House Deputy Majority Leader Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin shared her befuddling experience during the past election season wherein pro-administration local officials were allegedly left on their own to campaign for the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial slate. (Video courtesy of Dr. Janette Loreto-Garin | FB)
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00:00Ta-totool lang, I mean, ako bilang isang probinsyana, nalitu rin kami.
00:06Kasi hindi ko alam. Ano ba talaga? 12-0 ba? 11-0 ba? 10-0 ba?
00:13Kaya nga, of course, nakapasalamat naman ako kay Congressman Tobi Chocko.
00:17Kasi kapag tinatawagan mo siya, eh talagang sumasagot siya
00:21and in-explain nga niya yung mga situation na medyo masalimut doon sa Aliansa.
00:26However,
00:28ang experience ko,
00:30kasi sa dami na ng election na dinaanan ko,
00:33yung administration
00:34ay may built-in na political machinery
00:36kasi andyan yung mga incumbent
00:38governors, incumbent members,
00:40at tinatawagan yan, no?
00:42Ini-involve sa kampanya.
00:45In this case, hindi ko alam
00:46kung ako lang, pero kasi
00:48nakakausap ko rin yung ibang mga governors,
00:50ibang mga congressmen, ibang mga mayors.
00:53In fact, during the campaign
00:54period, naging
00:55Mayor Jerry Trenias was always
00:58calling me, nagtatanong siya,
01:00ano ba yung nangyayari? Ano ba yung status?
01:02Eh di syempre ang sinasagot ko rin,
01:04hindi ko rin alam eh.
01:06So, I'm not sure
01:08if it is only us,
01:10pero sa ngayon na nakakausap na namin yung iba,
01:13mukhang
01:14marami kami na hindi natatawagan.
01:17Yes,
01:18busy yung alyansa sa campaign,
01:21pero andun kasi yung machinery
01:22na pwedeng tawagan,
01:24kausapin,
01:25at sabihan kung ano ang direksyon.
01:28So,
01:29sa pananaw ko,
01:30yan ang isang factor,
01:31kasi hindi mo alam,
01:33parang kanya-kanyang,
01:34parang just guess
01:36what to do.
01:37Ganun yung,
01:38sa pananaw ko lang ha,
01:39pasensya na dun sa mga
01:41ibang,
01:41of course,
01:42with Duke Ortizy dun sa ating
01:44campaign team.
01:45In addition,
01:46kapag gumiikot ako sa mga barangay
01:51at sa bayan-bayan
01:52at isidisigaw mo,
01:53iboto ang alyansa,
01:56ang tanong ng taong bayan,
01:58ano po yun?
02:00In other words,
02:01hindi nakarating sa baba
02:03ang plataporma de gobyerno
02:05ng alyansa.
02:07And of course,
02:08we keep on explaining
02:09na continuity,
02:10ganyan,
02:10pero hindi specific eh.
02:13Kapag dumadating si Senator Kiko,
02:15direkta niyang sinasabi,
02:17ang layunin niya
02:18at ang iko-contribute niya
02:19sa sambayan ng Pilipino
02:20ay ang pagmura
02:22ng pagkain.
02:24Addressing hunger
02:26at suporta sa ating mga farmers
02:28kung saan yung gobyerno
02:30ay bibilhin
02:31ang produkto nila.
02:32Napakasimple yung maintindihan.
02:35Naintindihan ng taong bayan
02:36kung ano ang meron dun
02:37para sa kanila.
02:39Kapag gumiikot naman
02:40si Senator Bam Aquino,
02:42of course,
02:42our congratulations
02:43to Senator Kiko
02:44and Senator Bam.
02:46Ang kanya namang hinaini
02:47ay edukasyon
02:47at trabaho.
02:51Post-pandemic,
02:52syempre marami
02:53ang nawawalan ng trabaho.
02:55Ng iba nakahanap
02:56ng panibagong trabaho
02:58pero ang daming adjustments.
