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What we are witnessing is a war against civilians since Duterte assumed the presidency. He started with the thousands of poor drug suspects, using anti-drugs campaign as a veil. Now, authorities are mouthing anti-criminality and counterinsurgency for going after civilians.
Party-list groups that represent workers, health workers, and victims of disasters were disqualified by Comelec while those with questionable credibility and advocacies were allowed by the Comelec to participate this coming elections.
Ang paglalabas ng desisyon ng mataas na hukuman na hindi dinidinig ang mga argumentong inihapag sa mga isinampang petisyon ay maaaring repleksyon din ng pagbabalewala sa ating sariling wika.
The MWSS and the water companies did not give the consumers' groups documents or explanations of the basis of raising water rates. Representatives of consumers’ groups repeatedly asked to no avail.
The telenovela spin of state security forces never erases the fact that the Sagay massacre is yet another proof of the failure of government to render social justice to the tillers of the land.
President Duterte knows first-hand the seductiveness and convincing power of talking about revolution and change. That’s exactly the costume and makeup he used when he campaigned for the presidency.
Trying to scare people away from participating in a broad and peaceful demonstration on the 46th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law is not only a bad idea but also a foolish one.
His veiled threats are founded on fear. Fear of losing his grip on power, thus, his actions and statements ingratiating himself on the military and the efforts of the administration to tame his tongue. That his administration could not provide solutions to high inflation and rising prices of oil, food and other basic commodities contributes to his further isolation from the broad masses of the Filipino people.
As human rights lawyer Neri Colmenares said during the gathering of supporters and families of the Makabayan 4 last July, this regime does not tolerate dissent. He said that the issue is beyond the arrest of the Makabayan 4, it is about the people whose democratic rights are being trampled upon for voicing out their grievances against the government.
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