HNP Statement on Walden Bello's Claims About Drug Trade in Davao

Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) released a statement with regard to Walden Bello's claim about drug trade in Davao City. Because of this, HNP has already requested for an investigation into the extent of Mr. Bello’s knowledge and involvement in the illegal drug trade in Davao City.

March

2022

Bello: Cyberlibel suit is Inday Sara’s ‘smokescreen’ for being absent in debates

Vice presidential candidate Walden Bello said Tuesday that the cyberlibel complaint filed against him by a former aide of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is his rival’s way of deviating public attention from her “cowardice” to join debates.

March

2022

Sara Duterte’s former info officer files P10M cyber libel raps vs. Bello

Former Davao City information officer Jefry Tupas on Monday, March 7, sought P10 million in damages from vice presidential bet Walden Bello as she filed a cyber libel complaint against the former Akbayan party-list congressman.

March

2022

Walden Bello is disruptor of first VP debate, calls Sara Duterte a ‘coward’

Socialist professor Walden Bello was a clear highlight of the first vice presidential debate organized by CNN Philippines on Saturday, February 26, taking the role of the disruptor and calling Sara Duterte, who skipped the event, a “coward.”

February

2022

Bello is against digital currencies

Walden Bello says that digital currencies such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and cryptocurrencies are but new variants of financial capitalism. He says “...the forces promoting cryptocurrencies are largely in a relation to Wall Street as the mafia is to the police.”

January

2022

Sara hopes youth won’t grow up ‘ungrateful’ like Walden Bello

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte said her dream is to inspire patriotism among the youth and not to be “ungrateful” citizens like her fellow vice presidential candidate Walden Bello. Sara made the comment after Bello said the presidential daughter’s remarks on mandatory military service for all Filipinos upon turning 18 years old “is a mask off moment for the dictator-in-waiting.”

January

2022

Bello doubtful of Marcos Jr.'s drug test sample

National candidates expressed their willingness to undergo drug testing after President Duterte's statement that one of them is a cocaine user. Walden Bello is willing to submit himself for testing but he says of Marcos Jr., "...we refuse to participate in a circus to clean up the image of the asshole Bongbong Marcos. Can you really trust a drug test result produced by Marcos?"

November

2021

Bello calls out Isko Moreno for racist remarks

Bello demands Isko Moreno to apologize for using an anti-Chinese slur. He adds that people should not confuse the Chinese government from Chinese people. Moreno, in response, says he will not apologize because he is not one to sugarcoat.

November

2021

Bello resigns as Akbayan Rep, calls Noynoy Aquino disgraceful

Bello resigned as the Representative of partylist Akbayan. He says that he cannot be supportive anymore of then-President Aquino citing his disapproval of Aquino's actions or inactions after the Mamasapano incident. Akbayan allied with the Liberal Party to push Aquino's candidacy in 2010

March

2015

The administration doesn’t even know the scale of the problem it is dealing with … getting rid of drugs and crime by extrajudicial murder won’t be accomplished in the promised three to six months. It won’t be finished in six years. It all boils down to a war against the poor. We can be sure that even with a high kill rate, we will still have a massive drug problem after six years.

August

2016

I disagree with Congressman Atienza. Marriage is an institution created by society. As such it evolves as society evolves. It began not to promote reproduction but to mark possession, of women by men. It then evolved from an instrument of possession into an institution to seal and celebrate a loving relationship between two partners of different sexes. Now, with the further evolution of society’s values, marriage has expanded to seal and celebrate a loving union between persons of the same sex. Institutions must keep in step with society’s growing appreciation of the many dimensions of love between human beings, not imprison society in archaic values, definitions, and practices.

January

2022

Yes, we will push through the restoration of ABS-CBN franchise and we will dismiss all charges that have been made of Duterte administration against Maria Ressa and Rappler.

