00:00For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to
00:06give you hope in a future.
00:08Yan po ang nasa Jeremiah 29.11 na naging isa sa core na paniniwala ng aking pagkatao at pananampalataya.
00:18Gusto ko po si Propetang Jeremiah dahil siya po ay nire-respeto at pinaniniwalaan ng Muslim, Hudyo at Kristiyano.
00:27Sa mundo ngayon na in crisis, buong mundo na in crisis because of the U.S.-Iran-Israel war, napakahirap minsan
00:39paniwalaan na may magandang plano.
00:41But I'm always reminded that though people may be liars, God never lies.
00:48Though we may be weak, He is strong.
00:51But we are reminded that if He has a plan, we have to do the right thing.
00:58So let me be explicit.
01:01Our job together, my job, is to serve you, dear Senators.
01:07To serve this nation.
01:09To serve God above all.
01:11And to do what is right.
01:14Napakahirap kong tutusin po ang dinadaanan ng generasyon na to.
01:20Kagabi po, kausap ko po ang pamangken ni Sen. Jinggoy, anak po ni Jackie, si Manu.
01:28Nakita po niya ako ng 2006 or 2007 or 2008 nung binisita ko ang kanyang lolo.
01:35At sabi ko sa kanya, grabe pala pinagdaanan ng generation niyo.
01:41During Duterte's time, depending on your lens, it was a human rights crisis.
01:49If you're pro-Duterte, it's a crisis of drugs.
01:53Where illegal drugs did not only steal lives, did not only steal dreams, but it wrecked communities.
02:02It wrecked our government.
02:04Of course, if you are from the anti-Duterte lens, the human rights crisis was in the extrajudicial killings.
02:13But after enjoying almost nine years of unprecedented economic prosperity during the Aquino time to the Duterte time,
02:24inabot po tayo ng pandemic.
02:26So from the human rights crisis to a health pandemic crisis.
02:32Naglilift pa lang ang COVID, nangyari na po ang Ukraine-Russia conflict.
02:41Sa mundo na mga kabataan na to ay naniniwalang hindi na posible ang World War III.
02:47Ay suddenly, may major conflict in the West.
02:51And then you fast forward.
02:54The crisis of the Philippines when it comes to corruption and flood control.
02:59The biggest corruption scandal in our country.
03:06Hindi pa ho tapos yan, nangyari yung Iran-US-Israel.
03:14And then, our young people have to face the prospect of a changing world through AI.
03:21And while we are worrying, leaders around the world in Canada, India, US, Australia are excited of AI.
03:31They said that it will bring in a new wave of millionaires, billionaires.
03:35It will bring in high-quality jobs.
03:39Pero tayo po ba'y nag-ahanda na?
03:43We might not feel the crisis here in the session hall.
03:47But our people, may it be the grab drivers, the tricycle drivers, jeepney drivers,
03:53yung malilit na kalendria, yung mga beneficiaries ng 4Ps, ramdam na ramdam na nila.
03:59So, nung kinamayan po ako nung former Senate President Subiri,
04:03sabi niya, hindi siya na-inggit sa trabaho dahil mahirap po ito.
04:07But I take a step forward, my dear colleagues, and offer myself to serve you.
04:13Just as Senate President Soto said,
04:16that he is here to serve everyone,
04:19not only the majority, not only the minority,
04:22I am here to respect the President,
04:25the Office of the President,
04:28the Vice President,
04:29the Office of the Vice President,
04:32the House of Representatives,
04:34and each one of you.
04:36In every crisis, there are big winners and there are big losers.
04:41Unfortunately, it is the poorest of the poor who is always the losers.
04:45So I urge all of you,
04:47let's unite,
04:49let's discuss.
04:53Before us might be the impeachment,
04:54let me make it very clear.
04:57May mga lumabas sa news,
04:59and hindi ko kayo sinisise kung sinasabi nyo sa news
05:01na ang pagpalit ng leadership ay tungkol sa impeachment,
05:05hindi po.
05:07The impeachment
05:09is enshrined in the Constitution.
05:12The Bible says,
05:14the truth shall set us free.
05:17We want to be free from poverty.
05:19We want to be free from corruption.
05:23We want to be free from a government
05:26that is busy fighting its own people
05:28or the people fighting each other.
05:32Hindi ito Facebook,
05:33hindi ito social media na
05:34pwedeng bawat minuto may nagbabanatan.
05:37In real life,
05:39in the non-digital life,
05:40we have to be here for each other.
05:44It doesn't mean anything
05:45if we are, say,
05:46we are devout Muslims
05:47or we're devout Catholics
05:49or devout evangelicals
05:51if we cannot love each other.
05:53In the Senate,
05:54we might not like each other,
05:56but I think we can work each other
05:57and we can love each other.
05:59So let me make it clear.
06:02The impeachment will be
06:04much, much more
06:06than dismissing a complaint
06:10because of political affiliation.
06:13And it's also much, much more
06:15than convicting someone
06:17without evidence.
06:19Parehong hindi pwede yun.
06:21Kailangan guided tayo by the truth,
06:23guided by evidence.
06:25But the process is as important
06:29as the result.
06:30Hindi natin pwedeng sabihin
06:32she or he will make a bad president
06:34or wala na tayong maasahan dyan
06:36sa presidente,
06:37wala na tayong maasahan
06:38sa vice president,
06:39impeach na lang natin.
06:40Hindi po.
06:41The Senate is also on trial.
06:44So, dear colleagues,
06:46as we ask God
06:47to guide us and help us,
06:48I'd like to thank all of you
06:50who supported me today.
06:52I will do my job.
06:53But I'd also like to reach out
06:57to all my colleagues here today.
06:59Ngayon lang naman po tayo
07:00na may divisions eh.
07:03Dahil mabigat ang politika.
07:05Pero actually,
07:05we've worked together.
07:07And if we could only go back
07:0820 years
07:10and then go back now,
07:12can we go back,
07:13can we go to 20 years from now?
07:15And let me tell you
07:16what I told the group
07:16last night
07:17nung nag-meeting kami.
07:19Basta't lahat
07:19ng gagawin natin,
07:20huwag tayong magsisisi.
07:22Huwag tayong gagawa
07:23ng pagsisisihan natin.
07:25So, feel free to call me out
07:27if you think mali ang direction.
07:30So, dear colleagues,
07:31again,
07:32thank you.
07:32God bless you.
07:33Maraming maraming salamat
07:34sa inyong lahat.
07:37Session is suspended for a minute.
07:48Session is suspended for a minute.
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