating Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño sa publiko tungkol sa mga Marcos at Duterte na aniya’y pareho umanong korap at “NAGPAPAKASANGKAPAN SA MGA AMONG DAYUHAN.”

Iginiit niya rin na huwag umano mahulog sa bitag na kailangang mamili sa dalawang dinastiya, “‘Yung takot ninyo maging presidente si Sara on or before 2028 ay huwag sana maging dahilan para lunukin ang grabeng korapsyon ng rehimeng Marcos.”

“Sa Nov. 30, mag-rally tayo laban sa corrupt mula baba hanggang tuktok. Kitakits sa Luneta,” dagdag pa niya sa kanyang X (dating Twitter) post kaugnay sa kilos-protesta sa Nobyembre 30. (Via Jilliane Libunao)

‼️ 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧 ‼️

Ngayong araw muli na namang pilit na pinatatahimik ng estado ang mamamayan nitong lumalaban sa katiwalian at korapsyon.

Nanghaharass at naniniktik ang mga nagpapakilalang kapulisan sa mga kasapi ng Bayan Muna sa Lungsod ng Maynila. Ginagawa pang instrumento nito ang mga opisyales ng barangay para supilin ang karapatan ng mamamayan na magorganisa at manawagan ng pagbabago sa bulok na sistema. Hindi pa sila nakuntento, may kasama pang pagbabanta sa kabuhayan ng mga indibidwal.

Lalo lang pinapakita ng kapulisan ang desperasyon nitong sumunod sa utos ng mga nasa puder na pigilan ang galit ng taumbayan. At higit lalong pinapakita nito ang desperasyon ng mga korap na kumapit sa kanilang trono.

Muling pinapatunayan ng mga pulis na kailanman hindi interes ng mamamayan ang kanilang pinoprotektahan. Imbis na habulin ang mga nangurakot ng pera ng taumbayan mismong ordinaryong mamamayan pa ang kanilang tinatakot.

𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘰𝘥 𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘱𝘥𝘦𝘺𝘵 𝘴𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘨 𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘢 𝘴𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘯.

𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐂: 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬
𝐀𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬

Former Bayan Muna congressman and petitioner in the Supreme Court petition against the transfer of PhilHealth funds to the GAA Unprogrammed Appropriations today filed a Motion with the Court asking that the Court resolve the petition on its merit despite Pres. Ferdinand Marcos’ promised return of Php 60 billion PhilHealth funds.

“𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘩𝘱 10 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘕𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘮, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘋𝘈𝘍 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭. 𝘈 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦-𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤”, said Colmenares who recently argued before the Supreme Court against the transfer of the Philhealth funds.

“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴, 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪-𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘖𝘐 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘋𝘗𝘞𝘏 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘌𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 “𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴” 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘖𝘈, 𝘖𝘔𝘉𝘜𝘋𝘚𝘔𝘈𝘕 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘉𝘔. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺.”he said

“𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦 (𝘉𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘮),” explained Colmenares.

“𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪-𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘸, 𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘸, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘖𝘈, 𝘋𝘉𝘔, 𝘖𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯.” he said

Colmenares called for putting into government only pro-people officials with integrity and genuinely serving the people’s interest who will undertake systemic reforms that must be demanded by the protesters declaring that

Reform in the budgetary process to make it transparent, accountable, accessible to the media and the public, and participatory (e.g. ordering the holding of bicameral meetings and legislative budget deliberations in government offices accessible to public and the media, livestreaming the deliberations and releasing official transcripts of the deliberations to the public, regulating presidential certification of urgency that shortcuts legislative processes and diminish public scrutiny of the budget, and allowing civil society and the public access to all budget documents, as well as providing an official space allowing their comments on the budget and the budgetary process to be officially recorded).

Genuine investigation and prosecution of the perpetrators, cleansing of government investigative and prosecutorial offices such as the Commission on Audit, the Ombudsman, the Department of Justice, the Department of Budget Management, courts handling corruption cases and dismantling the “infrastructure of impunity” composed of officials who conspire with the perpetrators to shield them from accountability. This cleansing process should also apply to government agencies executing the budget such as the Departments of Public Works and Highways, Health, Labor, Transportation and others. This also includes the cleansing of state security forces and the police of those who violate civil and political rights by violently dispersing anti-corruption rallies, torturing those arrested, and falsely prosecuting activists with trumped-up cases and SLAPP suits.

Political and electoral reforms such as, inter alia, the passing of a genuine Freedom of Information Law, passing an Anti-Political Dynasty law to combat the omnipresent control by corrupt political dynasties of legislative and executive offices, lowering election spending threshold to just 1 peso/voter (US$.017) to lessen the advantage of the rich and powerful in elections and give deserving but poor candidates a fighting chance to win, and strictly requiring that all government officials, including legislators, publish their Statement of Assets and Liabilities (SALN) to ferret out unexplained wealth among public officials, and amending the Party-List Law to return to the original concept that only those representing the marginalized and underrepresented are qualified to run in the party-list proportional elections. Ensuring that government officials are persons of integrity and honesty is an important component of the regime change to establish an effective checks and balance in against corruption.

Establishing procedures that assures respect of freedom of assembly and expression, and imposing effective sanctions against those who violate public participation. The people must also be made aware that only through vigilance and continuous public advocacy organized into networks, associations and organizations can the public help make sure that the gains of the anti-corruption movements are not dissipated by a few legal victories, supposedly genuine government investigations or independent commissions and promises of reforms by public officials.

The cases, including this PhilHealth petition, are not moot. Like the stories told in oft-repeated children's parables, the roots of the evil assailed in the Bayan Muna petition will happen over and over again unless the system of corruption is dismantled. The current General Appropriations Bill still contains hundreds of billions in pork barrel fund. Special Provision No. 10 of the 2026 Unprogrammed Appropriations which provides that “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘉𝘔 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘈 ‘𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴’ 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘜𝘈 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘴𝘶𝘮 𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴. 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘴. 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦-𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘬𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘬𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘬𝘰𝘵. 𝘋𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢. 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘨 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘴𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘢 𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘯” Colmenares concluded.

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Nawa’y magsilbing inspirasyon ang pagkilalang ito sa mas marami pang kababaihan at mamamayan na patuloy na tumitindig para sa katarungan at makabuluhang pagbabago.

Luneta. Sept 21. 9 AM.

Sa harap ng matitinding pagbaha, gutom, at kahirapan na araw-araw na pasan ng ating mga kababayan, patuloy namang lumalaki ang bulsa ng iilan dahil sa garapalang korapsyon at nakawan sa kaban ng bayan.

Habang lubog ang marami sa baha, sila’y nagtatampisaw sa yaman na hindi kanila. Hindi na puwedeng manahimik. Panahon na upang iparamdam ang ating matinding galit at sabay-sabay na ipanawagan ang hustisya para sa sambayanang Pilipino.

Kaya’t inaanyayahan ang lahat na makiisa sa malaking protesta kontra korapsyon sa darating na Setyembre 21, alas-9 ng umaga sa Luneta.

Sama-sama nating isigaw: Tama na ang nakawan, Singilin ang may sala, at iligtas ang bayan mula sa bulok na pamamahala!