Thread by @LabanNgMasa

Suportahan natin si Ka Luke Espiritu sa kaniyang pagsabak sa SMNI Senatorial Debate!

Livetweeting below!

https://twitter.com/LukeEspirituPH/status/1498965648893886469

On his priority legislation:

"Buwagin ang lahat ng mga manpower agencies. Sila ay nga linta, parasite, sila ang dahilan kung bakit nasasadlak ang mga manggagawa't mamamayan natin sa kahirapan."

"70% ay kontraktwal na nasa manpower agencies. Kaya wala talagang pagasa sa buhay ang mga nabibiktima nito. Sasabihin nila na hindi ka tunay na empleyado ng kumpanya, kaya matatali ka sa minimum wage, na sa masyadong mababa sa cost of living ng mamamayan natin ngayon."

"Hindi sila nalakapagunyon dahil sa ganitong set-up. Walang karapatan sa security of tenure dahil di sila pormal na empleyado, tatanggalin sila pag nagorganisa sila."

"Pag ako ang nanalong Senador, huli na ang araw ng mga Manpower Agencies."

On foreign policy and deployment of nuclear weapons:

"We must protest. The US is playing a dangerous game it is already worse that the US is playing a policy of containment against China. This happened in World War II, and what happened with Russia in Ukraine."

"The US is already escalating the tensions by deploying nuclear warheads in Japan. We must protest against these acts that mey lead to wars."

"We must in fact protest against any policy that would escalate any war."

"We will abrogate the mutual defense treaty.

We must have an independent foreign that's not tied to any foreign power."

On Prof. Carlos' "sitting on the fence" follow-up:

"Having an independent, non-aligned foreign policy is not sitting on the fence. That is in fact is making a choice. And it is choosing the interest of the Filipino People."

On the role of the senate:

"Ang sistema ng demokrasya natin ay representative democracy. Kaya dapat nirerepresent niya ang majority. Ang majority ay ang manggagawa at maralita. Minority ay ang mga elite, mga bilyonaryo."

"Sa kasamaang palad 95% ng batas natin ay sa pagproteksyon ng private property at interes ng mga nasa tuktok ng lipunan, kaya hindi napproteksyunan ang interes ng mayorya.

Our lawmakers have failed us."

On his priority bill:

"Buwagin ang manpower agencies, pagtibayin ang security of tenure. Dadagdagan ko pa, itaas ang sahod ng manggagawa sa 750 pesos daily. Buwagin ang regional wage board. Then that will serve the interests of the majority."

On renewable energy:

"We don't have the luxury of time. We only have until 2030 to reach our targets, para hindi maging irreversible ang damage ng climate crisis."

"We should phaseout coal-fired power plants. 100% renewable energy na dapat tayo."

On the base load issue:

"Merong tamang framework dito. Dapat dalhin sa household, sa communities ang renewable energy. If they operate within the communities, they'll be able to be self-sufficient, at pwede pang kumita ang mga communities kapag pwede nila ibenta ang sobra."

"We can also incentivize communities who use these energy sources. We should strengthen laws that promote renewable energy down to the communities. We no longer have to rely on billionaire power producers."

"Nuclear energy is not renewable energy. Tandaan natin na ang reason bakit tayo nagshishift to renewable energy ay dahil may Climate Crisis. Alam naman natin ang dangers ng nuclear powerplants."

"Our solution is to bring solar energy down to the grassroots level, to communities."

"If we put solar power down to the household level, we can empower every household, give them autonomy with having their own source of energy."

"In fact, our Bukluran ng Manggagawa office has installed solar power, and our goal is to reach zero metering. Eventually we can also contribute to the national grid if every household exceed their needed energy."

On juvenile justice:
"Hindi dapat babaan ang age of criminal responsibility. Ang krimen ay dahil sa social problems. Dapat din namang turuan sila ng tamang edukasyon, tamang values."

"Dapat ituro na masama ang extra judicial killings, masama si Marcos, marami siyang human rights violations. Dapat tinuturuan ang bata na respetuhin ang human rights at di dapat pumapatay ang gobyerno. Diyan tayo magkakaroon ng mabuting henerasyon."

"I go by the record, from Amnesty International. 3k pinatay, 35k ang tinorture. 17k ang kinulong. Totoo yan!"

"Atty. Harry Roque, I know your history!You were anti-marcos before, you work for human rights, now you cry hallelujah when given a senate slate under Bongbong Marcos and praise Marcos?"

On mutual defense treaty:

"We need to get out of this unequal relationship. But I disagree to thw pivot to China. We should develop our independent foreign policy.

Nadadala tayo sa interests ng nga allies nating foreign powers

Magkaroon tayo ng non-aligned policy dito sa SEA."

On the role of NTF-ELCAC in IP communities:

"Kailangan proteksyunan ang mga IPs, dapat di sila pasukin ng mining companies, dapat di sila pasukin ng mga state forces, at dapat proteksyunan ang ancestral lands nila."

"Dapat may peace and quiet sa kanilang mga communities.

Di ko maintindihan paano makakatulong ang NTF- ELCAC dito, na nagbunsod ng redtagging at pagpatayan sa ating mga mamamayan."

On the claim to Sabah:

"Everything starts from the ground. If there is a struggle for the Sulu and Sabanese people for self-determination, they have to be given the right to do so.

There's a problem with the framework of the nation-state being forced upon these territories."

"If we pursue this claim based on simple property relations, there is a problem here. I am for their right to self-determination."