You know there’s a—iyan, crawler iyan, tapos diyan mo basahin. Kunyari akala mo iyong Presidente bright, sige ganoon-ganoon, ang husay magsalita pero kung pupunta ka dito sa likod nandiyan iyong speech.

Like, first I would like to commend Secretary Lopez, DENR and the Ateneo de Davao University for organizing this Mindanao Environmental—ayaw ko na niyan. Ayaw ko magbasa. Kagaya sa speech ko iyong SONA, I got tired of just—mas mabuti kasya ako pagka walang binabasa. (applause)

You know, ako po’y nagpapasalamat na tumakbo ako na walang nagtulong kung hindi tao. I ran under the banner of PDP, but all of you knows that it is really a moribund party, political party, but it had its resuscitation last elections. Wala po akong pera at walang sumuporta sa akin ni isang governor, ni isang congressman except Carlo Nograles. Kaibigan ko iyong tatay niya, (applause) kaya know the mother is related to me. Wala ho ako ni isang barangay captain sa—anywhere. Que ma Abra – sa Cebu there was one nga maybe because of his bond to the blood of a Visayan, si Cordova. But that was all there is to it. I only had two governors of the hundreds, and it was only Imee Marcos of Ilocos del Norte and iyong isa, ayaw kong sabihin kasi kasintahan ko. (applause) Meron akong—sabi Bishop basta huwag lang masyado eskandaloso okay lang, patago-tago. (laughter/applause)

You know, the worth of this country is owned by just a few guys. Hindi naman lahat mayaman na oligarchs. Meron iyong—they built their empire through the years, as for example, I am not saying it because she’s here. Gina, she’s a billionaire but look at the way she treats herself. She’s a crusader and she loves the country and she hates oligarchs. (applause) Ako man, ito iyong mga tao na kinukuha iyong yaman ng ating bayan wala namang ginagastos kundi mga laway nila at koneksyon. And they get most of the concessions, the franchises that is given freely through money, through influence and sheer greed kasi meron sila. Ito iyong nangyari sa Mindanao. And that is why, the reason why I am so passionate about getting into a new set up. Kasi ho, the imperial Manila controls everything. Because we are a unitary type of government, from Manila lahat ng permit, except iyong tindahan ninyo, to do business, lahat ng permit galing sa Maynila or through delegated powers from the central government. That is why, itong mga lupa sa Mindanao and everywhere else, iyong mga mina, napupunta iyan sa mga oligarchs. Walang iba iyang ginawa kung hindi mag-influence-peddling, na kilala ko itong si secretary, akong bahala diyan. Pare, pwede ba ‘to? Pare, pwede ba iyan? Malaki ito, baka gusto mo hati? And it’s so all over the Philippines. That is why I am fighting a monster. I am just two months older but, believe me, I will destroy their clutches sa ating bayan. (applause)

Iyong iba, pag ano pigilan mo agad ako, gusto ko na magmura—yung iba, they destroy, for example, Tubay, Agusan del Norte. Pumunta ka doon, parang di na rough, parang inararo iyong bukid as if they’re going to plant something there. Di mo alam kalahati desert na, kalahati may mga tanim pa, kahoy. Magtataka ka kung sa malayo anong itatanim. They are not into planting. They are into the open pit mining and destroy the soil along the way. Alam mo iyong iba naman butas. An island as fragile as Mindanao, kung pagka-butasan mo ito at sisirain mo, there will never be a tomorrow for your children. Kaya kami dito napag-tapang-tapangan, hindi naman ako matapang, because I want to protect Davao City and my country for their children. (applause)

Ako, I come closed to really a mixed family. Ang nanay ko, although she was really a Moro mother, she was—but she became a devout catholic along the way and she married a Chinese, iyong gustong mang-agaw sa ating Scarborough (applause)… mga pinsan niya, mga tiyuhin ko siguro itong mga gago na ito. (laughter/applause) But you know, my grandfather had a wife in China and had a wife here, that was my mother, tinanan nya, and she became just like any ordinary Visayan lady. But actually, she was a daughter of a Moro—Maranaw. Iyan ang ating lupa dito, napupunta lang sa mga may koneksyon. Ang problema nito, itong local officials kasi, sila ang huling baraha to give the environmental clearance for you to start, kaya iyan, that is the source of corruption all over the country. Pagka Mayor ang mag-issue ng permit, governor, pera iyan, sigurado iyan. Kung hindi, mapunta doon sa governor, ayaw niyang tanggapin, pupunta iyan sa anak o mga pinsan. So it’s really a corrupt society, a very… it sucks, it stinks, but you’ll just have to deal with it.

