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foreign [Applause] thank you [Music] thank you makeup good afternoon again everyone let us all rise for the Philippine national anthem [Music] foreign government president let us remember that we are in the Holy presence of God in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen thank you dear Lord we thank you for giving us another election year not only to exercise our right to vote but also to inspire our fellow Filipinos to vote wisely we pray that the Filipino people realize that politics is not something we should take for granted but something we should play an active role in we also thank you for Gathering all of us today to listen and comprehend the platforms policies and ideas of the different candidates we have for the upcoming 2016 elections may all of us be good citizens who are Vigilant in conscientious voters so we can elect officials that promote collaboration integrity and accountability we also thank you sorry we also humbly ask you to bless our candidates that they may be able to truly serve the people with faith service and communion in their minds and in their hearts our lasallian prayer I will continue oh my God to do all my actions For the Love of You Saint John Baptist De La Salle live Jesus in our hearts forever in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen may I let me call up please brother Raymundo supledo the president of the LaSalle State University [Applause] our esteemed guests senator caitano representative romwaldis representative colminares attorney kapunan mayor duterte officers and representatives of rappler and the different organizations who have worked together to make this forum a possible Globe dzrh Facebook Alma educational system and media Nang Bayan delegates of the South Manila educational Consortium delegates of LaSalle schools parents faculty alumni students ladies and gentlemen good afternoon De La Salle University is honored to host this forum because she is committed to building a community of leaders competent professionals Scholars researchers and entrepreneurs who will participate actively in improving the quality of life in Philippine Society within the perspective of Christian ideals and values now we find ourselves preparing for the coming national elections a pivotal time that will in no uncertain terms determine the development and well-being of our people the leaders we will elect will have the grave responsibility of leading our nation in the face of myriad complex and pressing issues these challenges include among others spurring Equitable inclusive economic growth tackling peace and Order concerns confronting the effects of climate change ensuring and diversifying our sources of energy securing our territorial sovereignty and implementing a radical reform in the education of our youth in the coming months the it the Filipino electorate will have to weigh on the scales these issues on one side and on the other side the plans and programs of our esteemed candidates and how they will deal with these issues this afternoon we are fortunate to listen to them and to see for ourselves who they are and what they stand for with utmost wisdom and vigilance we must practice discernment in selecting the men and women who will best guide and unite our nation as responsible citizens we can do no less for at stake is the future of our people and the Integrity of our nation but we must also clarify for ourselves what we truly value for our country as Roy Disney put it it's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are fortunately we can now leverage technology to discuss with one another do our due diligence and even directly engage with candidates as informed and responsible citizens of our Republic we can now tap the democratizing power of Technology particularly social media for the free exchange of questions information insights so we are thankful that news organizations such as rappler as well as our other event partners are committed to the truth and see the promotion of Greater Clarity and transparency for this coming election as part of this mission we thank each one of you here and all those whom we reach in the different parts of the Philippines thanks to the Wonder and Miracle of social media through this forum and the initiatives of other concerned and dedicated Filipinos May our electorate be better informed and elect the good leaders we need those with the wisdom compassion integrity experience and most importantly the result to guide and Lead our people to a more prosperous just and Humane future thank you have a very meaningful afternoon and God bless us all hello everyone I'm Maria ressa welcome to hashtag the leader I want with our partners we are coming to you live from the LaSalle State University here in De La Salle University I'm my apologies the LaSalle University we are also live on nearly 200 radio and television stations we're live coming to you on your mobile phone and we're live on social media with our partners the am and FM stations of dzrh mbz the TV stations of media Nang Bayan including ptv4 that's across the Philippines and the cable television station of dzrh with our partner Facebook you can watch live on rappler's Facebook page and continue the conversation on all our partner Facebook pages most of the questions today were contributed on Facebook and crowdsourced voting determine the top questions that our candidates will be asked today our Community Partners across the Philippines task force 2016 and undp Philippines there are also nearly 40 viewing parties across partner schools in the Philippines including Silliman University lyceum of the Philippines University Ateneo and other dlsu campuses let me explain what will happen today all the presidential and vice presidential candidates were invited to hashtag the leader I want Forum they were invited to present their platforms and to answer your questions one tandem declined early on two sent regrets this weekend one tandem declined last night after 7 pm the last men standing and they will come up on stage the only ones courageous enough to see this as an opportunity instead of a risk are Davao mayor Rudy duterte for president please let us ask him to go on stage let's bring him on stage Davao mayor duterte for president and let me also call up on stage his running mate Senator Alan Peter cayetano please let me explain that for rappler and all of our partners this by no means is an endorsement it is not an endorsement of their candidacy let's state that right but that they are the tandem who have taken the stage and just so you know everyone around in the hall they're 2 000 in the hall please raise your hand if you are registered to vote let's show who is registered to vote in the audience very good and now the viewing parties are up across the Philippines what will happen so we have both men on stage each man will have 20 well they'll have 10 minutes each to present their platform together they will have 20 minutes before we go to our first commercial break as that is happening please use the hashtags phvote hashtag the leader I want to throw your comments suggestions and your questions vote up the questions that you want when we come back from break we're going to go into the first part one of the crowdsource questions and then we'll go to another break and then part two of the crowdsource questions after that our two gentlemen will do their closing statements and we will then talk to other National candidates who are also brave enough to come and face us today three senatorial candidates and let's just say hello to them here we have I believe representative Martin romwaldes if you're here in the audience please you stand up we have a representative Larry col menares and attorney and attorney Lorna capunan all right ladies and Gentlemen let's focus on the stage and the two gentlemen standing in front of us 10 minutes each 20 minutes together the tandem duterte duterte the stage is yours good afternoon it was one stage of debate is [Applause] but anyway let me be quick and precise we live in a democracy no doubt about it we have regular elections we have it all except that is it a government of the people maybe is by the people yes but is it for the people you know problem that's the problem uh there is so much trouble in this country there is absolutely no peace for all of us here in all of the places in the Philippines is there order there is a great disorder and you know that everywhere uh almost all gamot of human life and the governance what really worried me and maybe at the back of my mind forcing me to run what's the condition of our country it's very disorderly and people do not have security I do not pretend to be the silver bullet for a lot of these things there is no whatever whatever it is that's really ideal for everybody but um it is not only the criminals who are working over time to oppress the people and itself the government it's actually cannot understand why government is into it is it for the people in this country this is the law The Obedience to the law is almost optional you have the highest there the smugness and the rich the filter it of course there are the clean rich but there are those who are filthy with their hands soil did so many things and it runs into billions the position of taxes smuggling on all sorts of high corruption and even in our everyday dealings economically you cannot buy an equipment without any commission that's horrendous all of our almost all of our transactions so it's either tea or odd but in the Supreme Court or because because it's tainted with corruption and then again there is this at the bottom those are really the criminals of having a head day especially drugs my God I hate drugs and I had to kill people because I hate drugs now when you say that duterte your your blood-stained hands is everywhere of course not I I do not execute people kneeling down with their hands tight at their back if that is what you mean or what was meant by some extra judicial killing it's always a confrontation believe me I will dwell on it if I lose their time passenger because always the government is at the receiving end also for those few men who are brave to do their work drug lords do not ever maybe not all but do not believe the uniform standard of the bleeding hardship they were the term Salvage accidentally terminated of course we it's always an arm confrontation because if you notice and I'm sure you know an Arctic in this in this place in this city in this country because they are paranoid hallucinated all the time and they are almost always invariably carry weapons little weapons to fight it out now if I become president there's no such thing as bloodless cleansing I propose to get rid of the drugs within three to six months and maybe I can do it or do I say that well my exhibit is double City it's very porous there's no such thing as complete peace and Order but I said we always try to suppress crime and drugs the motherhood is in Dragon once they start stealing from you from your family to friends then they go up higher and go into serious crime and rape which was unheard of in our generation this there was no such thing as a rave of a one-year-old girl foreign and I hate it because I have a drug facility look at drug lord maybe yes with pleasure I am mad Ito not even the shores of vanilla before in 1988 have been mayor for 22 years drugs and criminality must stop it is just simply intolerable to me and I would do it even if would listen cost me my life my honor and even my Liberty but it will always be in accordance with law if it would come down to a shooting I am sure that my orders would be followed that do not allow yourself to be killed my God kill the criminals and I will protect you though abuses private crimes and I will kill you because desperate we were on the crossroads from just a transition of Martial law then we were enjoying the full benefit of a democratic space I'm alone every time they can hurry would want to fight the communist or given forums so at the end of Martial law there are a lot of our arms in the hands