11/11/2021
๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ญ ๐ค&๐: ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐ป. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐น:
๐๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต? ๐๐ฐ๐ธ? ๐๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด?
As I have mentioned, these issues are brought to the attention of the concerned committees of the local ELCAC TF composed of different concerned offices/agencies for them to resolve, i.e. livelihood and economic opportunity committee, social services committee, infrastructure development committee, governance committee, and information dissemination/advocacy committee (third party - religious, media, youth, civil society, etc) . This is basically how the ELCAC works at the local levels and led by the chief executive (mayor/governor).
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ-๐ต๐ข๐จ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ-๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ด?
The AFP still has to improve on strategic communications and come up with better ways of communicating/explaining to the people the insurgents' way of achieving their desired broad mass base support and how they align their actions and statements with other discontented sectors, without making sweeping accusations and alleged connections. Better to explain the modus used by insurgents for people to be more aware and cautious of the situation they are in. Speakers should not be very confrontational and if possible, not from the military so as not to be perceived as self-serving. However, especially during actual interviews or debates, emotions are heightened. Hence, I see that parents, former students who joined the movement, IP leaders, and other non-government speakers as more credible speakers.
๐๐ต ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ?
The active involvement of the other agencies was really a challenge at the start. This is especially true in the urbanized areas where people do not really feel/experience the threat, unlike in rural and conflict areas, especially in southern Luzon, Eastern and western Visayas, and Mindanao where the LGUs are really working closely with the NTF. There has to be more information and awareness campaign and support of the national leadership to really make people and sectors understand that we all have to do our share to end this problem. Unfortunately, there are stakeholders that still tend "not to get involved", those that think "it is not their job and that is the problem of the military only", those who play it safe or befriend them by providing what they ask for, or those that simply do not care. These contribute to why this problem continues to thrive.
๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต-๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด/ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด?
First, they are those that directly express or encourage people to join the insurgent/revolutionary movement. Remember the video on youtube where young people bearing arms, with communist logos, saying "NPA ako!"
๐๐ด ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ? ๐๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ? ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต?
Protests and rallying is allowed in a democracy - it is a way of being .heard and getting people to listen. We are all free to express our feelings and beliefs. However, the following are some pointers:
a. I believe dialogue is more productive should be resorted to first. This way, we hear both sides and hope to get a win-win solution.
b. Let's make sure that we are not used or joined by other parties with other more radical purposes. As I've said, if the issue is educational policies, we can observe at times that some placards raised are totally offline.
c. Avoid also those gatherings that tend to be violent.
