Kabilang ang senior citizen sa marginalized sector ng Pilipinas o mahihirap na sektor at kinakailangan ng proteksyon laban sa pang-aabuso. Ang malungkot na katotohanan, may ilang insidente pa rin ng pananakit sa mga matatanda ang naitatala. Ano ang programa ng pamahalaan para maproteksyunan ang karapatan ng mga senior citizen? Sundan ang buong ulat sa video na ito.
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00:00 [Sounds of a woman being pushed by an old man]
00:08 In this viral video, you can see two women
00:11 while a man is pushing a woman's mouth.
00:15 The old man has no resistance while the women are forcing him to eat.
00:21 But the two are not content.
00:23 They even poured water on the old woman.
00:28 What's the story behind this video?
00:31 How many senior citizens have experienced violence?
00:35 The most shocking thing is that they often hold their children's hands
00:44 and their own homes.
00:46 How can they protect themselves from such violence?
00:56 In this cellphone video, you can see the two women calling an old man.
01:01 When the old woman approached,
01:06 she suddenly squeezed some pieces of bread into his mouth.
01:10 The old woman has no resistance when the two women are pushing his hair.
01:15 A few moments later, they suddenly poured water on the old man.
01:21 The two women just stopped hurting the young man
01:26 when he tried to hold them.
01:27 According to the reporter's notebook,
01:29 we learned that there are other videos of the two women
01:33 where they hurt the old woman.
01:36 And the abuse...
01:38 It's a prank for the content of their social media page.
01:44 According to an expert,
01:46 the old man clearly abused the young man.
01:49 [shouting]
01:52 [horn honking]
01:54 It's scripted.
02:00 So, to catch people's attention,
02:04 you'll be offended.
02:05 "Why is he like this? What is he doing to an elderly?"
02:09 Right?
02:10 We have norms that should be respected.
02:15 But now, they're not using it anymore.
02:18 They're using it for their own profit.
02:21 That's the problem.
02:22 "Just eat, you idiot!"
02:24 They should be censored.
02:25 There should be guidelines.
02:27 We should know our morals,
02:30 we should know our culture.
02:32 It shouldn't degrade a person,
02:35 a race, a color, and others.
02:38 There should be respect.
02:40 We tried to get the women to make a statement in the video
02:44 and their barangay,
02:45 but they haven't answered yet.
02:48 According to the latest data of the Philippine Statistics Authority,
02:53 8.5% of the population of the Philippines are senior citizens.
02:58 That's equivalent to 9.22 million Filipinos,
03:01 aged 6 and above.
03:03 Because of that number,
03:04 and because they are the ones who are constantly facing challenges,
03:07 senior citizens are considered as marginalized or minor sector of the society.
03:14 It's good that we don't have to see them anymore.
03:17 They're not being treated anymore.
03:20 In Marilao, Bulacan,
03:22 a crying, old woman was found sitting in her wheelchair.
03:27 Her face was almost black from the bruises she suffered.
03:32 The 76-year-old grandmother, Nita,
03:35 is a stroke patient and she can't walk.
03:38 She also has a hard time speaking.
03:40 The elderly woman was beaten by her neighbors.
03:45 Mom, where did you get hit?
03:48 Who did this to you?
03:52 My neighbors.
03:54 According to her stepmother, Sheila,
03:58 it all started when her husband and two of their neighbors got into a fight last New Year.
04:04 At that time, there were a lot of people and it was noisy.
04:07 That's why those two kids, our neighbors, ran away.
04:12 They said that my husband used dirty fingers.
04:15 We didn't see that.
04:17 Two men entered her house and her husband was beaten here.
04:23 Nita's grandmother was helpless.
04:27 They trespassed into my husband's house.
04:30 They beat him.
04:32 We waited for 15 to 30 minutes and we saw that his mom's breast was swollen.
04:40 It was hard for her to move after she had a stroke in 2019.
04:45 But the elderly woman's feelings became even heavier
04:48 because of the beating she suffered.
04:51 Before, when she was sitting, we used to watch TV.
04:54 Now, she always lies down because her head hurts.
05:00 But now, she's always quiet because she can see the truth.
05:06 Sheila complained to the barangay about what happened.