of people who were not authorized to use them so I had to worry about the remnants of of the martial lawlessness and with the new and abundance of criminals foreign was able to come up there relatively safe City and if you've been to Davao I can assure you you can go about every nook and corner of diversity and you are safe Allah foreign no excuses I do not ask for any understanding that's my dream s we are oppressing you can't just imagine a 65 year old woman living or Singapore what if beyond the costumes and the old woman the happiest woman would arrive in Singapore and get caught with an exclusive bullet is an exclusive to them that is pure oppression not even just a crime to meet against it and it is true here in Metro Manila you have Shabu what a Time sold here and it was a product of one thing Lupa and nobody was minding it until now and you have to compromise yourself with the prisoners does even just to clean the place look ugly and if you do not like my style we are all competent all good so they claim when I agree with them but not all because there are frauds in the lineup if you cannot bear to see this Republic but I assure you crying drugs corruption in government give me I do not ask for a term I ask for three to six months and I will finish them I'm putting the severe limit because then I will be forced to act otherwise after six months that is why I gave myself a very constricted because I cannot talk and even development now if we do not do away with violence I have to have injection building separate criminality drugs and Corruption from Mindanao there is violence this rampants but I said this is station building I have to talk to Maria season I have to talk to Murad Nur Missouri and everybody to come up with a peaceful Mindanao I cannot hope to improve the economy of the island without Law and Order because no investor of um Corporation will develop and remember this country is agricultural based most of the for 70 percent of the film come from the agricultural sector we have to improve the economy we should start with the land and Mindanao provides by the grace of God the relief because it does I mean typhoon it does not have the storm surges that kill people but either a source of crime and violence because there is a revolution the new People's Army are and my time is up you know extend it tomorrow oh yeah [Applause] [Applause] let me start with Mindanao it is most profound in Mindanao look I'll give you 1521 Madrid and London in Leyte Island because the guy was a horny traveling the Pacific Ocean for so many months looking for a woman he discovered the Philippines what we were doing all right as a Malay State until you came okay that's good I don't have to have an issue about religion it ties us down to our values in life look when I say things listen to my evidence listen to my cuss words but look beyond for there is a such story of the Filipino 1521 my God 70 years looking at The Archives Islam was already planted firmly in Mindanao so when you come down and say I claim of this I claim ownership and possession of these islands in the Name of the King of Spain and I would call all the natives and Filipinos that guy started the trouble down from the Imperial throne Central highly centralized government for control down to the Americans maintaining the same system for control and until now we have this word there are surely when he said that I own this Airlines a grave Injustice was already committed against the moral people they would not relish to be called Filipinos because they cannot be the subject of a Christian King Philip Dynamics Mindanao so we have a problem we claim that they are rebelling it's just simply I'm problema it was with Murad when I came here for this Gathering and Murad asked me Plano has declared independence do not do it four months six months ago Marco Polo because when you do that on one or two or three states would recognize you then you raise the fighting invenor means religion state and then you have to deal with Miss worry now as a state and you have to resolve it before the United Nations if nothing about Bieber then we cannot develop business can if there is no way it will be troubled again foreign they would start to withdraw then you lose the money and you lose the job now if it goes coupled you know stuck excess cheers you lose the whole of the money from the country that is why I hold it that's the Article of Faith or they call me Ultra right I am not I am a leftist I never hate it just govern exactly what I see would fit into the system and be right all the time human rights accusation what dilemma she was the chairman of the commission on human rights she became the doj and Shabu was philosophy flourishing official human rights foreign what is horrible I said yes you are the responsible person in this city when I said I'm booked um [Music] and I told him you know yeah if you want to get evidence if you have to get evidence against me get it somewhere else and from my mouth they provide evidence against myself foreign I'm there to serve the people for all of my life as mayor as a prosecutive physical I never never addressed anybody or me official what you'd hear from my mouth always a problem says I'm just a government employee and precisely I am and we are in order to serve economy we badly need it how do we do it how to fix it we must clean we must get rid of drugs I am good after eight o'clock tonight really I came prepared food okay no no no well uh I said it's economy and low end order um government is suppressing corruption must stop I said if I could stop corruption everybody believes her Allah foreign human rights [Applause] na gumawa good afternoon ladies and gentlemen mayor maayon happened a um Brothers rappler Maria of course dzrh thank you very much for this opportunity or a Crossroads that we're in we will have to decide and the more information you get regarding the candidates the better some people say there's premature campaigning but in the U.S two years before primary a year later by the time that you elect someone you know them inside and out you always get surprises [Music] foreign foreign if we talk about political maturity we have to come a time where we stop just mouthing it's about the issue it's about the advocacy but you decide whether or not you will debate on whether or not there is a risk and whether or not you will make a mistake and it will cost you your presidency you know mayor talk about the why mayor duterte told you you know we believe we are creations of the Lord he believes in a better Philippines we can do much better he believes that we shouldn't be oppressed whether it's uh by the criminals the corrupt or by the government itself oppressed why let me talk a little bit about the how again under the instructions of Mayor duterte and as we discussed in the program peace and Order 24 7 Luzon visayas Mindanao to talk to talking to the Muslim Rebels to the left to the right to any group to end any kind of discrimination in our country discrimination because of religion discrimination because of race discrimination because of gender discrimination because of uh social status peace and order because criminals have taken over go to the streets even in the subdivisions half of our kababayans believe that anytime half of our people SWS puto 48 to 52 believe that any time at night and half of the people believe or actually worry about a relative coming home late at night that is a reality foreign and he spoke about it already he will enforce the law a thousand times he said no extrajudicial killing we will follow the Constitution what you haven't seen is exhibit a the 9-1-1 in Davao City what you haven't seen is the CCTV cameras what you haven't seen is the intelligence and order of battle the mayor is very strategic and very tactical he will not go out in the streets in Depot he will know beforehand signups and by the way ladies and gentlemen he just says it differently but everywhere in the world enforcers Salon forces all over the world put their hands up and you go for the gun the law enforcement is authorized to shoot unfortunately please and do you know how much the pay of the police is and starting Poonam police is 14 800 pesos now let's stop criticizing for one minute imagine you were a PNP official 14 800 and cost of living in Metro Manila assuming a family of five no three children police thirty five thousand so on your first day of work so what do you tell your wife darling myself what do you tell your mother hospital what do you tell your children I'm not saying corruption is correct I'm not saying is correct but if you want to get rid of corruption and you want an effective police force the only solution is the duterte solution of raising their pay between 50 to 100 000 pesos on Facebook and on social media to Indian nurses teachers the mayor has made public pronouncement about professionals getting bigger pay but he also knows foreign said immediately he will meet the cost of living and within a year he will meet the 75 000 and after the police have shapen up after he removes the the elements who are dirty in the police and everyone has the dignity you know of being a law enforcer and does their job investments in revenues Tomatoes then we can increase the pay of others going to the second so first is peace and order second PO is regional development going to federalism the mayor has said that it will take six months to maybe three or four years to convert to federalism when you hear federally simple young power structure USA or federal republic of Germany many do not know that economically China followed the federal system bawat regions of China at bawat city was given Authority money and the confidence to decide on itself in investments in uh in giving um uh uh incentives no and can you show the slide of Metro Manila many of you don't know that traffic and Metro Manila Metro Manila and Metro Manila because 19 000 per square kilometers the closest is Calabarzon is less than a thousand everywhere else it's less than 500 people if you watch TV why is this happening because a congressman a mayor an ambassador a reporter will complain and everyone gives the same answer infrastructure Manila and the politicians are too afraid to tell the media because they're all based here and it's too long to explain that because the more traffic the more roads the more cars and the more workers you'll get from calabarson from bicol from Pampanga and everything when they get here Health Center you know how much we spend in Metro Manila one trillion of the 3 trillion budget 1 trillion anywhere we go do we have to go there they want work in their own place but everywhere in the Philippines the budget is only two to four percent one trillion goes to Metro Manila so but just by having Regional development for example Cebu if we allowed them 10 years ago to to build out their own projects they will have an MRT by now if you allowed Mindanao to bid out their own projects you will have a 200 kilometer Railway system by now why don't we have it is BBL 100 billion a year 86 billion Railway it was on the desk of Ned already in 2012 phase one was already approved there was already a foreign study on the feasibility but since Manila politicians decide for Ilocos bicol Pampanga we can even make the right decisions for Metro Manila how can we make the right decisions for the whole country anupus Avenue federalism cannot work so what's the alternative we're offering a different uh economic program but they cannot offer something better just motherhood statements lastly ladies and gentlemen equality under the law so peace and Order 24 7 is on besides Mindanao Regional development inclusive economy leading to federalism and equality under the law simply put as so passing along and enforcing the law and contractualization because 40 50 years old in 20 to 40 years old College four months five months six months that's an example if you go to the jail fifty percent drug related equality under the law in our country we will be unveiling our economic plan other plans as we go on the campaign it's more than 100 days if we give