Amidst the traditional pomp and circumstance of Filipino elections, a quirky people’s movement rises to defend the nat | dG1fQlhTM2RUU0tOS28
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00:00We are about to make history.
00:11Our next president, Lenny Roberto!
00:22We have won the Filipino National Anthem!
00:27Am I talking to Maria Ressa?
00:29You are!
00:30Maria, I've just been announced as a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
00:35How can you have election integrity if you don't have integrity of facts?
00:42That's the problem facing my Philippines.
00:45I am a mother not only to my three children, but to the whole country.
00:53If Filipinos don't get off their ass, we will descend.
00:59I'm ready to campaign, and that's what we're going to do.
01:01Are you willing to accept interviews about your father's martial law?
01:05Not here and now.
01:06We have to demand better.
01:08I will fight. We will fight.
01:11This is a violation of the law.
01:13We pulled it out six years ago. It was where it was headed.
01:18My friend, my country, choose.
01:25Maybe you can come here.
01:28It's easy to debate, but it's more radical to love.
01:34We will fight until the end,
01:38until my soul is healed.
01:41It's up to us if the fight is over, or if it's just the beginning.