November

2021

I think talagang very inhuman at barbaric 'yan. At 'pag binalik natin 'yun, parang Saudi Arabia na tayo. And I don't think we deserve that.

February

2016

I take strong exception to Malacañang’s plan starting December 1 that “eligible employees who remain to be unvaccinated … shall be required to undergo regular RT-PCR testing, or antigen tests, at their own expense. By now, the government should’ve been able to make testing free or, at the very least, subsidize or make it cheap for businesses—the MSMEs—to provide regular testing to their employees.

November

2021

China’s seizure of maritime formations that are within the Philippines’ 200-mile exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea is illegal and should stop. Beijing’s claim of 90 percent of the South China Sea does not have any legal basis and is a purely arbitrary claim that tramples on the rights of five other countries, including the Philippines, that border on this body of water, which belongs to the global commons.

June

2021

Unfortunately for the whole country, however, many inquisitive and curious young minds will suffer, many of them arrested and imprisoned, before the AFP thought police realize that instead of suffocating them, their incredibly short-sighted, stupid approach will end up multiplying the ranks of partisans of the cause of justice and truth.

January

2021

Persevering in the legal-diplomatic route was the only viable way to go, but having deviated from this by entering into a military alliance with a state (China) determined to contain it, the moral force and diplomatic credibility we should have gained from our legal victory in the Hague have been compromised

July

2016

Malaking kasalanan ni Duterte ang palpak na management ng COVID response. Napakamali ang approach at dahil dito maraming namatay. The government has failed to provide a comprehensive response, largely relying on military answers to a public health crisis. We need mass testing, proper tracing, proper ventilation, vaccine access and equity, social aid, and economic stimulus. Dapat naging participatory at science-based ang approach ng pamahalaan, at hinikayat ang mga mamamayan sa paggawa ng solusyon.

January

2022

This is a family that has raped the country. It has not apologized to the country and he now wants to rape the country again. F**k you, Marcos!

October

2021

Moreover, we need to understand that the climate emergency requires a comprehensive and systemic solution. We need a just transition to a green economy--in consumption and production--and we need to hold the big businesses and the Western powers responsible for this crisis to account, too

January

2022

We will definitely ban all mining and reverse the [Rodrigo] Duterte government's recent policies to end the ban on mining and specifically, open-pit mining. This will not affect the economy because mining contributes less than 1 percent to the national [gross domestic product] while exacting tremendous costs from the environment. This is a crime against the Filipino people.

January

2022

All administrations have been in the pocket of the mining industry and we will definitely end this. We will strengthen cooperation with global civil society to force the big climate polluters (like China, the United States, India, the European Union, Russia) to make ambitious carbon reduction commitments

January

2022

Maling-mali na magwaldas ng milyon-milyong piso mula sa kaban ng bayan para sa isang beach na nakakasira ng kalikasan habang napakaraming kababayan natin ang nagugutom at nahihirapan ngayong pandemya.

October

2021

I am willing to comply should COMELEC decide to make drug testing a requirement for national candidates.

November

2021

The Marcos dynasty and the Duterte dynasty, we're seeing how they represent, really, the greatest evil of the political system that we have. Which is why it is very important to our people...if you really want to oppose political dynasties, the task is up to our voters: do not elect dynastic cliques coming to power.

February

2022

We have seen that in two of the most dynamic economies – Vietnam and China – the fact that constitutional bans on foreign ownership is not a hindrance to development but that foreign investors have lived with it and moved forward

August

2014

https://www.rappler.com/nation/67330-house-begins-plenary-debate-economic-cha-cha/

So what is my preferred definition of federalism? Federalism is just another way that the president, in his fondness for the Filipino people, shows them his middle finger.

May

2017

Ka Leody and I believe they have waited long enough and refuse to let them wait a minute longer. We vow to end contractualization on Day 1 of our administration. Among the first set of Executive Orders that will be issued in our administration is one aimed at prohibiting all trilateral agreements and banning manpower agencies so as to ensure that all workers are hired directly and guaranteed all the benefits and legal protections afforded to regular workers.

