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@ColmenaresPH @ChelDiokno @GutocSamira Are you in favor of releasing SALNs of government officials to the public?

Senatorial aspirant Neri Colmenares: Definitely, we are in favor. In fact, I have been doing that since I was in Congress because I see no reason for a public official to hide his SALN.

@ColmenaresPH @ChelDiokno @GutocSamira Colmenares on govt officials releasing SALNs to the public: If you are rich, then you are rich. If you are poor, there's nothing to be ashamed (of).

@ColmenaresPH @ChelDiokno @GutocSamira Colmenares: It's a no brainer dapat na any public official, if you really want to run and if you really want to serve the Filipino people, then you should agree to the requirement that you must submit your SALN and make it accessible to the public

@ColmenaresPH @ChelDiokno @GutocSamira Senatorial aspirant Chel Diokno says he is "absolutely" willing to release his SALN to the public. He adds: It's so unfair that ordinary government officials have to make public their SALN, and yet yung matataas na opisyal ay exempted.

@ColmenaresPH @ChelDiokno @GutocSamira Diokno: I believe we should even put stiff penalties on officials who refuse or block the access to SALN of ordinary Filipinos.

@ColmenaresPH @ChelDiokno @GutocSamira Senatorial aspirant Samira Gutoc: Siguro, I'll be very unpopular here when I say that yes, I'm open to urging all my co-Bangsamoro, my co-Filipinos here in the provinces especially with due respect sa dynasties na i-publicize nila ang ating SALN... I am in favor of this.

@ColmenaresPH @ChelDiokno @GutocSamira Gutoc on proposed mandatory military enlistment: One of the comments on this proposal is that for instance, for Muslim Filipinos, that will be a bit insensitive to our women who have certain limitations in physicality of movement and even publicly mixing with our men.

@ColmenaresPH @ChelDiokno @GutocSamira Gutoc: I am very critical, I'm not supportive of a mandatory military training. Let us support disaster risk preparedness awareness in our schools as part of our curriculum

@ColmenaresPH @ChelDiokno @GutocSamira Colmenares on proposed mandatory military enlistment: I disagree with that completely. Even high school ROTC, students don't need military training especially if the teachings for the youth is for repression.

@ColmenaresPH @ChelDiokno @GutocSamira Colmenares on proposed mandatory military enlistment: Kailangan ng ating manggagawa at magsasaka ng hanapbuhay. Hindi pwedeng i-enlist mo sila mandatorily, paano nalang ang pamilya nila, sinong magpapakain?

@ColmenaresPH @ChelDiokno @GutocSamira Diokno: I am totally against the mandatory military enlistment. The real problem we should be addressing is the education crisis we have. (1/2)

@ColmenaresPH @ChelDiokno @GutocSamira Diokno: Our students are lagging behind in all the basic subjects, and we have to infuse love of country and the values that we all cherish as Filipinos into the basic curriculum. (2/2)

@ColmenaresPH @ChelDiokno @GutocSamira Diokno: Hindi natin kailangan ng mandatory military enlistment. Nagamit yan ng diktaduryang Marcos noon, it was weaponized to stifle criticism. Recent proposals to bring back ROTC as mandatory, hindi na ba tayo nadala sa nangyari noon na hazing, mga corruption?

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@ColmenaresPH @ChelDiokno @GutocSamira What can you do to make power rates cheaper?

Diokno: Palaging dehado ang consumers pagdating sa mga kontrata ng supply and distribution of power. The provision of electricity is seen as more of profit-oriented, rather than that is something that must serve our people.

@ColmenaresPH @ChelDiokno @GutocSamira Diokno says to bring electricity rates down, the production of electricity must be democratized: We should encourage consumers to use renewable energy, to produce their own electricity and to sell it back to the grid

@ColmenaresPH @ChelDiokno @GutocSamira Diokno: We should remove politics from our electric cooperatives and allow them as well to be producers of electricity, particularly renewable energy, which they can give to their areas of franchise.

@ColmenaresPH @ChelDiokno @GutocSamira Gutoc on making electric rates cheaper: Kailangang i-activate yung natutulog na hydroelectric power plants so that there is more access to electric power generating.

@ColmenaresPH @ChelDiokno @GutocSamira Gutoc: The collection of payments is also a challenge. We need to incentivize and create opportunities for electric power generators or producers so they can be able to efficiently produce and give competition in an enabling environment.

@ColmenaresPH @ChelDiokno @GutocSamira Colmenares on lowering power rates: Ang regulators, masyadong kampi sa regulated. Dapat kampi ka sa mamamayan kesa sa nire-regulate mo. Kaya ayusin ang regulation, higpitan ang regulasyon sa ganitong klaseng industriya.

@ColmenaresPH @ChelDiokno @GutocSamira Colmenares on being against EPIRA Law: Dapat hindi ito (electricity) privatized. Kapag privatized, profit is the main motive and public service is the afterthought.

@ColmenaresPH @ChelDiokno @GutocSamira Colmenares on whether the Duterte administration has done anything good: Kung tama ang Presidente, e di tama. Maraming salamat. Pag mali siya, hindi naman ako mangingiming birahin siya, kahit presidente pa siya

@ColmenaresPH @ChelDiokno @GutocSamira Colmenares: Yun kasi ang kailangan sa isang public official, sa Senado o sa House of Representatives. Checks and balance kami.

@ColmenaresPH @ChelDiokno @GutocSamira What Duterte programs do you wish to continue?