everything today at one time digest and we really want to spark a debate no Hindi and drama dramas uh about it mayor mentioned exhibits exhibit a Davao please visit I learned through rappler I didn't even know that Davao is three times bigger than Metro Manila so you manages exhibit a Davao is three times bigger than Metro Manila it was at one point in time a killing field the left the right the military the npas the religious conflict because of the Muslims and the Christians in the area many many problems but 30 years later people who are there are happy being one of the safest cities in the world exhibit B the city of Taguig they said when we promised free education it is not possible in the city of 140 000 students librivo and Zapatos and pantalon and shirt notebook health kit so excuse more effective than conditional cash transfer no fees for graduation togas for even their junior senior prom is completely catered and free with CC with a live streaming so their OFW parents can watch them when they graduate they're given 10 000 peso coupon which can be elevated to 50 000 to pick their School of Choice tesda it can also be in suc or we have a local College where everything is free and how many cities around the country people can afford to do this so we have experimented in many things in health seven out of 10 people die without seeing a doctor 911 City you will see a doctor right away personal experience he was playing we brought him to the hospital MRI he's okay and when we're paying doctor it was a private hospital we have to take care of him we didn't call same thing's a taxi driver one of my staff took and said yes there is no fear in Davao there is love there is respect there is pride in the city of Taguig if you have diabetes or a heart problem and you're poor you don't have to line up for the medicine we bring it to your house because we have a GIS system which they use in Thailand and other cities where every three months we take um we go to your house and asks and everything Exhibit C the local government code let me pay tribute today Senator Nene Pimentel the father of the local government code is here today pork barrel would be king today if not for the local government code successes of Makati Quezon City Davao Cebu City all the large cities part of the success is leadership like near duterte but part of the success is the local government code of 1991 which devolved power to them 25 years later it's time to devote more power going to federalism that is exhibit a b and c and since I've seen the last two minutes let me just share a personal note no let me put it this way you know I communicate better when I try to be funny so politics father forgive me forever he remains silent foreign father well this is your Penance do this and do that but promise me you won't do it again father I can't lie to you I cannot promise you I won't do it again but I will tell the people I will not do it again and you have candidates like that then another candidate came and said father forgive me for everything um [Applause] [Applause] upper brother foreign serve the Filipino people and clean our streets of criminals he said if in six months January 1 2017 you do not feel safer that more than half of the pushers have either stopped or are gone from this world that you cannot walk the streets feeling safe and within six months no you are not satisfied with him he will resign I will join him but I will give you my full support for those of you who have doubts don't even vote for me but vote for him why vice president is just there to support to agenda to help the president has the power and a right president can really make meaningful change so let me tell you this from the heart as a person who served government for 23 years who has both the experience but is not blemished by corruption and has always been truthful to you I wanted to run for president I have I was offered by more than two of those running now to run for their vice president and I I think they can make a difference but a small difference just something better but when I went to see the mayor not knowing if he's going to run or not not knowing that mayor I believe you can change his country I was with my family and ladies and gentlemenista I urge you support this man give him six months he will not disappoint you good afternoon thank you thank you so much to everyone in the audience please you have open wi-fi in addition to what LaSalle has you have a globe open wi-fi hashtag pH vote that can be your access point and at the same time please let me we we have Senator Pimentel in the audience as well as well as Senator piyakayatan I believe she's also here let's to those of you in on radio and television stay tuned short break we're going to be right back and to those here let me introduce you the live stream will continue and let me introduce you to David who will at least we have three minutes on the commercial break uh we'll bring in our viewing parties outside go ahead David [Music] thank you oh it's you again 30 seconds to go yes go fast let's go fast um my question is for our uh it's hello oh hey go ahead go ahead up top first um my question is for Mr duterte actually okay actually if you have a question for mayor duterte we'll take it in the last Gap right we'll come back to you on the on the questions yeah okay so generally I like everything that was that I heard but it's more focused on the crimes and everything I'm actually for federalism and that's very nice for the country but I think we lack nationalism as a whole body I think we need to be more concerned about our nation before we Implement something like federalism because most of the people in my pers in my perspective from what I see they are slightly apathetic with regards to their love for the nation that's just my piece thank you so much we're about to begin again we're coming into the live stream all right let's go back to those coming in oh On Cue so [Music] hello welcome back to those of you listening and watching on radio and television we are back and we've just heard the platform of Mayor Rudy duterte and Senator Alan cayetano we're now coming to Facebook to the crowdsourced questions that you've had if you want to take a look at the list of questions you can Raptor will tweet and our partners will tweet the link for all of them the first question coming up on Facebook is this one let's post it up please we've come from security this has gotten this is coming in from tawitawi kamiposa arm naginagawang breeding ground on Muslim Community arm Isis how will you address the Potential Threat of Isis to our national security Atlanta Army I'll treat it as a very serious matter terrorism nowadays is to walk going on all around the world and the kind of Technology of violence is really very brutal and cruel I have to deal with it harshly also no choice kill innocent people blow up the marketplace killing children burning everybody cannot accept the ordinary Criminal I would never accept that kind of extremism from any religion not only from Islam even Christianity in history leads to all of this violence no but we have to address the problem of historical Injustice as the mayor always discusses and takes pain to discuss this also in visayas and Luzon others only discuss this in Mindanao number two you also have to look at the inequality arm is the poorest area and instead of building them booked giving them books building them schools Hospitals number three really more dialogue and federalism will actually address some of this so Isis and its influence on the whole world global caliphate ideology you know is serious and I've exposed that during the BBL um discussions there is a small element really after historical injustices but they want a good settlement but it's all going to Metro Manila so I think mayor that they will be the best person to address that because he talks to all of these people and secondly federalism will take some time but acknowledging each Region's strength will have solve all of this and then let's go to the follow-up follow-up Facebook this is on let's go to the next question the follow-up should be what is your stand on the BBL uh if you were elected as president you have said you would support the BBL but Senator cayetano you've also taken a position that you would not is that correct well um very similar imposition I mean duterte that an ideal BBL or an ideal um autonomous region is preferred but the problem how is the rest of Mindanao that's why federalism will address this better I have actually filed a bill for a Mindanao development plan together with the BBL Society BBL with development plans for region 9 10 11 12 and karaga or federalism thank you so these three issues are connected in your head security the BBL um and on Isis guys for the folks in the audience Isis is actually targeting you uh they are the most I would say probably the most successful uh social media movement on on Twitter um let's go to the next one and this connects to some of the things that you've said let's post the question let's go change the question please this next question connects to something that you said about how everyone is in the cities right and let me read it here how the full question is this the population of the Philippines as well as other countries in asean is expected to increase in concern concentrated urban areas currently 47 of the asean population is living in key urban areas this percentage is expected to increase to 56 in 2030 and 67 percent in 2050. how should the government respond to urbanization to make sure that our cities are inclusive and livable and the case in point is our transportation system which I think you mentioned briefly how do we pull how do we live in these crowded cities this is from ateneau youth agenda I was once asked how do you solve the traffic problem of itself there is none it is not only EDSA which is really overloaded it's entire Metro Manila it's the same maybe from further degradation for us Filipinos is to improve on the economy really improve maybe disperse and invite more investors it's always money it's it's its infrastructure that's really lacking in in our system awareness of in college I had a professor which said that you know economics just the law of supply and demand what we do not have we import what we have and they ask for it we export the only problem is that the the businessman the investor would always look 40 the safest the cheapest and the fastest way of moving people and goods that's about it but we do not have the airport every passenger airplane and all other airplanes going to Manila they land online and that is why I'm coming back and in coming here unexpectedly going back we will to hold the flight for two hours why because the sky is of Manila was congested with so many airplanes working along making the Final Approach and it would need about two hours for them to clear the way for us to take off and land safely one place there's not enough rules there's not enough facilities they could have just also placed a single train cargo cargo train somewhere to just to move people but if you do not have that equation which is very important and you do not disperse the industries and you do not lend money well I I think you have a a dark future here so Everybody Must Stand but I said mine is different because happy the mayor I said for 22 years one term Congressman one term voicemail to my daughter you know you know uh we have to kind of understand that we need to disperse we have to to open ports in visayas and for those getting their goods from Mindanao you know it's much more cheaper to import than to pay the cost of rate from Mindanao to Manila the problem there is not enough infrastructures and open market of the the the the the the the the shortest way visayas and I said let me dwell on something else is agriculture you want to raise the economy raise the economy you have to start with people the small and medium okay you have to borrow we give loans we do not give grants but the problem I said is if you do not improve on the Law and Order because of not most of that money will