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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is airing its presidential forum at 6 pm (Manila time) on Friday, March 25, featuring four presidential candidates who responded to their invitation.
The participants are Vice President Leni Robredo, Senator Manny Pacquiao, former defense secretary Norberto Gonzales, and labor leader Leody de Guzman.
Scroll down this page for live updates, context, analyses, and fact checks from Rappler as the forum unfolds. Further down the page, click “load more.”
LATEST UPDATES
Gonzales: Ang lahat ng natural na yaman ng bansa ay para sa lahat
Gonzales: Number 2, iyong pagmimina dito sa atin, dapat titingnan natin sinong minero ang iniimbita natin sa loob. Kasi iyong equipment na dinadala dito, pinaglumaan. We have to be very careful with this. #UsapangHalalan2022 #PHVote #WeDecide
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) March 25, 2022
WATCH: https://t.co/R4TUiAo94b
Robredo: Certify national land use act as urgent
Robredo: Meron na tayong batas na nagpo-provide ng free, informed, and prior consent sa mga communities na maapektuhan bago magbigay ng mining permits… Pero naabuso ito, in the sense na hindi naman talaga free and informed consent yung maraming bagay. https://t.co/R4TUiAo94b
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) March 25, 2022
Pacquiao backs responsible mining
Pacquiao backs responsible mining: Ang pagmimina hindi po pinagbabawal yan, nasa Bible yan.… Kumbaga pwede ka magmina ng copper lahat, pero responsible mining, kung pangangalagahan natin, wag natin sirain. Pag sinira natin ang kalikasan, pinapaigsi natin ang buhay natin sa mundo
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) March 25, 2022
Behind the scenes during the CBCP presidential forum
Behind the scenes of the CBCP presidential forum today. Only 4 out of 10 candidates are present, as the six others have a “conflict in schedule,” according to organizers. pic.twitter.com/epvEcisR8H
— Dwight De Leon (@newsdwight) March 25, 2022
On the rising cases of teenage pregnancy in the country
On teenage pregnancy:#PHVotePacquiao Kung tama ang pagpapalaki ng magulang, di magkakaganyan ang anak. Di sila papasok sa ganyan nang di mature ang kanilang pag-iisip. #WeDecide#PiliPinasDebates2022 @rapplerdotcom
— Renzo Arceta (@Renzo_Arceta) March 25, 2022
#PHVotePacquiao Dapat ituro na ngayon sa school yung mga sex education sa mga bata para alam nila bago nila pasukin.#WeDecide#PiliPinasDebates2022 @rapplerdotcom
— Renzo Arceta (@Renzo_Arceta) March 25, 2022
Robredo: Agree ako kay Ka Leody na kailangan ma-integrate na ito sa curriculum ng mga paaralan. Pero kinakailangan na mas conscious na effort na nasasagot natin yung problemang ito, na dapat may greater awareness yung education system na krisis na ito #PHVote
— Mara Cepeda (@maracepeda) March 25, 2022
Robredo: Yung access din to govt programs, napakahalaga noon… Halimbawa pag nabuntis yung bata, dapat alam nya na meron sa kanyang sasalo. Dahil kung wala sa kanyang sasalo, baka pumapasok yung pagkitil ng buhay. #PHVote
— Mara Cepeda (@maracepeda) March 25, 2022
Pacquiao reiterates stance against abortion: Buhay yan eh. Ang bata pwede mong palakihin ng tama, may takot sa Panginoon. Pero kung pinatay mo yan, nagkakasala ka sa Panginoon.
— Aika Rey (@reyaika) March 25, 2022
Gonzales: Dapat walang abortion. Pangalawa, importante sinasabi ni Sen. Manny, dapat preventive. Kung nangyari na 'yan, sana matuloy at manatili iyong ugali nating Pilipino, pamilya nagtutulungan. #UsapangHalalan2022 #PHVote #WeDecide
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) March 25, 2022
WATCH: https://t.co/R4TUiAo94b
How can candidates help the kin of victims of extrajudicial killings?
Gonzales: Naaawa ako sa EJK victims, pero dapat tingnan natin ang sistema. Bubuo ako ng isang study group tapos nandoon ang two former SC justices at ilang abogado kung paano papabilisin ang mga kaso. #UsapangHalalan2022 #PHVote #WeDecide
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) March 25, 2022
WATCH: https://t.co/R4TUiAo94b
Pacquiao: Kailangan natin ng judicial reform. Pangalawa, naghahanap tayo ng mabilis na hustisya sa 'tin, pero ang pinakaproblema, budget, magkano ba ang budget ng judiciary. #UsapangHalalan2022 #PHVote #WeDecide
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) March 25, 2022
WATCH: https://t.co/R4TUiAo94b
Robredo, a lawyer, calls for justice reform in light of EJKs.
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) March 25, 2022
Her running mate, lawyer Senator Kiko Pangilinan, has also called for this in previous debates. He's said that impunity ensues because of slow justice. | via @michelleabad_ https://t.co/npDmFqcJia
Robredo: Kakaunti kaming abogado…ang assignments namin ng courts, ang dami. Wala na kaming panahon para mag-aral, kasi palipat-lipat kami from one court to another…Nagpupunta kami doon, hindi namin nakakausap yung mga kliyente kung paano sila madedepensahan nang maayos.
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) March 25, 2022
No to ‘palakasan’: Robredo vows gov’t appointments to be based on expertise, clean track record
Vice President Leni Robredo said if she becomes the next president, she would make sure that government appointments are based on merits, not political favors.
Asked during the CBCP forum on Friday, March 25, how she plans to address the “palakasan” system in the Philippines, Robredo said that the key here is ensuring government appointees are free from corruption and are actually qualified for the posts.
“Dapat ‘yung mga tao, hindi political yung consideration. Dapat experts sa field nila at walang record of corruption,” said Robredo.
(The appointees should be chosen not because of political considerations. They should be experts in their field and should have no record of corruption.)
The lone female presidential candidate also reiterated that the first executive order she would sign as president is a full disclosure policy, which would require all government offices to be transparent with their transactions and projects.
Pacquiao again talks about strengthening non-tax revenue income
Pacquiao again talks about strengthening non-tax revenue income as part of his proposed policies. #UsapangHalalan2022 #PHVote #WeDecide | via @reyaika
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) March 25, 2022
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Face-off between Norberto Gonzales and Leody de Guzman
The CBCP Election Forum seems to be a face-off between presidential candidates Norberto Gonzáles and Leody de Guzman — former defense secretary and activist, respectively. This would be interesting. #PHVote #CBCPElectionForum @rapplerdotcom
— Joel Pablo Salud (@joel_salud) March 25, 2022