De Lima, President Rodrigo Duterte’s fiercest critic, said that the actual fight is happening in people’s minds, caused primarily by disinformation on social media.
“I’m here, not to call on you to fight for me. While I thank everyone who has expressed their support for me, I know that my battles are my own. I’m here to ask you to fight the greatest fight our nation has faced since the People Power Revolution in 1986. But it is not a fight against the President. Not a fight against his men.
The battlefield is actually the Filipino people’s minds. Social media have been weaponized – by their own admission. Humor has been weaponized by turning serious issues like rape and other women’s issues into laughing matters.”
SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA, DURING A HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRACY FORUM AT THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT LAST THURSDAY (OCTOBER 13).
The lady senator said that the current administration has begun the art of dehumanization, which is for her the greatest weapon of a dictatorship. Pointing out on the use of inanimate concept of drugs to sow fear on the people.
“We start by knowing what we are fighting against. What are we fighting against? I say it’s alienation and dehumanization. The greatest weapon of a dictatorship is the creation of a faceless, dehumanized source of fear. In this case, it’s the inanimate concept of drugs.”
De Lima said that this should be stopped, as the country has to reclaim its sanity, humanity, morality and democracy. She also called on the public, especially those who voted for Duterte, to remain vigilant.
“You are not expected, or should be made to believe you’re obligated to defend your elected leader’s behavior after they assume power. Those acts are their own and you have all the right in the world to voice your objection. Don’t let anyone make you feel that you are complicit to their crimes just because you exercised your right to vote. ‘Wag ka pong maniwala na ang pagboto mo ay lisensiya niya para lapastanganin ang inyong mga karapatan at mas lalo na ang pumatay ay lumapastangan sa karapatan ng iba sa inyong pangalan”
SENATOR DE LIMA
Quoting human rights lawyer and De La Salle College of Law Dean Jose Manuel Dioko, who wrote about Duterte’s bandwagon of hate. “Not in my name,” De Lima said echoing Diokno even urging her audience to repeat the phrase after her.
De Lima and Duterte’s scuffle started when the latter was still Mayor of Davao City. Acting as the CHR Chairperson during the Arroyo government, De Lima investigated the alleged extrajudicial killings linking Duterte to the alleged Davao Death Squad.
Currently, she is the subject of a congressional hearing and now facing multiple drug complaints before the Department of Justice and ethics complaints at the Senate.
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“I’m here, not to call on you to fight for me. While I thank everyone who has expressed their support for me, I know that my battles are my own. I’m here to ask you to fight the greatest fight our nation has faced since the People Power Revolution in 1986. But it is not a fight against the President. Not a fight against his men.
The battlefield is actually the Filipino people’s minds. Social media have been weaponized – by their own admission. Humor has been weaponized by turning serious issues like rape and other women’s issues into laughing matters.”
SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA, DURING A HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRACY FORUM AT THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT LAST THURSDAY (OCTOBER 13).
The lady senator said that the current administration has begun the art of dehumanization, which is for her the greatest weapon of a dictatorship. Pointing out on the use of inanimate concept of drugs to sow fear on the people.
“We start by knowing what we are fighting against. What are we fighting against? I say it’s alienation and dehumanization. The greatest weapon of a dictatorship is the creation of a faceless, dehumanized source of fear. In this case, it’s the inanimate concept of drugs.”
De Lima said that this should be stopped, as the country has to reclaim its sanity, humanity, morality and democracy. She also called on the public, especially those who voted for Duterte, to remain vigilant.
“You are not expected, or should be made to believe you’re obligated to defend your elected leader’s behavior after they assume power. Those acts are their own and you have all the right in the world to voice your objection. Don’t let anyone make you feel that you are complicit to their crimes just because you exercised your right to vote. ‘Wag ka pong maniwala na ang pagboto mo ay lisensiya niya para lapastanganin ang inyong mga karapatan at mas lalo na ang pumatay ay lumapastangan sa karapatan ng iba sa inyong pangalan”
SENATOR DE LIMA
Quoting human rights lawyer and De La Salle College of Law Dean Jose Manuel Dioko, who wrote about Duterte’s bandwagon of hate. “Not in my name,” De Lima said echoing Diokno even urging her audience to repeat the phrase after her.
De Lima and Duterte’s scuffle started when the latter was still Mayor of Davao City. Acting as the CHR Chairperson during the Arroyo government, De Lima investigated the alleged extrajudicial killings linking Duterte to the alleged Davao Death Squad.
Currently, she is the subject of a congressional hearing and now facing multiple drug complaints before the Department of Justice and ethics complaints at the Senate.
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