Ako, hindi ako nagyayabang. Pero siguro kung hindi ako naging Presidente, I really would not know what will happen to this country. Nakakaawa eh. Then I won, came along Gina Lopez, and I was holding fort diyan sa Panacan for the time being that I was not as yet sworned to be President. So she came to me twice, and every time she would be there, she would open her laptop and say, “President, total president ka na lang rin eh, baka may magawa ka dito.” And she would talk to me, one time two hours and the other time two hours and a half. Noong pangalawa sabi ko, it was not a sort of… pero if there is anybody as interested as Gina, sinabi ko sa kanya, “Ma’am, ikaw na lang kaya ang mag-secretary of DENR.” Sabi niya, “Ha?” Sabi ko, “Oo.” “Totoo ka, Rody?” Sabi ko, “Yes. I want to be brought out here in front of so many people.” Sabi niya, I’d rather to talk to my family. So the following night she called my aide and said that her family gave the go signal. Because we are here now, we are still starting what we will go after mining na hindi sumusunod sa standard, the strictest. I’m telling them that the best practices sa mining industry can be found in Canada and Australia. If you cannot follow that standard – I’m sorry. But yet again, maski na legal, we can only hold so much. Iilang butas iyan kung bigyan mo lahat na may pera makapag-apply. It would be a wobbling island. Maraming tubig na hindi naman dapat diyan. While there’s water but God created the planet just to—ito dito tubig, dito, well, rocks, dito soil. But sabihin mo legal and you issue permits and it would number to thousands – whether it is legal or not, it will destroy the country. So there has to be a limit and along the way if God grants me life for six years flat, we will realize that dream because ayaw ko na talaga. After so much, no more. (applause)

Gusto ninyo take advantage of our fertile soil. That is why I need to get a good reading kasi ho pag hindi rin pumayag kayong mga lumad, mga Moro, mga kristiyanos dito sa Mindanao, ayaw ninyo ng change of government – federal for example, we will continue to be at the receiving end. You have to destroy the political set up otherwise walang pahinga na kasi iyong mga—lalo na iyong mga maru na mayayaman, pati iyong mga pulitiko sabihin kaagad: ah, it’s not viable; you know we are a separated island 7,000 of them, and they will just create, alam mo iyang mga ganoon? You can see behind readily what they mean. They mean that we should continue, tayong mga Kristiyanos hang on to power and distribute the goodies para lang sa mga mayaman. So that is why itong mga ulolgarchy they are resisting. Ayaw talaga nila. Because it would destroy the power vortex. Nandiyan sa kanila lahat ngayon eh. Eh mabuti na lang ako nanalo ako wala akong utang na loob. And pati ako napatulala noong lumabas iyong resulta ng eleksiyon. God, I never… almost 15 million and the margin of 6 million sa lamang ko sa… who was… until now hindi ko talaga malaman. But what I’m sure of – it was the Filipino who voted me to power. (applause) And that power will remain with the Filipino. Huwag mo ibigay sa akin iyan kasi ako utusan mo lang. I am a worker of government. (applause) You will have the power. Mauna kayo. (applause) Lahat. Mining is a sunset industry almost during the years to come including logging. Lumber, wala na talaga. It’s not even sunset time. It’s already too late. Kung ika nga, if there is 24 hours one day, logging is its on 25th hour, tapos na iyan. We cannot cut trees anymore. Iyan ang tatrabahuhin ko sa six years.

Many will get mad. Many will get angry. Many would like to maintain the status quo. Kung nandiyan na sila, the willpower, maybe elective officials appointed, they would hang on to that. Kaya dahan-dahan kong sisirain iyan and open all opportunities to all Filipinos irrespective of tribe, race, religion.

Dito sa Mindanao, naintindihan natin iyan kasi lumaki tayo dito, some mixed blood kagaya ko. But you should understand na isa lang ang bayan natin. Kaya more than anything else, it’s about time to reconfigure the worth of the nation amongst the citizens.

Then I would like to–I’ve been criticized, you know I am the favorite whipping boy of the human rights people. Let me explain to you honestly, candid, truthful: I hate to kill a human being. I am not just up to it actually. It pains me to see grief in anybody’s heart. But when I became Mayor, I had to do something because I became the Mayor at the crossroads of our national life in the Philippines including Davao.

