Hindi na tama na nanghihimasok si Duterte sa Korte Suprema. Dapat nga may separation of powers sa pagitan ng presidente at Korte Suprema

Tumitindi ang krisis panlipunan at pampulitika sa bansa, gayundin ang krisis sa karapatang-pantao. Hindi malayong ang mga sitwasyong ito ang nagtutulak sa administrasyong Duterte na pana-panahong pasulputin ang pagpapatuloy ng usapang pangkapayapaan, kundi mismong ituloy ang muling pagbubukas nito.

“The nomination of Jose Maria Sison for national artist for poetry and the essay is moved by recognition of the crucial role he has a played and continues to play in the making of the Filipino community and nation by developing and enhancing the Filipino capacity to understand the Philippine crisis through the poems and the hundreds of essays he has written on the manifold aspects of that crisis,” a part of the nomination entitled “Jose Maria Sison’s Enduring Legacy: People’s Art, People’s Culture” read

“Sumusunod ako sa patakaran ng NDFP. Ang magkadigma ay pwedeng magpeace talks, hindi iyong magkaibigan at mapayapa na ang relasyon,”

46 years ago, there was this front page news report on the AFP's failed counterinsurgency campaign against the 3-year old NPA in the Cagayan Valley.

One week after he was elected president, I sent Fidel Agcaoili to confer with him and he promised to release all political prisoners listed by the NDFP. Soon thereafter, he offered to appoint to his cabinet four CPP representatives to be in charge of the departments of labor and employment, agrarian reform, environment and natural resources and social welfare and development.

Ang posibilidad ng isang malaking krisis panlipunan at ang kabiguan ng mga gobyernong Macapagal at Marcos na maagapan ang krisis na ito ay lumikha ng malawakang diskuntento sa panig ng masang Pilipino. Dahil dito, umalingawngaw ang mga pagpupunyagi para isulong ang mga radikal na pagbabago sa pamamagitan ng paglikha ng bagong konstitusyon na sasagot sa mga pangunahing isyu ng bansang ito gaya ng paghihikahos ng nakakarami, pamamayani ng lokal na oligarkya, at korapsyon at kabulukan sa gobyerno.

Yes, within 20 years, there is more than enough time for the crises of the ruling system and global system, the relentless struggle of the people for national liberation and democracy and the peace negotiations to generate conditions for the election of a President who is anti-imperialist and progressive, as in the countries of Latin America that you have mentioned.