Colmenares says he wants to continue the increase of social pension: Pero ang pangalawang tranche, hindi pa niya naibigay.

Colmenares hits Pres. Duterte for not fulfilling his promises to end contractualization and free distribution of lands to farmers.

Diokno praises the Duterte admin for signing into law the creation of the Dept. of Migrant Workers: It is about time that the government really does something to make sure the concerns and needs of our overseas workers are met.

Diokno: Itong batas na ito was just signed by the President and it calls upon the government to centralize these different agencies to put them into one department. And I believe that will be good for our overseas workers

Diokno: The real long-lasting solution for our economy and for our people is to make sure the Filipinos do not have to go abroad anymore to get jobs. Ang laki ng social costs din ng pagtatrabaho sa ibang bansa.

Gutoc on the good programs of the Duterte admin: Importante yung pagpasa ng Bangsamoro Organic Law. The Bangsamoro government addresses indirectly terrorism.

Gutoc hopes to speed up the construction of a railway system in Mindanao and the return of residents in war-torn Marawi City.

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Ano ang programa para resolbahin ang problema sa mataas na populasyon?

Gutoc: We as Filipino households ay alam natin how costly it is to manage future children. Importante ang reproductive health dahil it connects our decisions to our families, population, and couplehood.

Colmenares: I agree with Reproductive Health Law. Dapat accessible sa mga couples at mamamayan ang mga nakalagay na mechanisms and devices sa contraception.

Colmenares: Dapat may edukasyon din na gagawin diyan. Hindi lang dapat simple na namimigay ka ng contraceptive devices.

Colmenares: Ang bansa natin, napakayaman. Kahit lumaki ang population natin, kaya naman. Basta tama ang pamamahala ng gobyerno. (1/2)

Colmenares: Tama ang pag-distribute ng income at wealth. Wala lang korapsyon. May hanapbuhay ang taumbayan. Buhos kapital ang gobyerno sa lokal na negosyo at industriya. (2/2)

Diokno: We need to ramp up our family planning and services that we provide, especially to families that are marginalized in terms of reproductive health. Kailangan itaas ang awareness at education.

Diokno bats for more jobs to ease the population problem: We also have to make sure the present population, especially those in working age, are provided with enough jobs para hindi sila maging dependent and they will be productive members of our society.

How will you address the needs of senior citizens?

Diokno: Because of the pandemic, they are vulnerable to COVID-19. Yung access sa health services para sa kanila ay napakahalaga.

Gutoc: The Senate should urge local government units, especially those in provinces, na mabigyan ng access sa mga services. We can tap technology para hindi na mahirapan ang ating mga senior citizens na makuha ang kanilang mga ayuda.

Gutoc hopes to harness the knowledge of senior citizens so they can still be productive in the society: Kahit job order or contractual or kahit ano mang special allowance na pwede silang teacher or consultant sa mga LGUs.

Colmenares on addressing the needs of seniors: Sana ipasa ng Senado yung bill, na pinasa na ng House, yung pagdagdag ng ₱1,000 na pensyon sa mga senior citizens

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Gutoc asks Colmenares: How will you win with numerous logistical limitations?

Colmenares: Mahirap talaga pag wala kang pondo sa eleksyon. Hindi ako nagpayaman sa three terms ko sa Kongreso at kahit na abogado ako.

Colmenares: Ang social media, may malaking papel sa darating na halalan.

Diokno on what he believes are the problems of the justice system: Yung unang problema ng ating justice system ay walang access ang mga ordinaryong mamamayan...na masagot ang kanilang katanungang legal at sa tulong na legal

Diokno: Ang gusto ko sanang mangyari ay magkaroon ng libreng serbisyong legal sa bawat barrio.

Diokno proposes Court Decongestion Act: Sobrang dami ng kaso sa ating courts. Yung mga kasong pera-pera lang, ilipat natin sa arbitration tulad ng ginagawa sa construction industry. Para mabawasan ang temptation ng corruption sa mga courts at matugunan ang mga kaso ng mamamayan.

Diokno asks Gutoc: What crisis do you fear the most and what will you do to prepare for that?

Gutoc: Poverty for me. It's about the economic recovery. We should push for an Internally Displaced Persons Bill. (1/2)

Gutoc: When the government puts the primacy on human beings, we will be able to bring back the loss of income due to the pandemic. (2/2)

Colmenares on his priority legislation if elected as senator: Magpasa ng bills para sa mataas na sahod at labanan ang contractualization. Matagal na natin itong pinaglalaban. Libreng gamot at libreng pagamot din dapat dahil mataas ang medical costs sa atin.

Diokno on his priority legislation if elected as senator: Kailangan ng kagat ng hustisya at ngipin ng batas para ang maraming mga nadedehado sa atin ay sila naman ang maging liyamado.

Diokno wants to enact a pandemic management law to have a "science-based and evidence-driven" approach for the pandemic: We will have a body that will replace the IATF. Dapat may private sector representation. (1/2)

Diokno: Dapat ma-tap ang mga marurunong sa kalusugan, siyensiya, at sa information technology. (2/2)

Gutoc: Kailangan ng science- at research-based na responde sa krisis. We need a holistic department response methodology na kasama ang community, private sector, at gobyerno. Trilateral approach.

Gutoc: We need our women to be part of our crisis force. Kailangan kasama sila sa planning, enforcement, at evaluation.