MGA SENATORIAL ASPIRANT, SASAGUTIN ANG MGA TANONG NG BAYAN
Ang bawat grupo ng mga senatorial aspirant, tatanungin ng isang guest tungkol sa ilang isyu o problemang kinakaharap ng bayan. Kasama sa tatalakayin ang inflation rate sa bansa, maging ang kaugnayan ng political dynasties sa kahirapan at katiwalian.
Mayroon din ba silang iminumungkahing solusyon para rito?
Mayroon din kaming ipinakitang mga larawan sa mga senatorial aspirant, kung saan itataas nila kung anong emoji ang kanilang nararamdaman base sa nakita nila.
Panoorin ang video.
Ang bawat grupo ng mga senatorial aspirant, tatanungin ng isang guest tungkol sa ilang isyu o problemang kinakaharap ng bayan. Kasama sa tatalakayin ang inflation rate sa bansa, maging ang kaugnayan ng political dynasties sa kahirapan at katiwalian.
Mayroon din ba silang iminumungkahing solusyon para rito?
Mayroon din kaming ipinakitang mga larawan sa mga senatorial aspirant, kung saan itataas nila kung anong emoji ang kanilang nararamdaman base sa nakita nila.
Panoorin ang video.
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00:00Some will ask questions to our studio audience.
00:03This is how our Town Hall Round works.
00:08The Senatorial Aspirants will answer the questions of the people.
00:13Each group will ask a guest about the issues or problems that our people are facing.
00:19Each aspirant has 30 seconds to answer the question.
00:25After the first aspirant has answered the question,
00:27each aspirant will be given 15 seconds to ask a question or give a reaction.
00:33Round Robin style!
00:35Each aspirant has 30 seconds to answer the question.
00:38If no one wants to ask a question, the moderator may ask a follow-up question.
00:44In the last 5 seconds, you will hear this sound.
00:49When the time is up, a buzzer will sound.
00:54And the moderator will automatically turn off his microphone.
00:59The aspirants will now face the questions of the people.
01:05In this round, the candidates of their group will take turns to answer the questions.
01:12The first to answer the questions of the people will be
01:15Attorney Luke Espiritu and Attorney Vic Rodriguez.
01:21According to the study of the Ateneo School of Government,
01:24poverty and inequality are linked to areas that are controlled by political dynasties.
01:33And to clarify this issue, we will have with us the Dean of the Ateneo School of Government,
01:40Dean Philip Arnold Tuano.
01:44Good evening, Jessica. Thank you very much for this opportunity.
01:47According to our study, the political dynasties in our country
01:55have more control over politics in their provinces or municipalities.
02:00The government's funds are not distributed to the people in these provinces.
02:07And there is more poverty and underdevelopment in those areas.
02:11So I would like to ask our candidates,
02:14will you support a law that we can pass for an anti-dynasty law
02:21that has long been supported by our Constitutional Law?
02:23Not only will they support it, but it is the first piece of legislation that we should pass
02:27because it is a matter of national survival.
02:30Our 70 out of 80 governors are already part of the political clans.
02:35Not to mention our congressmen and our party leaders who are held by political dynasties.
02:39And in those dynasties, corruption, electoral fraud, and killings occur in the local areas.
02:45We must pass an anti-dynasty law.
02:46And I will use my position as a labor leader, a mass movement leader,
02:52in order to mobilize the masses to also support that legislation.
02:57Thank you very much. And good evening also to Dean Tuano.
03:00We need to have a basic agreement. What constitutes a political dynasty?
03:05We need to define what a political dynasty is
03:07because there are good and bad political dynasties.
03:10But I am all for defining and legislating a law prohibiting political dynasties.
03:17What is your position, Atty. Rodriguez, on the issue of political dynasties?
03:23You have 30 seconds now.
03:25In my opinion, in our law, we have to come to a basic agreement.
03:30What constitutes a political dynasty? We have to define first what is a political dynasty.
03:35And as a promising and true opposition, I urge that the Plunder Law be amended.
03:42We will lower its threshold from 50 to 1 million.
03:45And when I return that, as your senator, I will issue a death penalty
03:49so that the families will no longer give their positions to their children.
03:53I do not agree with the death penalty.
03:55Imagine lowering it to 5 million and then you will issue a death penalty.
03:58Who will issue that death penalty?
03:59Not the mayor, not the congressman, not the dynasties,
04:02but a simple bagman with a 5 million share.
04:05Only the poor will suffer from the death penalty.
04:10Thank you very much, Atty. Espiritu and Atty. Rodriguez.
04:14Next in line in our town hall round is Senator Bato de la Rosa,
04:20former Commissioner of COA, Commissioner Heidi Mendoza,
04:24and President Danilo Ramos.
04:27Inflation is the top national concern of the Filipinos
04:32based on the latest survey of OCTA Research.
