Candidates'
Stand On Issues

I think as long as the person has a job, has access to education, better health care, nobody in his right mind will go against the government. I think that’s the way to do it, to give opportunity to our countrymen, especially in far-flung areas, because they are the ones who are easy to convince.

Buhayin po natin ang usaping pangkapayapaan sa pagitan ng gobyerno at mga rebeldeng komunista. Lahat po ‘yan may solusyon bastat pag-usapan ano ‘yung problema nila. Wala naman silang hinihinging kapalit kundi development lang at magkaroon sila ng sustainable livelihood, may makain sila at hindi sila magutom

Tingin ko kailangan may localized na paguusap. Mas maa-attain ang kapayapaan kung ang pinaka-root ng problema ma-address

Tuloy-tuloy po dapat 'yung localized peace conversations, localized negotiations. At tama din 'yung sinabi ni Ka Leody kanina na dapat mapatupad 'yung mga pangako.

Hindi natin dapat ituloy na gumagamit ng dahas ang sinuman kung gusto natin magkaroon ng pagbabago sa ating lipunan

Tuluy-tuloy ang problema, tuluy-tuloy dapat ang ating gawing peace talks hanggang magkaroon tayo ng talagang tunay na agreement ng kapayapaan.

This is why earlier, I proposed in a Senate hearing to shift to localized peace talks with the CPP/NPA. I told ex-Sec Dureza and Sec Bello that talking to Joma was useless. He had either lost control or was pursuing a malevolent agenda. That became the new policy of the government

Tingin ko ‘yung pakikipag-peace talk ng gobyerno ay gusto lamang utuin ‘yung mga NPA, pasukuin, nang hindi ina-address ‘yung kanilang mga demands, ‘yung kanilang mga kahilingan, ay wala talagang mangyayari,