LASTING PEACE
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said the government’s unwavering support for soldiers, law enforcers, and the people is vital to achieving lasting peace in the Philippines.
“May tamang paraan para tiyakin ang kapayapaan. ‘Yan po ay tuluyang pagsuporta sa ating mga kababayan, sa ating mga law enforcements, sa ating mga sundalo, sa atin pong lahat po na nagserebisyo sa tao,” President Marcos said.
The President spoke during the Alyansa campaign rally in Antipolo on Friday.
He said continued development can be sustained by a system that upholds and protects the people’s rights, not through bloodbaths and violence.
“Sa laban naman kontra sa krimen at sa droga, wala po sa amin ang naniniwala na kailangan pong pumatay ng libo-libo na Pilipino para lutasin ang problema na ‘yan. Ang kailangan po ay dapat po tulungan po natin ang ating mga kapulisan, suportahan po natin, suportahan po natin ang ating mga LGU,” President Marcos said.
“Yan po ang solusyon. Hindi and karahasan na nakita natin na dapat ay huwag natin uulitin at Hindi naman kailangang gawin. May paraan po para matuklasan natin o mabigyan natin ng solusyon ang problema sa kontra droga, ang problema sa krimen. ‘Yan po ay ang aming paniniwala, ‘yan po ang aming ipaglalaban,” he added.
On the economy, President Marcos said the government will not allow a return to the era when illegal gambling flourished in the Philippines, mainly through Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs).
He said employment opportunities, livelihood programs, and government support for the Filipino people are the genuine solutions to economic challenges.
Bagong Pilipinas Para sa Bagong Pilipino Citizens Movement Youth Representative Hanna Lane Garcia supported the President’s call to back the Alyansa slate fully.
“We defer to his wisdom in his choices of these candidates,” Garcia said.
“We realize that the President needs all the support that he needs in the Senate for his program in next three years, the Bagong Pilipino Para sa Bagong Pilipinas Citizens Movement is here to give full support to him and his administration,” she added. PCO
