THREAD: After a failed election bid in 2019, a human rights lawyer makes a second attempt for a Senate seat. #TheFilipinoVotes

@iampinkywebb speaks to senatorial candidate @ChelDiokno on #TheSource | LIVE bit.ly/3BIj8tS
Some OFWs in Hong Kong were fired from their jobs after getting infected by COVID-19.

@ChelDiokno: The situation is concerning. I hope gov't agencies step up to protect our countrymen. The embassy should help them. bit.ly/3p8hdKd
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno: Blacklisting Hong Kong employers that fire infected OFWs is a step that should be taken, but it's not enough
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno: Comelec doesn't have the right to remove campaign posters in private properties. Hindi naman kandidato ang naglalagay nun.
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno: I can't believe volunteers would agree to just surrender campaign posters to Comelec. Consent should be voluntarily and intelligently made, at dapat patunayan ng Comelec 'yan.
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno: Bakit puro oposisyon lang ang nababaklas na posters?
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno says citizens' expression on private property is a right
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno: That's true, freedom of speech isn't absolute. But any kind of restriction must be based on the law, reasonably applied, and they must not discriminate against any group on person.
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno: Oplan Baklas operations clear attempt to silence speech
@ChelDiokno Malacañang insists the arrest of human rights advocate and doctor Natividad Castro is not a case of red-tagging.

@ChelDiokno: Why wasn't the body cam law implemented in this case? Dr. Castro was also denied access to her medication. bit.ly/3samNxm
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno: The name 'Castro’ does not appear in the arrest warrant. What's the basis of arresting her? It's a prime example of the heavy hand of the law against an ordinary person. The PNP should explain this.
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno: Surveys are just a snapshot of respondents' opinion at the time it was made. Masyado pang maaga to say a candidate's chances are good or bad. In fact, these surveys provide incentives to candidates like me to work extra hard.
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno: I thank all my supporters, volunteers, at ang ating mga 'cheldren' kasi napakasipag nila. They know we're working this campaign not for any candidate but for the country.
@ChelDiokno If elected senator, @ChelDiokno says he will push for free legal services in all barrios
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno: In April last year, I created a free legal desk on my Facebook page and I was so surprised that we received 20,000 questions. I realized ordinary Filipinos don't have access to answers to the questions they have.
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno on his free legal desk: Most of the questions didn't really require the services of a lawyer. We got inquiries about how to correct birth certificate, quarantine rules and violations, labor, OFWs, inheritance and succession.
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno: We should maximize our law graduates to educate people... With only 5 law graduates, we were able to answer more than 20,000 questions from our free legal desk.
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno: Parang abogado lang ang nakakaintindi ng batas samantalang dapat naiintindihan ito ng lahat. Laws, decisions should be written in simple english.
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno says we have to address pandemic impact on economy: We should have a national unemployment insurance program. While the unemployed look for jobs, they can be given ayuda in the meantime.
@ChelDiokno .@ChelDiokno says he wants to create a pandemic management law that will replace the IATF: It requires the management of any pandemic must be science-based, evidence-driven. It should also listen to the voice of the private sector.

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