that be invested and real estate it could that be into manufacturing it's just what trading small business or how to deprive some Mindanao you have to improve below look on toward the situation otherwise even if you have the money you'll get lost along the way either you are killed money foreign [Music] that's about it actually me I said will I just have to do something about the rest of the no money like on the long term would no longer be a viable Urban City it's it's decaying and and the the canals you do not have the steroids anymore it's really terribly clubbed and you cannot even see the waters moving it's simply Family Planning I'm the only city mayor freely in artificial contraceptives I think that we should limit actually but I do not advise if the girl is beyond below 35. obligation foreign just to validate mayor's statements and I love being with Mayors because they're well grounded there in the Senate Malachi statistics big picture but sometimes you forget you're not dealing with Statistics you're dealing with actual people that's why that's why you you hear uh you hear comments like traffic Etc because they're not there on the ground the Mayors are and because my wife is a mayor and we have an agreement that we never sleep apart together and we try to keep it so when she goes to the world cities Forum every year and I listen and all major cities around the world are 80 90 already have the authority for the urban problems including Transportation including um in water treatment and everything highly centralized so if we cannot even fix the Legazpi to La Union PNR which we just you the 50-year franchise no how can you think we can do the subway here and if we can't do the subway here how can we fix the transportation in Davao in Cebu in Zamboanga that's why Alexa federalism or Regional development there's always an argument that how can we let them bid it out for example the Cebu Airport and then when do we start but if Neda now says oh we have 2 trillion in ppps get their uh their their planning people together in five years you'll have the experts there Administration they go back to the companies they work for or abroad so two years studies and everything we're very weak in planning and one reason why we're weak is that it's really heavily centralized so so part really of um taking care of new cities and the surrounding rural is to give more power to them last point now mayor and I were in nuevasia yesterday and a group of professionals met us mostly Dr Sabina mayor first time so our senior doctors no some own the hospital and you know they ask us questions and we told them imagine if you had the regional government then you can influence them on policies of health education Transportation but right now what you see your senator's election you see the president for five minutes but if it was a regional government having 70 percent you just leave to the national government National Defense nationalism but you give these local problems to the authorities even me I'm a senator 23 years ago 40 years I think we're the tandem with the most experience you asked me to build uh roads in a city the mayor will know more but yet you you let people like me in the Senate and in Neda and in the dotc take care of this when people it's people like him who should we we should give the authority to so it's about time for part two of the local government code leading to federalism Okay so we will go later today in your platform let's go to the question that's gotten the second most number of likes in the last 24 hours on our Facebook page and I'm going to tweak this slightly because your platform actually addressed it it says this from this is oh gosh the same group they had a they mobilized um task force you are out in force on social media from traffic congestion and it's many negative effects no let's go back yes what the okay go ahead to the next one yeah what are this is from Carolina Gracia and teria Melia what are your greatest accomplishments in the previous government posts that have proven your competency you've actually spoken about all of this why do you think you're qualified to be the next president or vice president you've answered that as well let me twist it one last stop we have uh four choices at least for President and Vice President how would you assess your your the possible choices we have and why would you say you were the best choice I'm a very generous man you assess evaluate and think of them only the four of them but at the end of the day and that would be something like a week after or a week before the American rather if you want to think to me think of me and I think of you imagine [Music] Grace Paul is and mayor duterte all of them saying um imagine secretaries like secretary Abaya and the three of them say you better shape out or get out of here foreign who wants to beat everything here or dotc or whatever who among the presidents will say you know what put dot Department of Tourism in Cebu put DNR in Davao what uh put the OTC in in Clark no who and lastly who among them will say that they will resign if they can't fix the Philippines in six months is that actually realistic I mean on social media again what we see and that promise is seems that some of the reactions I've seen is that uh it shows that mayor duterte is not realistic the promise that he could fix the Philippines in six months every bullet I I I I it's not the Cradle of but uh I was able to do it foreign people stop it and to the police well expressly told to do so by the company but the police they go out at night daytime their ships and yeah they go about twice 14 14 000. a driver he has three daughters two colleges such College one high school every time there's an enrollment comes along he borrows money from absolutely yeah I I asked him what's your take on pay the two seven so how do you supposed to send your children to school what the rain will shine how do you place the food on the table that's why I said because I have to take control of our country it's in this order every facet of Life the Filipino be this sidewalks the highways parking every I have to take control Army why do not begrudge them you know why they're the very persons that we sent to the mouths of hell and they would go there tomorrow without any whimper or complaint Ama that's why I said maybe is in the performance of beauty unless of something like two to three years same salary but Shape Up police especially go out of crime is there still much time really to improve on everything I know that it would look hardships it would be a life-changing thing because what they enjoy today is their salaries with really pittance compared to what they get from drugs foreign and I would say to the people now father may I ask Ed you deepest apologies actually what was I complaining was what was being done to the Filipino people when you live in a neighborhood do not throw a banquet to invite everybody in the barangay seven you have to close everything it will not you know Maria take it from me now if by the grace of God I make it to the passing if I do not make it I'll swim you won't see me taking my off to office in luneta I will take my oath of office in the Office of the President I will invite no one except maybe my family stood by me all the time and Generals and diplomatical but your invitation or they say drinks will be saved and that will be called us soda too big when that's it [Applause] for what for 22 years I do not buy luxury um 700. by discount foreign actually stands for yourself and the reason why you're being considered why you're moving up very fast it's because of your track record but some worry some statements you've made and this I would also like to ask Senator cayetano you've said that you would become a dictatorship to make it happen that you've killed people um I guess if if you become president you will be in charge of upholding the law there will be no abuses and even if I let go of the military and the police to fight crime on drugs you know it it's good that Gloria Arroyo raised it to the level of innocent and security threat that would give me the power now to not read the power but the maybe the yeah the power to use the military and maybe I can pakka if there's a mayor or a chief of police tainted with drugs but I'll overall from Chip up police down to the last day because I do not give it get out so basically you're saying these past statements are rhetoric for you hyperbole it's you're looking at Cold War deterrence is this correct Senator thank you for the opportunity to clarify all of that we're a sound bite Society so except for social media rappler maybe radio on TV how can you explain the plans of the mayor and his character and Persona one hour speech in one minute censorship no so but let me explain six months no this is a true story when I was still a congressman because we don't live in a subdivision tricycle drivers drainage drugs so we brought him to the police it turned out to be a policeman and suddenly there were a lot of witnesses and we found out that every time there's a drug test in a police station let's say they'd pay their Capital to move to Taguig when it happens you'd pay he'd move to Makati and there's two guys no you know the barangay captain he called all the pushers captain write down on paper that you commit that you will stop selling drugs and well even if that's unconstitutional it's unheard of all of them you know a week and a half later the reality is when we're in Subic we follow the law when we're in Japan we follow the law when we're in Singapore we follow the law but when in the we're in the Philippines it's the law of the Jungle so it's political willing the mayor did not promise that he'll fix all the problems in six months in order feeling safe drugs six months he gave a better time frame having a nation building two to four years and federalism it will take some time now the mayor will padlock uh um Congress I've been observing him and we've been friends my sister is here Senator Pia and he's helped my sister in 2014. you know see mayor wants to communicate to people that he will give his life if he tells you he will do something he will find a way to do it but all of us are so used to politicians who promise and don't do it Barrel so it's his way to telling them you're serious I mean he can he can answer himself if I'm correct no but he never said that on day one I will uh I will uh you know Allah federalism he didn't say federalism or I'll send you tanks he'll create a commission it will go around the country it will build support it will talk of the different forms of federalism so that's why all I can ask for is happen know his character and listen to him if you still have doubts go to Davao did he ever act like a dictator in Davao go to Davao and you know it's really different I mean um I've been spending a lot of time there and it's not a dictatorship it's respect so let me just so I know we have to go to break now for radio and television but can I just follow up this is the last on security and then we will open it up more to Facebook and we'll open it to the audience when we come back from break um have you ever brought any policemen have you bred brought anyone to court or held justices uh have you filed complaints against prosecutors and judges who may be incompetent in handling crime cases have you penalized any law enforcer for not doing their job or for doing too much like extrajudicial killings yes it's a different department but many a times I would go to the regional office and close the door and just give her or you give him a piece of my mind but in my city this is 72 hour limit everything clearance permit must be released within 72 hours that's about four days but do you protect those people who are innocent or poor of course I am the only city mayor who was a team of Lady lawyers to assist in the litigation in the in a lawyer for its abused woman abundant woman and we are the first we are in the first city to pass the women's School gender uh let's go to what Human Rights Watch says which is it is the poor who are the ones who are mistaken for