Senatorial Face-off Round 2 - PANEL ROUND (pt. 1) | Tanong ng Bayan - video Dailymotion

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MGA SENATORIAL ASPIRANT, HUMARAP SA MABIBIGAT NA TANONG NG ATING MGA PANELIST  'Tatanggap ka ba ng pork barrel?'- Isa 'yan sa ilang mabibigat na tanong ng ating panelists na kailangang sagutin ng mga kumakandidato sa pagka-Senador. Sumalang din ang mga senatorial aspirant sa 'yes or no' round kaugnay ng mga panukala o isyu ng ating bansa. Panoorin ang video.

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00:00Our candidates will now go to the four of our panelists from GMA Public Affairs and GMA Integrated News.

00:08Please watch the running of our panel round.

00:13In the panel round, the senatorial aspirants will answer one-by-one the issues related to them by their selected panel member.

00:23Each aspirant will answer within 60 seconds.

00:27If there is time left, the aspirant will ask a follow-up question or a new question from both panel members.

00:36In the last 5 seconds, you will hear this sound.

00:40When the time is up, you will hear a buzzer.

00:46And the microphone will automatically stop talking.

00:51The aspirants will now face the panelists.

00:55And the questions will be asked by one of the main anchors of 24 Horas and GMA Integrated News and GMA Public Affairs, Ms. Vicky Morales.

01:14Award-winning documentarist of GMA Public Affairs and chairperson of the journalism department of UP Diliman College of Mass Communication,

01:24Kara David.

01:31Senior correspondent and one of the faces of the GMA flagship newscast, 24 Horas.

01:39Host of the investigative public service show, Recibo, the passionate action man, Emil Sumangil.

01:46Anchor of the late-night newscast, Saksi, and 24 Horas Weekend.

01:53And one of the pioneer podcasters of GMA News Online, Pia Arcangel.

02:04Our candidates voted for their success in this round.

02:09And the panelists will ask them questions.

02:13Retired Colonel Ariel Quirubin will go first.

02:17Colonel Quirubin, you were imprisoned in Cudeta against former President Cory Aquino in 1989 where civilians were killed.

02:28You were imprisoned because of this and were given amnesty.

02:32You also participated in the Marine standoff in Fort Bonifacio.

02:36You also participated in the Marine standoff in Fort Bonifacio in 2006 against former President Gloria Arroyo.

02:44And you were imprisoned again but were given amnesty.

02:49My question now is, after all of this, do you still think that in elections,

02:57if there is a gap between the military and civilians?

03:01For me, it was a challenge because we did what I call a military exercise.

03:10Where I was challenged that the government's actions should be right,

03:15and I fought against corruption.

03:18We can see that we are risking our lives for our challenge that what we are fighting for is right.

03:26So I was twice jailed, twice given amnesty.

03:28That's really true.

03:30And I was brought to the morgue clinically dead.

03:34Fighting for what I believe was right.

03:37If you ask me if I have anything to regret, I have no regrets.

03:42But I have bitter lessons about this.

03:45And that is what I want to tell you now

03:49because I believe that we need a brave senator

03:52who fights against corruption and stands up for the well-being of the people.

03:59That is Ariel Quirubin.

04:01Colonel Quirubin, the establishment or the government that you were trying to overthrow

04:07is the same government or establishment that you are trying to join now.

04:12Yes, that's probably true.

04:14But the situation then and the situation now are different.

04:17So what we are saying,

04:20that's why we are running now because of what we saw.

04:24I joined the corporate.

04:26I cannot take this sitting down.

04:28I have really to leave my comfort zone to fight for what I believe is still right.

04:33That is to fight corruption.

04:35Nothing has changed.

04:37Corruption is still there.

04:38Corruption is still there.

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05:36Corruption is still there.

05:38Is pork barrel a tool

05:40of the government

05:42to do the so called

05:44redistributive function?

05:47Can you be more clear

05:49Commissioner Mendoza?

05:51Will you accept the pork barrel

05:53or would you not if you are a Senator

05:55and if this pork barrel

05:57is healthy

05:59or is has an adverse effect on our country?

06:02Good evening Caral

06:05and good evening to all who are watching.

06:07I will try to clear my answers.

06:08The concept of the pork barrel is what we are looking for in America so that we can have a redistributive

06:15that will be brought to the countryside, to the specific district, the projects that will give priority to the sectoral needs.

06:23If I were to be a senator, I would vote and pass a law to stop the use of this because the current time is different.

06:34We have many issues with corruption. Life is hard. Many are not able to study. Many are losing their jobs.

06:41But this cannot be done immediately.

06:44Because when I get in there, of course, I will get to know each other. I will make friends.

06:49I will get to know the politics of being together.

06:55What I will look at is the tightening of our so-called controls.

06:59When I get elected, we can show that pork barrel funds can be used appropriately.

07:09Commissioner Mendoza, are you not tired of the trust in the government?

07:15Do you still want to join this very corrupt government?

07:19Loving is not tiring. I love the government. I served here for 27 years.

