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@piahontiveros Vice presidential aspirant and former lawmaker Walden Bello says the role of the media is "extremely important," and proposes the creation of a prosecutorial team that would investigate and "make sure justice is done when it comes to the killings and threatening of journalists."

@piahontiveros If elected in 2022, Bello says he and presidential hopeful Leody de Guzman will "push for the restoration of the ABS-CBN franchise" and "dismiss all charges that have been made up by the Duterte admin against Maria Ressa and Rappler."

Bello: Malacañang under President Duterte has been so anti-free press that it's almost like a license to people who would like to destroy the freedom of the press, because their interests are being affected by local and national journalists

Bello: Once you have a different administration that says it is not going to support the prosecution of these charges against Maria Ressa, I think that will make all the difference

Bello on presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos: The problem really is the Marcos family has participated, led this effort to try to paint what were the most nightmarish years in our country as a golden era. The guy is not running on any platform, it's just on this image

Bello says he and De Guzman are running in 2022 because they "are out to stop the Marcos-Duterte axis of evil."

Bello says should he and De Guzman win, they will personally oversee the exhumation of the remains of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. from the Libingan ng mga Bayani. (1/2)

He adds: If Madam Tussauds wax museum is interested in this wax and image of Marcos, then we’ll sell it and the money goes to the PH government. (2/2)

Bello on negative drug test results submitted by Bongbong Marcos: I would never believe anything submitted by a liar like Marcos. He lied about his university degree.

Bello calls the voluntary drug testing of election bets a "circus," but says if drug testing is required by the Comelec, he and De Guzman will comply

Bello: We have a 13-point program to contain COVID-19. One of the first elements is we want 75% of the population to have a second (vaccine) dose by September 2022.

Bello: We want to allocate ₱250 billion for the budget for fiscal year 2023 to COVID-related medicines, vaccines and treatment

On proposed funding for the national COVID-19 response, Bello says they want to "tax the rich" and make sure the budget intended for some agencies such as NTF-ELCAC will be reallocated to health programs, particularly those for coronavirus containment