05:10 But no one could give them an answer on who could have approached her first.
05:15 When we asked the four senior citizens where we could complain,
05:20 no one answered us.
05:21 They said they didn't know where.
05:23 When we called the barangay's headquarter,
05:26 they said that the hearing would be postponed for their local community.
05:30 They were only able to face three charges in the local community.
05:34 After this, they were sentenced to three charges in the local community.
05:42 We need to finish this in 45 days.
05:47 If they are not successful in getting the hearing,
05:56 we will force them to issue a Certificate of File Action to our barangay
06:03 so that they can file their complaint for a higher hearing.
06:09 Now, the family needs help to get the elderly woman's treatment.
06:14 They need to point the blame to her.
06:19 The program for the elderly woman also provided a little help.
06:23 The experience of Nita's grandmother's family is not far from the experience of Alberto Cadelena, 71 years old.
06:33 Grandpa Alberto's story.
06:36 His niece told his wife that it hurt him when they lost money in parking.
06:43 I was parking and he came.
06:46 He was about to go out and he took the payment.
06:49 I told him that's not right.
06:50 We are doing wrong.
06:52 He told me that I'm old.
06:55 He suddenly hit me and I turned my back.
06:58 I thought that he hit me.
06:59 Now, I'm about to fall.
07:02 He ran away.
07:03 I thought that he was going to blackout.
07:06 Until now, Grandpa Alberto's righteousness is still strong.
07:11 He didn't need to get a bruise.
07:14 He also said that he was able to see the incident from the start.
07:18 I was afraid that he would hit me.
07:21 I didn't have a gelatine.
07:23 I was able to see.
07:25 I saw a bubble and it was a blood.
07:31 When I was sleeping, I saw a light.
07:37 I couldn't work.
07:38 It was a big problem.
07:41 I couldn't eat.
07:42 My wife and children couldn't eat.
07:45 I couldn't hope because they have their own lives.
07:48 I'm alone.
07:49 This is my father's medical legal.
07:52 These are the medicines that I bought for my father.
07:56 These are his medicines.
07:58 To be honest, I bought them from the market.
08:01 This is not the first time that his nephew hurt him.
08:05 That's why in January, he didn't report the violence in the barangay.
08:11 He will pay me.
08:13 If he doesn't pay me, we will talk to the barangay and I will continue with it.
08:16 But what Rebecca was hurt by was that the barangay didn't immediately take action on the complaint of her father.
08:22 When my father blathered to them,
08:24 as they are barangay, they should have sued.
08:28 He is a senior citizen.
08:30 It's a pity for the senior citizens who come if they don't sue.
08:34 When the reporter's notebook interviewed the captain of their barangay,
08:38 they said that they don't care about any complaints that senior citizens bring to their head.
08:44 Okay, of course, the normal procedure is that they blather to our brigade.
08:49 Well, they agreed that our senior citizen is worth P3,000 and he will be paid P500 a week.
08:57 They also help each other to find the person who is hiding the suspect.
09:02 If they violated their agreement, they can file a legal action.
09:07 They can complain to the fiscal, any legal case that they can file against him.
09:16 Because he violated the agreement in the barangay.
09:20 They also monitored Grandpa Alberto so that the incident won't happen again.
09:25 In 2022, the House Bill 5116 or Senior Citizens Protection Act was passed in Congress.
09:33 It aims to make crime, abuse and abandonment of senior citizens.
09:38 The problem is, until now, it is still in force.
09:42 This is a big thing for there to be enough protection that can be given to those who experienced abuse.
09:49 The problem is, there is no concrete law that will be applicable to those who are victims of abuse.
09:56 It is also necessary to add the attention that the government gives to senior citizens,
10:02 especially those who are in the poorest sector of the Philippines.
10:07 There is a lack of knowledge on how to complain, where to complain.
10:13 It is important that this law will be applied even if there is fear of those who are abusing the seniors.
10:19 Filipinos are known as brave among the seniors.
10:26 But in the cases where there is no respect and abuse reaches the extreme,
10:33 it is important that they be protected by a law that will protect their rights.
10:39 I am Mackie Pulido, and this is the Reporter's Notebook.
10:43 [Music]
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