drug pushers in Davao is that correct we all commit mistakes it's not done purposely but I've yet to hear a person executed or killed summarily executives and uh mind you when I was young before Marcos it wasn't the ombudsman it was known as Italian I was one of the two by and prosecutors I mean I should know when I go to prison or not that's um okay thank you break now so we're going to for dzrh MVC and ptv4 and their partner stations will take a short break we're going to be right back all right so that's why this was a question raised by the students in tawitawi earlier and feedback major disappointed with the answers because generic answers give them the feeling it's not going to be a priority in the platform of government okay thank you Terry online so some of the reactions from our forum from Glenn revillas foreign policies okay duterte actually didn't expound on his plan of action regarding the alleged breeding of Isis in am just talking it out um feedback from our movers in tawitawi priority BBL um from ecofania is he here oppression oppression oppression oversteps and due processes so very strong statements um from edrick Lucky sorry but you don't Cedric Cedric sorry but sunshine sorry but you don't fight evil with Evil killing a person whether guilty or innocent will never be right hashtag the leader I want so if you have any other reactions tweet us with hashtag page vote after this Gap you can ask your you will have a chance to ask your questions to Mayor duterte and senator cayetano because are you guys here your question is the leader you want this 2016 and why after hearing the talks our first batch of talks who is the leader you want and why see no willingly defend answers you know scale no no no no okay the leader you want voila yes introduce yourself it's a reaction I know it yeah it's a reaction okay I don't know if you're familiar with my face we're responsible for the viral videos for mayor duterte and and uh Senator Alan with Jimmy bondoc experience I mean one of the dinners but nobody paid us to do it we did it because we really believed and then the mayor said candidly foreign he was the first person a politician who made me cry because of that all right thank you so you others please um tweet post hashtag Beach vote and hashtag the leader I want back to you Maria thanks so much guys oh you have to let Congressman you have to let representative from all this through foreign [Music] [Music] to those watching on dzrh NBC radio stations and to those on median and buy and PTV for welcome back on stage we've got Senator Alan Peter cayetano for vice president and mayor Rudy duterte for president the two candidates hashtag Last Man Standing were facing the Forum let's put up the first question from social media from Facebook that's come up this one for the audience I think is uh the internet what Concrete Solutions would you implement to fix the slow internet speeds from germanski romersky vanderlip [Applause] political excuses Indonesia is bigger than us in Malaysia and Indonesia but let me be very Frank with you that's one of my admirations it's very strict no donations from people with contracts in government the truth is in the country people who donate and are regulated by government nominate their own regulators so whether it's tall whether it's the uh trains whether it's the internet my solution without it's a work in progress now we're not promising Heaven and Earth saving any mayor don't over promise speed and lastly Maria just mentioned some people think that on Facebook internet too big will be a problem in the next 20 30 years and internet more programs so in countries that are more modern and mobilizing internet they're systems of monitoring gas leaks water leaks oil what we call this through these tunnels Etc so the internet speed is not only because our netizens and those with smartphones want to communicate better it also has an effect on our health our environment our economy so I have full faith that the mayor's plan of not more than 10 signatures of anything not more than three days or 40 days and the political will no and I I've been in Congress for uh for more than 15 years so I I think there's the laws are clear implementation I have to give you to give it to you straight I cannot give you a very educated answer on that because I don't even know how to open I I asked my daughter for what what's there to know in the Facebook so kind of a a very regimented life ago not because the energy processible dates I cannot attend to all and I cannot my education this time of my life foreign do you agree that it is important for the future yes of course education and the future well you can you can confirm this video Lima no vice president and globe synonym one day 9-1-1 foreign foreign sorry this this one popped up uh we'll go to that uh let's go to this we got to ask Will you side with marginalized sectors even in cases where they're inter sorry and you guys clap for this question all right here we go this question has gotten the most number of likes in the last 24 hours will you side with marginalized sectors even in cases where their interests clash with the interests of your allies and backers for example will you press your corporate funders on Fair Labor practices or your landed allies on agrarian reforms business so same you have to build terminals and very importantly smaller medium Enterprises you have to give loan more loan money lend money but you must first develop the security of the places and Metro Manila it's not only of security as vis-a-vis with the law and order it's the security of the people health and everything pollution so that is why there's a lot to do about just being marginalized because so if you give the more generalized and that is why I have this one the remote but my take is Kitchen stand up against your financial backers if it goes against their interests I have the standing order I'm addressing myself to the entire Philippines very or business with government I would rather lose Maria have never tasted any defeat in any election if but I do not want to be compromised I cannot go to other places because I cannot afford the airplanes I can do not do not accept money I have nothing against them actually if you do it right legal and everything it's okay let me just said just give me about one and a half minutes a simple train ing each Samsung is doing give it to you has been there for almost one year I'll get you as a secretary of what then I will just give you 40 days to up unless you need more time to conduct popular inspections or things that you have to inspect would you need an ample time to do it but ordinary it binds the local government three days for departments any department for that matter your result approved or disapprovement should be out by about 30 days foreign to do it foreign [Music] especially from peace to order to nation building which would include minus the Isis I do not talk to terrorists these are really historical Injustice that was also perpetrated against the moral people we have to correct it that's why we can't coming up the other alternative is violence violence that's why just looking for the rightful one that's why as a nation building it should be different from m-i-m-n in PA it was it was 70s I was first listened to Maria season I am now 70 years old I've been talking hello foreign what do we do with this foreign we need to give one from this audience who's going to run up to the mic and ask one question because we're running out of time who wants it who can match Doterra hello someone just ran and it's a girl gentleman go ahead tell us your name and and your question okay um good afternoon I'm Kat Padilla and I'm taking up International Studies major in European um okay so as you have been proclaiming for the past hour and a half you believe you can improve the country within the first six months of your term if elected what are your proposed solutions to alleviate traffic and improving public transportation because realistically speaking improving the economy and federalism would take such a long time what would you offer the Filipino people within those six months as you have been proclaiming well I'll return to the right to walk out at night and use the pub before the public roads safely that you can ride without being held up without being killed without being brought to a certain corner and get get to be raped I will return to you most especially I will deliver you from the freedom of fear foreign against governments especially the police I will see to it that the police will serve you know police because of foreign human to humans you think you can sow or that what what else this country by killing and proposition mode you will bring about peace and order by just killing is that really the solution or is it because of poverty and force into drugs because that's the easiest thing to get money but very very corrosive and it to look at the police now I have to deal with everybody especially if I cannot reform government Lisa there can be no developmental problem s the corruption still exist in the matter of the great reluctance bureaucracy if you still have to pay for your licenses if you still have to pay for your birth certificate especially before the extreme the option it's just an option to obey the law um but what's being squeezed in the middle um these are the four Filipinos because it is this class of people many large almost 99 of them are really poor defenseless helpless it's not true that you cannot do anything in six months let me first clarify you know and since order six months the rest it will take time but there's also so much you can do in six months for example agriculture 70 employment in the country agriculture some of the poorest agriculture is coconut Farmers we have more than 100 billion pesos in the Coca level fund but politicians cannot make up their mind and malachanyan cannot make up their mind what to do with it so the farmers are suffering Coco choir one product of a coconut is in demand not only in the Philippines but in China we're supplying less than 10 percent uh virgin coconut oil and all these plants now secondly we're spending 60 2 billion on conditional cash transfer it's a good project but we're only spending 3 billion on small and micro Enterprises of the 62 billion it's a conditional cash transfer and this is 5 billion is Administrative cost so just by moving into the barangays and municipalities and tying it up with livelihood five billion five six no last lights business you go to the bank now you'll get between seven to twelve percent interest per annum you go to any Island any mountain any field in the Philippines my five six you know how much five six is you borrow five thousand then you pay either 30 or 60 days depends if it's one month five thousand utang more 200 a day if it's two months it's ten it's a hundred pesos a day so 120 to 240 percent and interest that's why walang trickled down it that's why Baba you know moving of departments there's this one company it had 300 employees in Cebu a few dozens in Makati and a couple hundred Quezon City they were shopping around for a city that will give them incentives young group of companies they did it just like that when the city of the gig they gave them gave them the incentive 14 floors 300 from Cebu nili Patna Metro Manila 58 companies followed from Makati to Taguig there are companies in China that are overheating because of the labor costs mandatory increase incentives is about to expire so yes six months for the economy and for many problems like traffic no it's not enough time but it's also not true that the Mindanao Railway since 2010 it's Gathering dust phase one is ready for bidding 2012. but when I looked at the J big Transportation master plan we have it Pele so all the best practices and the plans it's in our offices but it's Gathering dust so so let me just transmit to you very sincerely no political you'll see things moving but not my political wheelchair we're running out of time yeah so unfortunately we are out of time because we're going to have to go to breaks um let us say thank you