October

2021

We will make sure that if elected, [that] the judicial system, in fact, prosecutes Duterte for crimes against humanity, the [extrajudicial killings]. That is the only decent way to go [Leody de Guzman and Bello will cooperate with the International Criminal Court]. That’s the only way to go for us at this point in time, otherwise, this cycle of human rights violations and absolution and people not paying for their crimes is just going to go on.

December

2021

We will cooperate with the International Criminal Court. And if he (Duterte) is found guilty then he gets sent to The Hague. There is so much evidence at this point.

November

2021

The short answer is full cooperation, and we will make sure that there is a coordination between our justice system and the ICC. Because 27,000 extrajudicial executions, directed from Malacanang, President Duterte cannot escape this responsibility. He should be prosecuted and I believe he will be prosecuted and be brought to a cell in The Hague, and Ka Leody and I will support this.

February

2022

With divorce and decriminalization of abortion, we need to come to the 21st century. We can’t be a country that is stuck in the 17th century. 'Yung (our) cultural program namin, yes, it is going to be controversial but it’s something that is already supported by a large sector of the population.

November

2021

With divorce and decriminalization of abortion, we need to come to the 21st century. We can’t be a country that is stuck in the 17th century. 'Yung (our) cultural program namin, yes, it going to be controversial but it’s something that is already supported by a large sector of the population.

November

2021

No problem releasing any of these publicly. I have not been a public official since early 2015, so have not been required to file SALN, but you certainly can have my last SALN filed.

March

2022

Oh my God, the Comelec e-rally is only watched by several, a few hundred people. So it was like, if you’re going to have a penalty, you have a penalty that has a strong penalty that the candidate that does not show up, will have to think twice or three times or four times. The Comelec just makes a joke of itself by imposing what is really a non-penalty… Have a stronger, real strong penalty for the people who don’t appear [in the debates].

March

2022

The problem is that we’ve had a series of presidents from Marcos on who said they’re open to reform, they're open to peace talks, but when confronted with the military’s ultimatum that you can’t do that. They give in because they want the support of the military. The biggest block to peace, internal peace in the country, is the Philippine military.

February

2022

As for release of my bank and health records, I will need your help in doing this since I don't have a legal team focused on this. But if you prepare the docs, I will sign them. As for FOI, of course, I support, having been one of the co-authors while in Congress.

March

2022

The Duterte administration must dismiss all officers associated with this act of war and subject them to prosecution on charges of first-degree murder. This also makes all the more imperative the abolition of the NTF-ELCAC, under whose mandate the massacre was carried out.

December

2021

'Yung legacy namin ni Ka Leody will be doon sa relations between capital and labor. Talagang kailangan lang na hindi lang ‘yung P750 minimum wage pero kailangan din na full union rights, and kung maari in many firms, ‘yung workers management together with the management of the factories and enterprises, we need to have that go-together at this point .

February

2022

Despite strong US (United States) pressure, the Philippines must avoid taking sides in this conflict since no national interest is at stake. However, Manila must act immediately to protect our OFW’s (overseas Filipino workers) and other Filipino citizens, bringing those who wish to leave out of the country by all available means.

February

2022

You cannot joke about rape, because that encourages the crime if it is seen as something that is just something that you can joke about like President [Rodrigo] Duterte has. That’s why I would push for a law that would classify such talk as hate speech and therefore criminally liable because it has consequences. We’ve seen that kind of talk has consequences.

November

2021

On Rape

Kokonti ho ang mga lupang naipamahagi sa ating mambubukid so widely recognized po na 'yung agrarian reform ni Marcos, was one of the most disappointing land reform programs in the world precisely because it mainly benefitted yung mga elitist, haciendero hindi ho yung mga karaniwang mambubukid

November

2021

On previous government agrarian reforms