#philippine politics

[appleflavoredkitkats]

For interested Filipinos:

We invite everyone to join us on May 28th, Tuesday, for a solidarity vigil to continue our commitment in commemorating and standing with the Palestinian people, their plight, and their struggle for liberation.

‼️Mass up: 6:00 PM in front of the Commission on Human Rights, Commonwealth Avenue (Google Maps Location)

[motziedapul]

People comparing Kamala Harris to Leni Robredo need to remember that while Trump and Marcos have many similarities, Leni Gerona Robredo isn't actively committing a genocide and has never committed a genocide

So no, they're not the same.

Their only similarities seem to be their rich, fascist man child opponents, and the fact that they are non White women.

Leni Robredo recently waded chest deep through dangerous floodwaters to deliver aid during the typhoon just last month. No press organization took these photos, these were posted to social media by random people and they went viral. This isn't a campaign trail. She's not trying to run for president anymore.

In the very least, it's a good way to show people what real leadership looks like. Not telling protesters to shut up when they protest genocide.

She's only running for local office now, but people pay attention. Her election campaign and 15 million voters turned into an aid organization that everyone trusts more than the government.

I'll say this; it behooves Americans to pay attention to the politics of their former colony and current military slave the Philippines. This past election is pretty close to what happened in 2022, even if not identical. Even if I have no respect for Harris I do think people can learn something from the many similarities in the political climate and mass misinformation campaign that led to the Marcos/Trump presidency.

[msfisherot]

We are trying to fight off against China, to tell them to back off our own land.

US has fooled us with small boats and weapons for us to only fight China alone.

Innocent people WILL die here if we let the problem linger. PLEASE spread our word.

THE WEST PHILIPPINES SEA IS OURS‼️‼️

🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

[maya-chirps]

the vice president of the philippines issued a death threat against the president of the philippines, the first lady, and the speaker of the house of representatives and it's primarily because she was so pissed off about how the chief of staff of her office was being arrested for crimes related to corruption and contempt of court after she wouldn't answer for the strange spending of the office of the vice president and now people are speculating (some people say it's a confirmed fact?) that the vice president and her chief of staff are in a lesbian relationship including a popular controversy-hounding tv show and radio host calling her a slur and claiming she's a bisexual butch (we use the word tomboy in my country's culture)

i am not joking

english translation is in the alt text

random fun fact since this is insane: ac/dc is an old slang term for bisexual in the philippines haha

anw most ppl in the actual facebook post are calling out the tv/radio host for not having any friends and either way this is an absurd speculation

edit since i keep forgetting to add to this post:

atty. zuleika lopez later suddenly fell ill after she got sentenced to be transferred to an actual prison (classic political move here) and when she was finally being forced to transfer to a hospital known for keeping political convicts by the cops, vp sara duterte went out of her way to try to prevent them from closing the ambulance, telling them off for not dropping off lopez in the fancy hospital, before calling the cops who were trying to assist in transferring lopez "wag kayong bakla!" (don't be gay!) in a slur kind of way

actual quote starts 4:32

[watcher0033]

The US elections giving me entire flashbacks during Leni Robredo’s election.

[aphroditesknife]

Current president of the Philippines, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., watching F1 races while the country is in multiple crises

Current vice president of the Philippines, Sara Duterte, refusing to tell the public why she needs SO MUCH MONEY as Confidential Funds for "Education"

calling it a "shitshow" is an understatement

[aro-bird]

having a racing simulator in the president's house because of his 27yo zoomer son is so fucking funny like at the very least he isn't doing crack in malacañang

[thespoliarium]

NEVER FORGET. NEVER AGAIN.

On the 21st of September 1972, 51 years ago, Proclamation 1081 was signed. This would become the deadly start of the Martial Law.

However, the masses only realized that it has started on the 23rd of September. How did this happen? An ambush against the then Minister of Defense, Juan Ponce Enrile on the 22nd of September.

The Marcos regime is anti-NPA, or New People's Army, sometimes called CPP-NPA (Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army)

Now, let's have some facts about the Martial Law.

