"No threat can hinder the solidarity of the folk!"
As in the past, the recent statements brought by president Duterte is all but wanting to upheld the ever-continuing order instead of immediately supporting the needs of the people.
For as the Coronavirus has exposed the rottenness of the present social order in which the government favours its inner circle while the rest of the nation is left to fend off for themselves, the government's failure to resolve the medical crisis has made the matter quickly escalated into a catastrophe affecting the lives and livelihoods especially those of the poor instead of ensuring their medical and overall wellbeing.
What more to think that the administration rather chose to vent rage on the opposition, be it the left or individuals like Diokno or Trillanes, this shows how its leader and its apologists fail to admit and correct its mistake in handling the situation- much similar to misleadingly alluding poverty to laziness while seeing interest seekers using the situation to ever-prevail their interests. From this somehow finds it difficult on how to control the virus and instead aggravating it.
Worse, to hear such unreasonable line of thinking alternates with threats to use violence, toying with Martial Rule for instance, against those who would disobey Duterte's orders.
But this doesn't stop the people from getting worried about. Many families suffer hunger, anxiety, and uncertainty as the order's task force fails to create a sound policy. Yes the community quarantine is still ongoing according to their statements, but it has nor realigned enough funds to build new facilities, support frontliners, set up factories to produce equipment for protection, mass screening, and testing. But instead pinpointing the opposition for all the woes.
Meanwhile his lackeys continue to express hope that China may still support its effort in curbing COVID19, even borrowing more money from international lending agencies, and relying largely on corporate support, charity from private citizens when there is already 275 billion allocated from the "Bayanihan to Heal as One" act, not to mention the existing funds from the Office of the President itself. Unjust delays in the so-called "Social Amelioration Program" also exposes reluctance from the order to provide immediate relief while prioritising funding to increase "hazard pay" for both police and military personnel. The recent statement of offering millions to those who able to create vaccine to combat COVID19 also showed its mercenary-like treatment of handling the situation, while failing to assemble experts from the Department of Science and Technology, the Department of Health, Bureau of Food and Drugs, and known Pharmaceutical Companies all to create a sound program to help the struggling health sector, much more that the supposed "action program" being bragged about all remains in paper.
All in all, for almost four months into the pandemic, the regime's measures continue to remain half-baked while largely retaining its militarist nature. The regime, no matter how it appears itself as "concerning" given the situation, still finds its time and effort to use its attack dogs with the purpose of destroying dissent, be it in a form of false reports to those of combat operations. With the unbounded emergency powers that the Congress has given to him, he use it rather to make excuse for his orderist agenda, of making miserable excuses, pinpointing, and dictatorial manouvres while being inefficient and incompetent in ensuring sound medical and social services to the folk.
From this note, one would say that the statements ever brought by Duterte remains the same. With or without the pandemic the agenda of the administration remains orderist in outlook while acting vassal-like towards International interests. China will always continue its foothold in the disputed isles in the West Philippine Sea, coupled with existing unequal agreements including those from the United States. The order will always continue its debt-driven policy while trying to impress the folk that development is still undergoing.
And that by refusing to heed the demand of the folk, what more of repressing them by "just obey" dogma and its myriad of threats, the folk themselves, both having the fear of the pandemic and the desperation to live and earn a living, continues to fight by any means. Words like "immediate and sufficient social support" has been overheard no matter the order tries to suppress their calls, that mutual aid from various groups cultivated solidarity in spite of attempts to curb their movement by the order, that "seeking truth from facts" has pursued, exposing and opposing how the administration has been acting against its people no matter how its apologists as trying to control its situation.
Regardless if the threat, be it the pandemic or the order's repetitive threats, the folk will not yield. No threat will cower the solidarity of the folk.
For as the Coronavirus has exposed the rottenness of the present social order in which the government favours its inner circle while the rest of the nation is left to fend off for themselves, the government's failure to resolve the medical crisis has made the matter quickly escalated into a catastrophe affecting the lives and livelihoods especially those of the poor instead of ensuring their medical and overall wellbeing.
What more to think that the administration rather chose to vent rage on the opposition, be it the left or individuals like Diokno or Trillanes, this shows how its leader and its apologists fail to admit and correct its mistake in handling the situation- much similar to misleadingly alluding poverty to laziness while seeing interest seekers using the situation to ever-prevail their interests. From this somehow finds it difficult on how to control the virus and instead aggravating it.
Worse, to hear such unreasonable line of thinking alternates with threats to use violence, toying with Martial Rule for instance, against those who would disobey Duterte's orders.
But this doesn't stop the people from getting worried about. Many families suffer hunger, anxiety, and uncertainty as the order's task force fails to create a sound policy. Yes the community quarantine is still ongoing according to their statements, but it has nor realigned enough funds to build new facilities, support frontliners, set up factories to produce equipment for protection, mass screening, and testing. But instead pinpointing the opposition for all the woes.
Meanwhile his lackeys continue to express hope that China may still support its effort in curbing COVID19, even borrowing more money from international lending agencies, and relying largely on corporate support, charity from private citizens when there is already 275 billion allocated from the "Bayanihan to Heal as One" act, not to mention the existing funds from the Office of the President itself. Unjust delays in the so-called "Social Amelioration Program" also exposes reluctance from the order to provide immediate relief while prioritising funding to increase "hazard pay" for both police and military personnel. The recent statement of offering millions to those who able to create vaccine to combat COVID19 also showed its mercenary-like treatment of handling the situation, while failing to assemble experts from the Department of Science and Technology, the Department of Health, Bureau of Food and Drugs, and known Pharmaceutical Companies all to create a sound program to help the struggling health sector, much more that the supposed "action program" being bragged about all remains in paper.
All in all, for almost four months into the pandemic, the regime's measures continue to remain half-baked while largely retaining its militarist nature. The regime, no matter how it appears itself as "concerning" given the situation, still finds its time and effort to use its attack dogs with the purpose of destroying dissent, be it in a form of false reports to those of combat operations. With the unbounded emergency powers that the Congress has given to him, he use it rather to make excuse for his orderist agenda, of making miserable excuses, pinpointing, and dictatorial manouvres while being inefficient and incompetent in ensuring sound medical and social services to the folk.
From this note, one would say that the statements ever brought by Duterte remains the same. With or without the pandemic the agenda of the administration remains orderist in outlook while acting vassal-like towards International interests. China will always continue its foothold in the disputed isles in the West Philippine Sea, coupled with existing unequal agreements including those from the United States. The order will always continue its debt-driven policy while trying to impress the folk that development is still undergoing.
And that by refusing to heed the demand of the folk, what more of repressing them by "just obey" dogma and its myriad of threats, the folk themselves, both having the fear of the pandemic and the desperation to live and earn a living, continues to fight by any means. Words like "immediate and sufficient social support" has been overheard no matter the order tries to suppress their calls, that mutual aid from various groups cultivated solidarity in spite of attempts to curb their movement by the order, that "seeking truth from facts" has pursued, exposing and opposing how the administration has been acting against its people no matter how its apologists as trying to control its situation.
Regardless if the threat, be it the pandemic or the order's repetitive threats, the folk will not yield. No threat will cower the solidarity of the folk.