04:36We will ask the official there,
04:38Assistant Professor of the University of the Philippines
04:41School of Economics Professor JC Punungbayan.
04:45Good evening to all of you.
04:47In January 2023, inflation reached 8.7%,
04:52the highest in 14 years.
04:55What is your understanding of the sudden rise in prices
05:00in the past years?
05:02And what do you think is the best solution to the effects of inflation?
05:07Is that the help that is now spreading to different parts of the country?
05:11Is this a sustainable or unsustainable solution to inflation?
05:16First, Senator de la Rosa will answer.
05:19You have 30 seconds.
05:22My solution to inflation is to strengthen our production
05:27in the sector of agriculture
05:29so that we can use food security
05:32where the price of the primary product is low.
05:36We will also tighten our crackdown
05:40against smugglers and hoarders
05:45who manipulate the market price.
05:50And giving support is helpful in...
05:55Commissioner Mendoza, you have 15 seconds to react to what Senator de la Rosa said.
06:01We can also look at the production and supply,
06:06and demand and consumption.
06:08But in reaction to Senator Bato,
06:10I don't believe that support is helpful
06:13because the way it is being implemented,
06:16we can say...
06:20What I mean to say is that support is helpful
06:23in the sense that money will flow inside the economy.
06:27So if there is money,
06:29the purchasing power of a Filipino
06:34will increase.
06:37So it will not be difficult.
06:40But if we say that it is a long-term solution,
06:43that is not the solution.
06:45It is just an immediate solution.
06:47Next, we will answer the question of Professor Punong Bayan on inflation,
06:51Commissioner Mendoza.
06:53Let's look at the production.
06:55Can we provide proper support to our farmers?
06:58Do they have access to low credit?
07:01What about the farm inputs?
07:03How is the farm infrastructure?
07:05Are our roads bumpy and difficult?
07:07Is transportation expensive?
07:09And let's look at the economic players,
07:13the traders, the producers,
07:15the hoarders,
07:17and the trust in the regulatory agencies.
07:21It is important to see why there is inflation.
07:24The truth is, for us,
07:27the government's policy and rules
07:30on why there is such a severe inflation.
07:33So for us, the policy and program
07:36is sad, but...
07:39We need the so-called economic policies
07:43on the so-called inclusivity,
07:46which will provide social protection.
07:48Now, let's talk about how to do this.
07:51Possibly, the so-called temporary assistance
07:54to the farmers,
07:56but it should be put in the right structure
07:59because this is what is needed,
08:01proper control, not discretionary,
08:03and especially not,
08:06in the party,
08:08and especially not during the election.
08:12And the last one to answer,
08:14Mr. Danilo Ramos.
08:16First, the government's policy and rules.
08:19The truth is,
08:21because of what it does,
08:23the government itself is the root of inflation.
08:25What is the solution?
08:27First, a real reform of the land,
08:29widening the food supply,
08:31especially rice,
08:33not in the division, not in the mall.
08:35Second, government subsidy
08:37for the farmers,
08:39and widening the role of the government,
08:42not importation,
08:45but local food production,
08:47to strengthen it.
08:50Senator Dela Rosa.
08:52To be honest,
08:54I agree with what he's saying.
08:57I agree, I'm not against what he's saying.
09:01Actually, the three of us,
09:03we all want the same thing.
09:05It's important that we think
09:07the cartel should be widened
09:09because they are the only ones
09:11who have knowledge
09:13on why the food supply is high.
09:15That's why we need a solution.
09:17And that's what we're asking for,
09:19subsidy for the farmers,
09:21strengthening local production,
09:23not importation,
09:25and to destroy the Rice Liberalization Law.
09:27Thank you very much,
09:29Senator Dela Rosa,
09:31Commissioner Mendoza, and General Ramos.
09:34And thank you very much
09:36to Professor JC Punungbayan
09:38of the School of Economics
09:40of the University of the Philippines.
09:45To quickly know
09:47the pulse of our guests,
09:49they will raise
09:51what emoji they feel
09:53in the pictures
09:55that we will show,
09:57whether they are happy,
09:59sad, or angry
10:01in the pictures they saw.
10:03There is no need for explanation.
10:06First picture.
10:09Raise your emoji cards.
10:28Next picture.
10:32Emoji pop.
10:34Next picture.
10:58Next picture.
11:00Raise your emoji placards.
11:04Next picture.
11:26Next picture.
11:28Show your emoji.
11:34Next picture.
11:36Show your emoji.
11:40There are still many hot questions
11:42regarding the return
11:44of the Town Hall Round.
11:46This is the question of the country,
11:48the GMA Senatorial Face-Off
11:502025.
11:57We are spending
11:59billions.
12:01What will we do
12:03to correct the use of
12:05these budgets so that
12:07Filipinos will not suffer?
12:09What will you do
12:11to make social media safer
12:13for everyone, especially
12:15young Filipinos?