1. 107,240 people are primary victims of the HRVs during Martial Law. - 70,000 are arrested. - 34,000 are tortured. - 3,240 are killed by the military police. 2. 464 media outlets were closed - 8 major English newspapers - 18 vernacular, Spanish and English dailies - 60 community newspapers. - 66 TV channels (including ABS-CBN) - 20 radio stations - 292 provincial radio stations. 3. 11,103 of these people are victims of human rights violations. - 2,326 were killed or disappeared. - 238 were r*ped and forcibly abducted - 217 were m*tilated, abused sexually, including minors. - 1,467 were abused mentally, psychologically, emotionally. - 182 were subjected to inhumane treatment - 699 are in arbitrary detention (more than 6 months) - 1,417 are detained between 15 days to 6 months - 1,239 are detained from 36 hours up to 15 days - 579 were in involuntary exile involving violence and illegal takeover of business - 2,739 were in involuntary exile involving intimidation and physical injuries

This remains a dark stain in Philippine history. And with another Marcos on the high seat, we voice out: NEVER FORGET. NEVER AGAIN.

Sources: Fast Facts: The Marcos martial law regime | Inquirer News https://twitter.com/indiohistorian/status/1485997495587151877

[is-there-a-filipino-legend-yet]

lol, lmao even

[haru-kuneko]

[idontknowwhyimhere102]

I'm have a strong hatred for all of them.

[justanothergeneralkrow]

I guess the Philippine Constitution does take notes from the American one. Makes sense why both systems are all the way fucked up.

[motziedapul]

Hi Nay women doing hot girl things*

*Murdering members of the AFP after they red tagged and murdered a leftist missionary and using horrific swarming insects that crawl in and out of their orifices to do it then hanging their corpses from trees

[panumbalik]

why our filipino senators actually insane/negative

like

here's the wiki of cynthia villar, second highest votes in senate election history, wife of the second richest guy in the country

crying we were former best agri country no wonder we degraded sm "ur so obsessed with reseach im a smart person and i dont get ur reseach" baka kasi...tanga ka lang (trans: maybe...you dont get it bcs u are stupid)

HELLO??? like oh thats not. not only is it stupid wrong, why would you say it like that?!?!?

like oh. this isnt even the controversy part anymore of her wiki its just CAREER.

sorry to be a kid discovering filipino corruption on the main but. yeah ok. i get why our country sucks now. we get exploited by foreigners and then we get governed by callous and cruel moneysniffers.

like NO WONDER she's against the arrest of one of the countries richest human traffickers, apollo carreon quiboloy. she a duterte stan and she just sucks (again: money faced bitch).

[maya-chirps]

update on the president and vice president's fight: after giving a death threat against the president, the vice president is now claiming that she's the real person in danger and that the president is threatening her life after the nbi issued a subpoena against her.

she claims that because of the president's family's deadly past (the president's father being a dictator) it means she could be in danger, all the while ignoring the fact that her own father's administration (her father's the previous president) has killed possibly over 12,000 people because of alleged drug cases and related issues (most of the victims were impoverished).

truly, an entertaining fight between dynasties

[themagical1sa]

* The door opens a little, revealing Isa with a run-down and tired countenance.

Hey.

* Isa's eyes darken in quiet anger.

The Vice President passed a memorandum overwriting facts in our curriculum, erasing "Marcos" from "Dictator Marcos."

We are seeing the historical distortion of the darkest time of the Philippines known as the Marcosian Martial Law in real time. The corrupt in power dare erase the name for whom many heinous crimes against human rights were done.

Manhid na po ako. Pagod na rin ako sa mga kabalastugang ginagawa sa bansa ko. May personal na buhay rin ako. Pucha, sa dami kong pinag-iisipan sa buhay ko, daragdag pa 'tong mga 'to.

[in Tagalog] I'm already numb. I'm also tired of the bastardization being done to my country. I have a personal life too. Fuck, with the many things I think about in my life, all this just adds to it.

* Her grip on the doorknob tightens for a moment as she grits her teeth while looking away, but she only sighs before looking back at you.

I just wanted to tell you that, just in case. There are many unjust deaths under the Marcos era that still have not been brought justice.

(This^ is a thread. Google translates the tweets rather sufficiently, personally speaking.)

Have I mentioned that the election of our current leaders was not fair at all?

I'm tired. I want to help fix this country, but I'm so, so tired.

* Isa sighs again and moves to close the door, but she pauses and looks up at you again.

Promise me that you won't forget too.

We can't forget. We can never forget. Never again.

Thanks for listening.

* Isa finally closes the door, leaving you to yourself again.