to Senator uh cayatano and to Mayor duterte please everyone here can you stay tuned because when we come back from break we're going to hear from 30 minutes from there culminares Congressman culminares Congressman Martin romwaldes and attorney Lorna capunan hashtag the leader I want let's give the last man standing tandem a big round of applause thank you we'll be back [Music] hello all right foreign [Music] [Music] welcome back to our viewers and our listeners on the dzrh and BC uh radio stations and the median and buy and television stations including pdb4 welcome back we've just listened to um to Senator Alan Peter cayatano and uh and mayor Rudy duterte on hashtag the leader I want Forum Last Man Standing who came in and faced the crowd on stage now the next some of the the major issues that will be tackled in the next six years will be handled by our legislators the Senators on stage you have three veteran veterans in the field of politics they know the way things work substantive on their own first up you have representative Mary colmenares a human rights lawyer and political detainee during the Marcus regime please give him a hand next uh attorney Lorna capunan recognizes one of the leading litigation lawyers in the country because of her high profile cases she she is uh give her a hand also please and finally on the left representative Martin romaldez sorry for the slip Martin oh they will each have five minutes to lay out their platform why do they want your vote right then after the five minutes this there will there are mics you can also come up then we will open the panel for questions we will be live uh on uh on traditional media for 30 minutes please let's start with representative combinares yes I'm glad to be invited in this event five minutes platform let's see legislator for me one of course uh it's the crafting of laws the legislative action and the policy advocacy but and people thought you know but actually there's a second and it's the oversight function of a legislator and then the third is the special functions of a legislator like for example in this case budgets as a legislator as a senator for example issues NATO I'm not the president I'm I I my only role as a senator is to push for better laws and uh push for policy changes and of course in the oversight function for me for a long period of times a House of Representatives hundreds of millions and billions are in fact lost that is why for me is later is a transparent and accountable budgeting process at my involvements budgeting processing downtown second oversight functions in a file coming resolution to investigate normally for a long period of time whether president whether Malachi can companies and political entity or economic entity the moment We Believe unjustly imposing rates for example like in the case of Manila and Meralco we will conduct investigations in our capacity for oversight function we pass this laws and if this laws are are not uh followed by various sectors inside it then there must be investigation and recommendation on the executive on how to go about it oversight function policy making and legislative congression even the president for that matter should be dealt with by all public officials whether executive or in the legislative two-pronged economic strategy the first is genuine agrarian reform parasian reform is not merely a social justice tool it is also a development tool no country in the world in my opinion no country can develop without genuine agrarian reforms like most countries around the world in the same manner that the government spends hundreds of billions of pesos for roads and bridges that lead to Nowhere government must also spend for a gen giving a great reforms hospitals that is my platform with regards to land reform second industrialization and for me this is something new for I guess many senatorial candidates because industrialization is a must for us to develop what do I mean by this industrialization parasite and parallel maintain the hands is buhu supported capital and gubernos a local industrial local negotiate what is the problem here we do not produce what we need react on that is because we should produce what we need no no you don't produce what you need produce what we rich countries need you produce the sugared abajada copra and all these raw materials and allow us to produce what you need the electric fan the microphone the camera and the air condition and the cars luge potayogen for me there must be industry in the Philippines in Depot indeed we should have heavy Industries still industry and medium manufacturing industry we must have mechanized Agriculture and if we are we succeed in this industrialization the path to industrialization thousands and thousands of of factories can Sprout all over the country and provide employment employment and a foreign investor LED economic strategy is wrong we have been doing that for so many years now all presidents went abroad every time they arrived in the country they would say well abroad with me 100 million dollars worth of investment one billion dollars of Investments I mean of course the investors will be there there will be trade but the main engine of growth is National industrialization when the Filipino people will have say steel industry for example or we will have the manufacturing industry as a medium uh Forum industrialization and make a nice agriculture of course on the short-term side my platform would be the unwell is an issue way and for me pension reform is very important and pension and not only SSS even gsis needs a 2 000 peso increase as far as we calculated barangay pension fund there must be pension for all barangay officials who work in government for 15 19 years my my discrimination barangay I'm a government official they're government officials you know after three years in my state in Congress even if Congressman nine years in Congress is my ending taxation reforms foreign and 30 000 pesos is the living wage 30 000 pesos enough for you to have to send your kids to school living wage and thirty thousand the moment you tax 30 000 pesos Indonesia living wage 30 000 pesos a month should be Exempted from personal income taxes in fact four million taxpayers pay 30 000 or less scrutinization in the sense scrutinized on four million income tax returns taxpayers so basically with regards to economy National industrialization and genuine aggregory reform and of course expansion of Social Services corruption and abuse in government and at the same time pension reform and Taxation reform advocacy at policy at legislative agenda push 2016. attorney you can go on the podium or pick up the mic and walk on the stage it's up to you foreign to be here and Senator Allen to be here because I would have said to them and that is why I am here in front of you to talk about what I want to do should I be given the chance to win for the Senate I belong to the party of Grace and cheese it is a party that stands not only for galing because and I saw here that they're probably for the Senate more than 50 Maria murder more than 50 candidates for the Senate is in this last few days how leaders have responded with insensitivity how can you trust a leadership that will veto for senior citizens like me that will veto a measly 2000 SSS pension increase one of the victims there is a second cousin of my father a Hindi Panasonic command responsibility over John so I'm here today 38 years of law practice I'm probably one of the very few who is not an incumbent Senator or an incumbent Governor incumbent mayor incumbent congressman I am a simple attorney I am a simple practicing lawyer for the last 38 years want to bring to the Senate I want to bring to the Senate what I have learned in the last 38 years of my law practice which is that there must be an end to oppression that you should stand for what is truth but most of all that you cannot be desperate you have to continue to believe in the system I share the desperation I share the anger of Mayor duterte and Senator Allen I share the passion for peace and order I share their anger but unlike them I am not hopeless as a matter of fact that's what I want to bring to the Senate an agenda of Hope what is attorney kapunan's agenda of Hope H is for honest government we need an honest government where we have an efficient system of justice I have been in the practice of Law and courtrooms nothing why where is the budget of the justice department we should increase the salaries of our justices to remove hoodlum syndromes we should create more specialized Court Sabine duterte taking the Law into your hands is not correct You Must Believe in the justice system create special courts for drug abuse create special Courts for those who are who do not believe in peace and or keeping peace and Order Society so I believe in honest government create courts that will bring guilty people to jail and innocent people I believe also age in hope I believe in health universal healthcare healthy Pinoy is healthy penis or healthy penis is healthy Pinoy simply on foreign foreign for those who belong to the middle Low Middle income level in the poor because let us legislate to increase the coverage for Phil health because that's where our money exactly goes all in hope is for opportunity for all sabinani Congressman commentaries we are an agrarian society we need to support our agreeing reform program expire not young term I am for extension of agrarian reform the farmers are agriculture in this country although we should be an agricultural country Sabina in the first Sona we are net exporters Dao of rise somebody lied to the president up to now important climate change our Farmers our Fisher folks are the most vulnerable to climate change let us support them they are part of our marginalized opportunities for all our Farmers our Fisher folks are women our women our children our senior citizens I may look 49 but I'm not 49. I am 63 senior citizen solo parents are ancestral tribes or ancestral domains our veterans are pensioners we must give opportunity for all P is for peace B is for solving the poverty problem P is for productivity and E in hope is for education we have to believe that the Youth of today is not the hope of Tomorrow the Youth of today is the hope of today you have been educated by a system sadly that you have that you have forgotten love of country so we must bring back education that will instill love of country for the Filipinos and the Filipinos we shall take a look at our K-12 program to see to it if it is responsive so that is education we should also look at the budget of our state-owned colleges and universities under the Constitution education deserves primary consideration in the budget not payment of foreign debt education he is also for employment why do we have OFW 6 000 Filipinos leave this country every day for looking for jobs I know how much your tuition fee is here my son said mommy do not talk about me my son is a graduate from this school I know how much it costs but will you have jobs after you graduate from this University no we must legislate to give employment opportunities for all remove the practice of contractualization we should also look at decent living wages living wage living [Music] so e is for environment e is for education and E is for employment is here I have no promises I have no track record in legislation but I do have a track record for fighting for the oppressed I do have 38 years of fighting for your rights and I will bring my competence my compassion galing at puso to carry my agenda of Hope sabinila Lottery sweepstakes sweepstakes ticket and that is my example when I hear people say and that is what I offer to all of you make me that ticket of Hope invest invest in my desire to serve and surely though I will not make promises I will make a commitment if elected I will fight for your rights because that's what I stand for is what I stand for and they say last minute because Senator Allen ended up with a joke I will end up with one sabinila if you cannot teach All Dogs new tricks change the dog so if you're not happy with your public officials