I will never forget the hopelessness I felt in the first few months of the 2020 lockdowns.
I will never forget seeing people sleep in streets, stranded and wanting to go home. Some literally dying before getting to see their families again.
I didn't know how our studio will survive or where we'll get funds to keep everyone afloat. I remember waking up not wanting to get out of my room because I didn't know how to face everyone.
How can I tell them things are going to be okay when even I didn't believe they would?
I will never forget seeing jeepney drivers with their placards begging for money to keep their families alive. They have been working in a world that was already skewed against them. They did not deserve to be left out cold without assurance of food or aid.
Remember those who died because of inhumane militaristic quarantine protocols? How can they live with themselves now seeing how they robbed these people of their lives over a ridiculous stay-at-home order?
This vote is an emotional one for me because I do not want anyone else to go through what we did over the past 6 years. Our lives would have been very different if we only made a different choice back then. We have a chance to make things right now.
Please please vote with all of these in mind. My President is #LeniRobredo because she is the only candidate that has been consistently for the people. Ipanalo natin to para sa ating lahat.