We are wearing facemasks because we have to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but now, they’re also putting silencers inside.
I am a Filipino. I live in the Philippines. I was born here, raised, now a working individual.
Who even knew the time would come that I’ll get political in this website. Now is the time of firsts.
And we have the worst government to have in the midst of a pandemic.
Ever since he who shall not be named became the president, he stayed true to his one advocacy, eliminate the drug trade here in the Philippines. And at what cost? The ones who took the brunt of his war on drugs is the poor, who were left with bloodied bodies, lost loved ones, no justice. The big names in drug trade? They are just there, probably free as a bird, protected by powerful and higher ups in the government.
There has been a lot of killings. Of so called drug pushers, farmers, activists, critics. It was bloodshed. Then, we are being sold to the Chinese government. A lot of them used resources in our own territory, stripped off our mountains, drove away our fishermen, even if we won in that tribunal, our government just don’t have the balls to implement the tribunal results, they destroyed our forests, our islands, established underground clinics, this government protects the ego of the Chinese government more than it’s own citizens.
In the midst of the pandemic, the ego stroking didn’t stop. They prioritized the feelings of the Chinese government than banning flights from entering our country. All of these shit could have been prevented if THEY PROTECTED US FROM THE START.
So now, we have a lot of cases. The atrocities, and the bloodshed didn’t stop even with the pandemic. They never did anything good to address the problem at hand, local government officials are left on their own to devise plans and protect their people, it’s the LGUs who are working tirelessly, while the national government is in shambles. The Vice President is also making her own progress and programs to help in the pandemic. The rest, is just a big horrid mess.
It’s been nearly three months since we are in quarantine. No mass testing was done, no extensive contact tracing was done, the only things they’ve done are: amassed a huge number of curfew violators, and subjected them to inhumane punishments (THERE WERE TWO LESBIANS WHO WERE ARRESTED AT CHECKPOINT, AND YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT THE BRGY CAPTAIN MADE THEM DO? THE FCKING HOMOPHOBIA), killings of quarantine violators, even if he’s mentally challenged, and bystanders have warned the police that he’s mentally unstable (JUSTICE FOR WINSTON RAGOS, MURDERED BY THE POLICE, TO KIAN DELOS SANTOS, THOUSANDS OF OTHER FILIPINOS MURDERED BY THE POLICE DUE TO THE SO-CALLED WAR ON DRUGS), displacement of indigenous people and communities due to the police (LUMAD SCHOOLS IN THE PROVINCE WERE ORDERED TO CLOSE EVEN IF THEY ARE THE ONLY SCHOOLS NOW INTRODUCING EDUCATION TO LUMAD CHILDREN IN THE PROVINCE), mass arrests of citizens due to being critical of the government (WHILE BOTH SENATOR KOKO PIMENTEL WHO CLEARLY VIOLATED QUARANTINE PROTOCOLS, AND POLICE CHIEF SINAS, WHO HOSTED A GREAT BIRTHDAY PARTY IN THE MIDST OF AN ENHANCED COMMUNITY QUARANTINE, GOT AWAY SCOT FREE AND WITH NO CHARGES BECAUSE OF COMPASSION AND “HE IS HARD TO REPLACE”), RED TAGGING OF STUDENT ACTIVISTS AND CRITICS (SOME OF THEM ARE NOW RECEIVING DEATH THREATS THRU TEXT), and spearheading this Anti-Terrorism Bill which is a clear violation, and would inhibit any citizen from their rights to freedom of speech, expression, and would put anyone on the danger of being arrested, and labelled as a terrorist.
Our government is a BIG JOKE, and what makes it worse, is that there are countless others who STILL SUPPORT AND DEFENDS THIS KIND OF GOVERNMENT. THEY ARE OKAY WITH CLASSIST VIEWS, KILLING OF THE POOR, SELLING OUR SOVEREIGNTY TO CHINA, ALLOWING ILLEGAL POGOS TO OPERATE, RACISM, RAPE APOLOGISTS, MISOGYNISM, TAKING AWAY OUR RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH, AND VIOLENCE.
They say the youth is the hope of a nation. But now, they are either branding us as either terrorists, or leftists, just because we fight and we demand for a better government, one that takes care of its citizens, with no intention of killing the poor, while the privileged are just lounging in their mansions, defends our sovereignty, and helps us. We demand and deserved a better government because we are a democratic country, but we are now approaching an authoritarian regime, without the labels.
If this post traces back to me, and I’ll get arrested for this, don’t forget me.
Fire is catching. If we burn, you burn with us.
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