now remember our agenda of Hope honest government opportunity for all peace productivity Prosperity education environment and employment let us not lose hope exercise your right to vote thank you thank you thank you Lorna up next we have Martin romwaldes he is in his third and last term as late representative he's also part owner of the standard and the journal thank you [Music] well I'd like to start off by thanking rappler for this invitation Maria you've done a wonderful job keep up the great work I'd also wanted to acknowledge my former principal the president of LaSalle Brothers I believe just left the room he was quite formative in my uh education and I'm so glad to come back to La Salle I was here I won't tell you the dates I am a graduate in fact my elementary years were all spent here in the original campus and I have a brother here Philip Ramos who similarly is a lazulite so anyway enough of that we go now to me my platform and I'd like to thank everyone for being here I'm a three-term congressman hailing from the first district of Leyte that includes Tacloban City and the Seven municipalities unfortunately these were the same municipalities and the city that was the worst hit with the typhoon Yolanda a little over two years ago Yolanda struck us we thought it was over it was hopeless we did not know where to begin my campaign and if you've seen my commercials on my tvcs is hinged on the word malasaki malasaki translated is compassion empathy we feel that public service today needs more of that malasaki that is critical for public service Public Service without malays sake is just a job and we know just like the teaching profession or even people in the media we do not do it for the money or at least for the salary because obviously we are not paid well enough we are glad of course that the Senate has passed this standardization law just yesterday to improve the plight of our government workers but we still have a long way to go and I feel that an attitudinal change is in order I'd like to also thank this opportunity to thank each and every one of you the universities the schools the Deans the presidents the officials and most of all you students who took time out you volunteered you prayed you gave us relief Goods medicines you were there and you were the inspiration that lifted us all that is why slowly we have begun to recover and I thank you all for that I would like now to go to my platform IA that will push for more jobs not just any jobs but jobs that will give our workers a decent quality of life for himself or for herself and provide for the needs of the family to provide Capital incentives to small entrepreneurs and industries one compassionate economy that will provide efficient transport and communication systems unlike the current state of our MRT and LRT that breaks down causing Agony to the commuting public and the slow internet speeds that afflict every one of us today we're very happy that in the 15th Congress we had initiated a bill that has become a good law to go negotiable let's address the micro small and medium business enterprises providing Capital to small businesses in the rural areas we shall pursue that agenda as well where people care about others and help others in need where we Bound in our culture and values are united for our country where we can feel safe and secure whether in our homes or out on the streets I dream of a day where kids are in school not out in the streets busy sniffing rugby begging or peddling drugs and access to education means not just support until high school but to more College scholarships push for an alternative tertiary education like online learning to bridge gaps in the learning opportunities of course it's imperative that we have to improve the bandwidth because our internet is only second to the last we are just ahead of our Afghanistan and I think it's about time that we address this and we have to talk to our duopoly to address this situation we know and I take this all from raptor that our schools only 20 of our schools are actually connected and we know that an improvement of the internet will also improve our economy so this is critical we have to address this and engaging the stakeholders in both globe and smart is a step in the right direction further to that issue we could also look at the ntc's charter and make it more independent thereby unleashing the talents and the resources of the stakeholders they're in also within this uh malasaki to the community said Health where medical services are provided free to those who especially cannot afford it Hospitals and Clinics that won't turn them away because they cannot provide the prohibitive deposits universable Universal Health Care should be parallel to improving facilities hospitals Health Centers including how to entice more qualified health professionals to choose to stay here and deliver Quality Health Services to fellow Filipinos the quality of care should not be different regardless of whether you are at Makati Medical Center Saint Luke's or when you're in a city or a municipal Health Center in the farfan provinces because I believe that a healthy citizen translates to a healthy and productive Nation where public officials are sensitive to the plight of the majority of the citizenry I repeat where public officials are sensitive to the blight of the majority of the citizenry a government that listens and responds to the changing needs of the people like in the case of the SSS pension hike a more inclusive field health program a more responsive government to the abuse and exploited sectors of the society like the ofws government should invest in technology and encourage enough to stifle I.T solutions to improve the quality of life for Filipinos in Manila Traffic Solutions rely heavily on technology now because of the dotc and the mmda their inability to address traffic commuters or drivers rely on ways because of the lftrb can't discipline abusive drivers we see ourselves sharing apps like uber grab car which flourish today with people today glued on social media and as you can see most of us are glued onto our laptops tablets or our smartphones we can only expect that the social media platforms like Facebook Twitter Instagram Snapchat and the rise of the new citizenry we call netizens is the future technology plays a huge part in our lives whether we like it or not during Uganda being cut off from the rest of the world with no means of communication and no mobile no Landslide no internet was agonizing technology Bridges the Gap and offers real viable Solutions preparedness immediate Disaster Response Like Rappers hashtag move pH a very very important part of our recovery we thank you rappler Maria thank you for that we need to think we need to take advantage of the new technology for better forecasting and Warning Systems to help out hazards and to guide us in our land use and regulations it is time to study how we can incorporate technology driven solutions for the education and livelihood and Healthcare Services computer literacy the internet and information and Technology should all be made accessible to all right Filipino we all Rose from these disasters to rebuild to start anew to look forward to a new tomorrow in my public extent I can honestly say that I have proven that sake Martin Filipino handle again foreign [Applause] and while you're thinking of your question and going up you have a first one so yeah you can take my first question and I'll wrap up go ahead introduce yourself and to whom hi I'm Carmel puertoleano I'm from Dallas University um first I would like to tell um Congressman your Maldives we're not called Lassa lights anymore we're Los aliens now thank you so much it's been some time I was telling Brothers It's been the better part of a decade and I didn't want to reveal the fact that I graduated here 40 years ago but that's those are the facts and I will not lie about my age I'm 52 and proud to be a lasallian thank you so much and my question is actually directed to attorney kapunan um have defended um high profile cases um such as say then go um James ear um James yeah and you've been saying you said while you were explaining your platform that um you are here to Champion the oppressed and to fight for honest governance um my question is how does your representing Janet Napolis who has whether directly or indirectly um probably the oppressed several Filipinos by siphoning billions of pesos from the government account for that thank you thank you for the question actually I wanted somebody to really ask that question because what all of you don't recall was I was the one who surrendered nepales to the president I was the one who surrendered nepales to the Palace I was the one who asked Napoles to execute a deposition to mention all all of those who have availed of pida and she said to me yes she's incidentally I'm not her lawyer for the I am not Napoleon's lawyer for the pidaf cases I was her lawyer for the kidnapping case because the whistleblowers alleged and the whistleblowers also had their own foundations I later found out and the reason of whistleblower Sila is because and so this whistleblowers were caught by Napoli's takes one to no one and therefore they claim at least one of them claimed naked and when I found out that she was not telling the truth you know I only have one rule with my client whether you are a head and go or a James Yap or Annapolis there is only one rule do not lie to me the minute you lie to me I will drop you and that's what I did I dropped her so please remember I dropped her I surrendered her to the president and that is where all of these prosecution started thank you so much thank you so much and thank you for the information that they are now called laser lights whoever gets to the mic first okay thank you Lorna this question is all for you three uh since you're going to be the legislators well uh candidates for legislators I have an essential um issue that you have to address what is your stance on same-sex marriage same-sex marriage yes for me uh discrimination is the issue here and I believe there are if people uh it is the right of people who believe in same-sex marriage uh towards to Advocate and in fact if you don't believe in it same-sex marriage divorce bill congresso with Gabriella women's party we are co-authors of I am the author in fact of the anti-discrimination bill against lgbts and I believe that there should be no discrimination on the basis of gender preference on the basis of Economics of course and you know ethnicity and so on and uh for me but that is the right and I have no uh you know I have no right at all to stop them from doing that I just plan I hope you don't mind that I stand up because unlike Martin's feet reaches the floor my feet cannot reach the floor so please if I stand up I am not grandstanding what is my Beyond same-sex marriage you know when the U.S Supreme Court when the 14th when the U.S Supreme Court decided by a vote of four or five I think there was only one Justice and the most conservative Justice voted for same-sex marriage why using the 14th amendment that there shall be no discrimination against gender age station in life religious beliefs political beliefs Etc our Philippine Constitution lifted the 14th Amendment when it says no person shall be discriminated against an account of gender political beliefs Etc but we have a family code and therefore that should be enough for us because we are poor copycats of the U.S Supreme Court so if that case is tested in court we probably will rule the same way but we do have a family code recently Amendment amended amended to define marriage in this way marriage is a permanent contract that is [Music] old civil code marriages a special Union permanent contract and that is why it is permanent divorce is not allowed till death do you part until unless you poison your husband's coffee or unless the bill of congressman culminares is passed we will not have divorce in this country it is also a fact that the family code was amended to define marriage as between a man and a woman so what is my view on same-sex marriage my