Today as a country
we are commemorating our 119th
Independence Day anniversary.
In Manila, the
Vice President lead the flag raising ceremony in the absence of the President
Duterte, attended a forum at the University of the Philippines in Diliman,
Quezon City.
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| Vice President Robredo with ex-CHR head Etta Rosales, and Senator Francis Pangilinan at the "DefendDemocracy Summit" held at the University of the Philippines, School of Economics (photo and story from the Philippine Daily Inquirer) |
Vice
President Maria Leonor “Leni Robredo delivered the keynote address of the “Defend
Democracy Summit” at the University of the Philippines, School of Economics.
The core of
her speech was the message of “Defending democracy is our biggest fight today.”
She relays the concept of democracy as a way or means to uplift the common Filipino
from poverty.
The Vice President
described what is happening in the country today as “extraordinary times”.
“These are
extraordinary times. If you’re not able to lay aside our differences and talk
to one another, we will be fighting enemies within as well as without,”
Robredo said.
She adds
that the institutions founded by democracy before are not the way it used to
be, that these institutions must be streghten in order for it to “to create a
nation strong enough in these extraordinary times.”
The Vice
President relayed in her speech the need to “buils bridges of understanding,
not walls”. “Let us bury our egos and pride and let emphathy arise”.
“We are already seeing our institutions being eroded. They are already weakening. We must move swiftly an effectively to ensure they are strong enough for our children and our children’s children,” Robredo said.
“We are already seeing our institutions being eroded. They are already weakening. We must move swiftly an effectively to ensure they are strong enough for our children and our children’s children,” Robredo said.
“Let us not
defend democracy as a concept but as a means to lessen sufferings of our
people,” the VP said.
Martial Law in Mindanao
Currently the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police, on its 3rd week are still facing head on the ISIS threat in Mindanao. In Marawi City the battle continues against IS inspired Maute group + Abu Sayyaf Group. This after the President declared the whole of Mindano in martial law and the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus
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