03:00Andun yung
03:01pagbagsak
03:02ng turismo
03:03because
03:05the spenders,
03:07yung ating Chinese tourists,
03:09Japanese tourists,
03:10Korean tourists,
03:11most of them
03:12are going to our
03:13neighboring Asian countries.
03:16Ando dun sila dun sa
03:17pumupunta sila
03:19kasi wala nang visa
03:20dito sa atin.
03:21May visa.
03:22Tapos,
03:22syempre,
03:23andun pa yung mga intriga,
03:25maraming mga balita
03:26na hindi siya safe,
03:27nagbibigay ng takot,
03:28so affected
03:29ang tourism.
03:30Andun yung domino effect.
03:34Kulang ng tao
03:34yung ating mga resorts.
03:36Kulang
03:37ng kumukonsumo
03:38ng pagkain
03:39na kung saan
03:40yung ating mga
03:41mamahaling isda,
03:43yung mga lapo-lapo,
03:44ay nakukulangan
03:45ng market.
03:46And
03:47nagtatransend yan
03:49sa maraming bagay.
03:51Dun kasi,
03:52nakaka-capture
03:52ng tao
03:53na itong mga
03:54kandidatong ito
03:55sa Senado,
03:56alam nila,
03:57naintindihan nila
03:58yung plataforma.
04:00Pasensya na ulit,
04:01no,
04:01I don't want to blame
04:02anybody,
04:03but let's call
04:04a spade a spade.
04:05Talagang maraming
04:06confusion sa baba.
04:08And
04:09of course,
04:10while
04:10Secretary Anton Lagdameo
04:12is a good friend,
04:13hindi siya reachable,
04:14eh.
04:15Pagtatawagan mo,
04:16hindi sumasagot.
04:17Pag i-text mo,
04:18hindi rin sumasagot.
04:19Andun rin yung mga staff niya.
04:21So,
04:21mas lalo kaming nalilito.
04:22Hindi rin namin alam
04:23kung
04:24sino ang naka-assign
04:26sa amin
04:27sa Visayas.
04:28Pero,
04:29syempre,
04:29tulungan pa rin.
04:31Kaya lang,
04:31may limit
04:32dun sa kaya mong
04:33i-convey sa taong bayan.
04:35May mga issues,
04:36kagaya ng,
04:37of course,
04:38yung mga artista,
04:39inisyuhan na huwag i-boto.
04:41Ako,
04:42eh,
04:42talagang tumatawag ako
04:43sa partido
04:43na dapat sagutin siya.
04:45Kasi pwede naman
04:46sanang sagutin, eh.
04:48Andiyan si Isko.
04:49Eh, di ba,
04:50nung siya ay nag-mayor,
04:51marami naman siyang ipinakita
04:52na magagandang
04:53accomplishment niya.
04:55I'm not sure.
04:55I think si Ronald Reagan,
04:57artista ba rin?
04:58Marami rin mga artista na,
05:00oh,
05:00si Senator Soto,
05:02eh,
05:02performer naman na senador yan,
05:04no?
05:04Marami eh.
05:06Marami rin tayong mga
05:07officials
05:09who came from the
05:11entertainment industry,
05:13naka,
05:13nanalo,
05:14nagkaroon ng posisyon,
05:16at nagkaroon
05:16ng mga legacy programs,
05:18nagkaroon ng output,
05:20may accomplishment.
05:22Eh,
05:22maganda sana itong sagutin, eh.
05:24Kasi kapag hindi natin
05:25masagot ang isang issue,
05:27nananatiling
05:28katotohanan
05:29yung mga maling bagay naman.
05:31Okay.
05:32But of course,
05:32ang dami yung nagtatanong sa amin,
05:34ano ba yung
05:34plataporma?
05:35Ano yung mahukuha namin
05:36kapag bumoto sa Alyansa?
05:38We keep on explaining,
05:39pero iba-ibang explanation
05:41ng lahat.
05:42Kasi nga,
05:43wala kaming natatanggap
05:45na direktiba
05:46kung ano ang sasabihin.
05:48Again,
05:48we're not blaming anybody,
05:50pero in the previous elections,
05:51ganun naman kasi talaga
05:53ang handling.