view on same-sex marriage is let the debate begin let us discuss let us start to discuss same-sex marriage but even before we decide because the church says marriage has to it is not only for the union of people who love each other it is for procreation so we have to hurdle that issue on procreation but let me tell you I'm a very big advocate of supporting legal consequences of a domestic partnership we may not have same-sex marriage as yet but we must recognize that there are legal consequences to a man and a man or a woman and a woman living together they should be respected in terms of their property rights they should be respected in terms of their uh the right to form of domestic partnership there should all of these legal consequences they should be respected the right to enter into contracts all of this are rights that should be respected short of marriage I know that's a roundabout way of discussing same-sex marriage but I will tell you I will defend your right to a same-sex marriage I was the first one who hired in my own Law Firm the first lesbian lawyer I have the distinction of hiring the first you know her name the first lesbian lawyer the first gay lawyer was hired in my Law Firm the first transgender case I accepted and this involves a famous uh I will not tell you the name anyway it is not here but this this this the first transgender case uh transvestite case uh I handled and I won and she was she he she she she was allowed to graduate so I I must say it is a long process but for the meantime let us respect that there are legal consequences that legal that arise from maybe not the same sex marriage but a domestic partnership and let the debate begin Lorna can I add just on social media it's the stand on same-sex marriage and Union and divorce can you quickly since you are the soul woman divorce I am for divorce as a matter of fact it is hypocrisy to say that the church is not for divorce because the church has a divorce and it's called a church annulment and my stand here is if it talks like a duck walks like a duck Fox like a duck it is a duck so it's so if the church allows Church annulments which has the legal consequences of a divorce I don't see why we should not have divorce under civil law on same-sex marriage I am saying let us start the discussion on same-sex marriage for the ceremony let us start the discussion on a ceremony of man and of of same-sex couples getting marriage married but even before that let us recognize the legal consequences that flow from a domestic Union of members of the same sex Martin you're up and then we'll come back to you to just uh your reaction on the divorce part go ahead I'm very glad that the two of you went ahead of me very learned lawyers they've given you the backdrop of the issues the legal and I'll even tell you a little bit more that uh yes we uh are in a Catholic country we're in a Catholic School and so we got to have that sensitivity but with that being said I think I am the only one here on stage who has stood witness to a same-sex marriage in a jurisdiction where it is allowed and I've signed the documents there too so the thing speaks for itself I respect the rights of everyone of every human being and as Lauren says let the debates begin divorce as I mentioned the bill I authored actually in Congress is an amendment to article 36. um declared technically it's called The Declaration of knowledge of marriage annulment of marriage allowed under the family on ground of psychological incapacity instances or psychologist when I was a practicing lawyer available article 36 so I filed the Bill in Congress article 36. my conclusive presumption of psychological incapacity the moment there is spousal violence the second is abandonment of family for at least one year and third infidelity because there is no need to hire psychiatrist the judge should declare you psychologically incapacitated to fulfill marital obligations you know but the ordinary clerks psychologically capacitated article 36 so be it the point is the moment you commit this acts you should be declared by any Court psychologically incapacitated annulment of marriage cases so that we can also make article 36 accessible to the poor so where we have 10 minutes left before we lose the airwaves let me just ask each of you you have all you know our political system uh from your from your lessons learned from what you've lived through what is one pivotal event that shaped you that you can that you want to change if you were to become a senator Yolanda that's what changed everything for me I was very satisfied and content after serving three terms to uh turn it over because I always feel that public office is not the best to drive and it's a matter of stewardship but having seen the damage that Yolanda wrote and finding out not just out to the province but to the region I saw the plight of my fellow white eyes and I discovered how depressed the region was you know it's a highly urbanized City that's basically half of my district we've got everything there we don't have to come to Manila we know about 20 flights a day before Yolanda so you could go anywhere anytime have anything after Yolanda I discovered that the region was the most depressed region in the country as a public official or public officer it's everyone's dream to serve the poorest of the poor and that's why I am here and we want to become a senator so we can address the most important piece of legislation before us the budget the budget and its inequities and the better distribution of our nation's resources is in order and that's why I'm here and definitely Yolanda is not about the death and destruction but the lessons learned from there on thank you who wants to go next [Applause] you know never say this never say this at all in public but I will say it why am I running [Applause] and for me inherently because at the moment what is pork barrel is simply defined as a public fund than the decision project I mean you have billions of pesos in the budget and yet you allow one person to decide for me that is not that is first a source of graft and Corruption you know we filed the petition against pork barrel in the Supreme Court you know event the father petition against that that source of graft and Corruption the moment you allow one person to decide where budget billions would go that's it a source of graft and Corruption secondly Patrick patronize politics I mean is there such a thing as a good pork barrel in the end realize Naman after the the police come and I'm glad you dropped her uh after The Nepalese comes is there such a thing that's a good pork barrel no what is patronize politics what is patronage politics yes you give funds to your allies and not to your enemy does public service should be given to all period just because one person decides Hospital classroom so basically when I get to the Senate if I get to the itself we will continue our fight against this misuse of public funds in the form of pork barrel and not allow one person to hold sway over the lives of an entire country merely because he or their group at least controls large chunks of money and funds and the discretion that is the battle I will wage in the Senate thank you last question from the audience your name and to whom my name is Antonio villason I'm from lyceum the Philippines University taking a bachelor science was aware of that course I would refer my refer my question to the congressman this would talk about first what uh Mr Congressman culminaris talked about producing our own products and talking about Apec and then foreign countries selling that you should import as opposed to patronizing your own I think the problem in the culture of the Philippines pardon me I'm a bit nervous it's the first time I I am in this kind of Family Forum so um yeah I think the problem with our nation especially in our culture and in the Young Generation is that we we try to undermine nationalism and patriotism everybody is trying to patronize someone else's culture every popular culture is is your question please my question is regarding um uh producing your own products you said that um industrialization is the key and I think uh with the coming of the sa and integration uh we are not yet prepared so as a legislator what are your um what are the things that you're going to be doing in order for the Philippines the Philippines to be prepared um in in in in that sense and then what's your stand against uh on the uh Customs tariff Customs modernization activities I dream of the day when we can produce our own electric files we do not produce what we need and the asean integration not only are we not prepared that is not the right economic strategy the moment you allow entry of foreign charges Farmers Irrigation fee Thailand built a lot of irrigation you know systems 30 years ago they projected farmers and production because asean integration for me is the wrong guess thing to do and I I disagree with that I will still promote absolutely foreign investor but the main engine of growth foreign why don't we build a factory nothing chocolates that is the road to development the moment we do that that's when we can uh develop so yes I agree NADA May the main nationalism patriotism what's wrong with that I will always defend the Philippines from the onslaught of transnational corporations big mining firms and all these companies that only come to our Shores to exploit our resources and our local economy unfortunately we are out of time just like one last sentence from each of you please your clothes before we close go ahead go ahead Mary you can start Lorna go ahead one last yeah unless you guys don't have anything else would you like to just close no can I just add uh because really uh the primary problem for our country Still Remains to be poverty poverty poverty where 90 of our fellow men share 10 of the country's wealth and the 10 percent control the 90 of our country's wealth that breeds that brings about poverty and many people have said that the and I totally agree you can solve poverty through employment create jobs create industry bring down the cost of doing business in many countries we are probably the highest cost of electricity where the highest cost of Transportation highest cost of water highest cost of everything why because we have privatized clean government because I am not blaming the private sector because the private sector has stepped in because of the fault of government because of inefficiency in incompetence the long-term solution to poverty in this country to our economic ills is to create jobs to create Filipino owned and controlled businesses to lower down the cost of doing business to bring back honest government that will begin to serve us that will lower the cost and eventually privatization of Public Utilities because in the Constitution it says Public Utilities it should should be for public service and not for profit so my priority legislation apart from instilling Hope really in the first 100 days I will make an inventory in my first 100 days in the Senate I will make an inventory of all the laws because we have so many laws rules and regulations my second thing is I will make an inventory of the laws that need to be amended sometimes we don't need new laws sometimes we just need to amend existing laws or to make rules and regulations and also in my in my 100 days I will make sure that the laws have the proper budget appropriation so that's what I believe in I support Martin's malasakit I support my call for nationalism unfortunately please I was going to say go ahead I was going to say thank you thank you unfortunately we are out of time thank you LaSalle thank you for your questions and to the audience on radio on television thank you so much for staying with us it's hashtag the leader I want dzrhmbc uh the media Nang Bayan ptv4 as well as Facebook if you're whatever Forum you're watching in your your mobile phone uh my name is Maria ressa thank you for joining us thank you so much for all of you and LaSalle thank you [Applause] [Music] oh

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Published: Wed Jan 20 2016