07:25I started as an auditing aide. I saw how the trust of the public was abused.

07:31Because of this, I will once again challenge the bad aspects of the job.

07:36And we will show that we are worthy of trust.

07:40And not everyone will steal inside the government.

07:44Thank you very much, former Commissioner Mendoza and Cara David.

07:49Next, we will ask Carl Llodi de Guzman.

07:53In 2022, in one of your social media posts, you said,

07:57I quote,

07:58I don't want to repeat the bad experience of the support of the people to Cory,

08:03to Marcos, to Gloria, and to Erap.

08:07What you also said, I quote one more time,

08:10The people are no longer there.

08:12They just continue to suffer and suffer.

08:16First of all, they are misogynistic.

08:19This is your statement.

08:21In a certain way, for our viewers to fully understand,

08:26your statement is against feminism, Carl Llodi.

08:30The question is, even though you asked for forgiveness in your post,

08:34are you still condemning that the country is gone after Cory replaced Marcos and Gloria,

08:41and Erap?

08:43I am still condemning because the situation of the workers and the people at the moment

08:49proves that the people are no longer there after the government changed,

08:55especially during the time of Cory Aquino.

08:57During the time of Cory, contractualization happened.

09:01In the past, it was regularization.

09:03But during the time of Cory, many workers became contractual

09:07because he was the one who implemented the Herrera Law.

09:11The same thing happened to the provincial rate.

09:13Why did the wages of the workers in the province become lower than those in Metro Manila?

09:20In the past, the wages of the workers in the province and in Metro Manila were equal.

09:24Now, it is lower.

09:25So, in this situation, the people are no longer there.

09:29They continue to suffer.

09:31The VAT started from him.

09:33The privatization of the sector of services started from him.

09:37This is bad because what happened

09:40is that the sector of services should have become a business

09:43because the sector of services was entrusted to the big capitalists.

09:47So, Mr. Llodi, what do you think of the people power protests in EDSA?

09:54There were two of them.

09:56Is that wrong or right?

09:59People power is right.

10:02The workers benefited a lot from that

10:04because the workers proved that if the people are united,

10:09even the most dictatorial president in our country can be overthrown.

10:14The only problem is that the promises of the leaders of EDSA

10:20that there will be true democracy did not happen.

10:23It did not happen.

10:25It did not reach the factories.

10:27Thank you very much, Mr. Llodi de Guzman and Ms. Emil Sumangil.

10:32For Ms. Danilo Ramos, the next question.

10:36Good evening, Ms. Danil.

10:38Last year, you went to the Commission on Human Rights

10:42and you filed a complaint for what you called state-sponsored rights violations

10:48because of the surveillance and red-tagging against you.

10:52As you mentioned earlier, you said that there were people wearing bonnets who went to your house.

10:57You were labeled as a terrorist and you experienced harassment

11:00from the government intelligence agents that you believed.

11:04And you said that all of this was a result of your practice of anti-terror law.

11:10This is my question for you, Ms. Danil.

11:13Is there really nothing good that can be learned from your anti-terror law?

11:17And if so, in your opinion, how should our government protect itself

11:23if there is no anti-terror law?

11:25It's true.

11:26I am one of the 37 petitioners for the Anti-Terrorism Law of 2020.

11:34Based on my experience, human rights violations continue

11:39because of the Anti-Terrorism Law, Executive Order No. 70,

11:44Creation of NTF-ELCAT.

11:46I and thousands of farmers, farmers and their families

11:52have experienced terrorism and red-tagging.

11:58What we are fighting for is land for the farmers,

12:03strengthening local food production.

12:06This is the origin of the people.

12:09That's why we appealed to the LGUs, CHR, and even the Special Rapporteur, Irene Khan,

12:16to stop this from happening to our farmers

12:21and to stop the terrorist labeling of Filipinos.

12:25Mr. Danil, in 2020, you forced the military, the Southern Luzon Command,

12:32because of an incident that happened in Southern Luzon.

12:36But the military of the Southern Luzon Command said that it was a legitimate operation,

12:41that it was an encounter.

12:43What can you say about that?

12:45A lot of things are happening, but what the military is saying is different.

12:52They released ordinary farmers, children and women,

12:59as NPAs and terrorists.

13:03You know, I know a lot, not just in Southern Luzon.

13:07Sagan 9 Massacre, Guihul 1-6, Negros 14.

13:12I was part of the fact-finding and I saw what happened in different places,

13:18like in Panay.

13:20Thank you, Mr. Danil.

13:25It's time for the Yes or No round.

13:27I will mention the issues and the candidates will answer Yes or No.

13:35The first issue to pass the controversial Anti-Teenage Pregnancy Bill.

13:41Yes or No?

13:58The officials of the government said that they will set up a firing squad

14:03that will be in charge of the trust case.

14:06What is your vote here?

14:08Yes or No?

14:11Yes or No?

14:21The government officials will hold a public hearing.

14:26Yes or No?

14:41Yes or No?

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