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Imee Marcos questions Pax Silica joint venture

Sen. Imee Marcos on Aug. 12, 2026 questions the proposed joint venture linked to Pax Silica and the alleged draft architecture of an Economic Security Corridor framework in the Philippines. During a Senate press conference, Marcos showed an alleged document being circulated by the Department of Justice that she claimed contained provisions that could compromise the country’s sovereignty.

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00:00At ang balita, 300,000 pesos daw ang inakalok para sa limang hectare.
00:06Kung labis pa yung pag-aari na lupa, hindi na daw kayang bayaran. Libre na.
00:12So yung iba dyan, may siyang, sampu at iba pa.
00:16Hindi na daw ba bayaran yung labis sa 5 hectares.
00:19Pakatapos nun, meron rin mga IP na sana darating kaya lang ang lakas ng tulad.
00:25At ang sapi naman, yung kanilang burial grounds.
00:28Na-report na rin yan sa media.
00:30At alam naman ninyo na noong August 26 pa na-resteed ito.
00:36At tulad ng ibang kasamahan ko, gumawa tayo ng resolution to investigate.
00:44Pero ako'y kinakabahan dahil hanggang ngayon, dahil busy nga kami dahil sa impeachment.
00:50Bukas may commission on appointment at iba pa.
00:53Dahil dito, nagkakabisibisihan at hindi natututukan itong Park Silica.
00:59Samantala, nagkakagulo na sa ibang barangay sa Carla.
01:06At pati yung ating mga IP, e talaga nangananib.
01:09Ngayon, marami nang nasabi tungkol sa Park Silica.
01:14Nagulat ako at natanggap ko sa aking komunikasyon,
01:19ang isang alleged draft architecture of a proposed ESC framework in the Philippines.
01:27Sinasabi na ito yung dokumento na pinaiikot ng DOJ for approval ng iba't-ibang mga kasamang mga department.
01:40At ang pinutukoy nito, ang sinasabi, ito yung framework layer by layer.
01:48Revised configuration.
01:50So, ang nakakabitla lang dito, bakit kinakailangan ng pinatawag na joint venture to own the land?
02:02Hindi ba Pilipinas ang may-ari ng lupa?
02:05Bakit hindi BCBA?
02:07O di kaya yung iba't-iba pang GOCC na 100%?
02:12Nakakakaba ang nakasulat dito,
02:14dahil kahit sabihin pa nila na 60-40 yung joint venture sa land ko
02:19at 60% yung Pilipino,
02:22yung 40% halos may-ari na ng lupa.
02:26Nagiging master tenant siya
02:28at siya na ang mamahala
02:30sa pagpapatakbo nitong special eco zone.
02:34Kung talagang kailangan ng JV,
02:37bakit may master tenant pa?
02:39Hindi ba pwedeng normal na economic zone yan
02:43tulad ng iba, ng subik, ng clerk, ng iba't-iba pa?
02:47Bakit kinakailangan ba ng master tenant
02:50para sa leasing?
02:51Parang binigay na natin dyan sa land ko
02:55lahat ng kapangyarihan
02:57at siya na ang may effective control sa HALP.
03:01At bakit ganon?
03:04The master tenant is not Pilipino.
03:07The JV is 60% Pilipino.
03:09So, bakit tiniturn over natin
03:12ang control sa mga dayuhan?
03:151,619 hectares.
03:19Hindi na ito Pilipinas.
03:21Land ko property na ito for 99 years.
03:25So, kahit sabihin nila
03:27na pumapayad at nasa batras natin
03:30na may 99-year lease
03:32at pwede naman yung lease
03:33sa ating pan sa Constitution,
03:35nakakapagawa pa rin dito sa tinatawag nilang
03:38layer 4 governance
03:40na magkakaroon ng joint zone
03:44authority and committee.
03:46Ito, makikita natin
03:48na lahat ng desisyon
03:50ay gagawin ng committee.
03:53Lahat ng desisyon
03:55tungkol sa mga leasing,
03:58sa management,
03:59at iba pa.
04:00So, nakakapagtaka din
04:05kung paano
04:07makukuha nung JV
04:09yung 60% ng lupa.
04:11Alalahan ninyo,
04:1260% to
04:13ng 1,619 hectares
04:16libre.
04:18Bakit hindi bibilhin?
04:20Wala bang makikinabang diyan
04:22itong mga magsasaka
04:23na inaagawa ng lupa
04:25sa 300,000 pesos?
04:27Yan na ba yan?
04:38Sampai jumpa na inaagawa ng lupa.
05:00You
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