Noon ako, alam ninyo ako, ako sosyalista ako. My paradigm is hanggang diyan lang rin. I am not used to this kind of life na, well, hindi naman iyong mayaman but the comforts of life along the way. Where are we here? Iyan sa Padre Gomez, iyang kantong iyan, 1956 used to be a wetland. Ang tanim diyan kumpay, just at the back of the—yung diyan sa Jacinto, dito pala. You know, 1956… we came here 1949. I was a very… I could not even remember how we arrived here. But in 1956 my father built a house there, kasi tubig nga. It was on stilts. Would you believe it? It was demolished because somebody owned the water and the soil. Kaya ho ako lumaki na merong… there were times when comfort was there when my father became governor. But after back to kami sa… namatay eh. So ang paningin ko talaga… hindi ako miyembro ng Communist Party of the Philippines. I’ve never been. I am not now. But ako the NPA/NDF/CCP is a political party. I have nothing to do with them. But I am a socialist. And the only reason why I was raising my fist during the elections – galit ako sa gobyerno. Kasi wala nang ginawa iyong gobyerno para papahirapan iyong tao. (applause) I was appalled by the way government people responded to even the mere abuses – tatamnan mo ang bala ang mga mahirap. Hindi naman nila kaya kami. Ako lagyan mo ng bala, aba ipakain ko talaga sa ‘yo iyan. Iyong mga maliliit kung ano-ano ang dala nila galing… ako kasi pag lumabas ako minsan ang tinitingnan ko lang diyan sa airport, kunyari hindi ako nakatingin, nonchalant kunyari ang attitude ko, pero ako ang peripheral vision ko very active. Kita ko, sabihin, o eto, tapos may dalawa, tatlong perfume kunin ko iyong isa, lagyan ng bala, paglabas sa airport may mga taxi doon, sindikato. Hindi ka makasakay ng taxi kung hindi ka dadaan doon sa kanilang iyong barker, bigyan mo, tapos lolokohin ka pati itong putang inang ‘to. (applause) Kung saan-saan ka ihatid at may mga biyahera galing Hong Kong sasaluhin ng mga… paglabas ng airport nandiyan iyang putang inang pulis na iyan (applause). Manghihingi, nakawan tapos minsan papunta sa kanila Pampanga pag-uwi they are held up and they are no longer heard of. Inilibing na kung saan o itinapon. Nanong ang buhay baka hindi ninyo alam. Compounding that problem is the advent of drugs.

Look, sabi ng forensics because meth is being produced in America and Mexico now, nahihirapan sila sa cocaine pati heroine because it is now interdicted militarily by the United States of America even. So yayariin talaga sila. But it’s expensive to transport. But meth you can cook it at your own backyard. The people there are not really familiar with the scent or the… it’s irritating to the nose, hindi mo alam na iyon na pala. So it flourished. Sabi ng forensics one year of shabu use, rehabilitation is no longer viable. Three years ago PDEA said we have about three million drug addicts. That was three years ago. Now incremental increase is yet at a very liberal growth, lagay mo na lang 3.7. anong gawin natin dito sa addict na 3.7? Kasi kung pwede lang iyan maging galingin kong carne norte, iyan na lang ang ipakain ko sa kanila sa presuhan. At alam mo we hold the distinction of foisting an image of a republic. At saan ka nakakita ng bayan ng buong mundo na hinuli mo na nga dito sa labas, at sinsabi ko diyan sa mga pulis, huwag ninyong patayin kay magalit si de Lima, buhayin ninyo. (laughter) Hatid ninyo doon sa Muntinlupa. Pagdating sa Muntinlupa ang mga putang ina niya di niya alam magluluto na naman ng shabu. Ha? Parang ano… we’re a nation that being slapped every day and we just swallow the humiliation. Iyan ang problema diyan. At isa pa dito, on the other end of the line of the… ang ating ten dash, what, eleven dash, meron diyang Abu Sayyaf na hinihiya naman tayo seasonal and they torture and they copy the ISIS practice of cruelty and brutality; and even burning 20 women for refusing to have sex with them. Anong klase? Kaya ako wala akong pagka-ganoon, iginusto mo pala, e di sige.

I’ve been pleading to everybody. Remember I said when I got elected the first time, I am not only pleading, I am kneeling down before you: kindly stop kasi ako mapipilitan to use the extreme measure because I knew the gravity of the situation. But ang alam ko Davao lang. So ang sinabi ko, you know, if you are a kidnapper, drug pusher, umalis ka ng Davao because I will kill you. Pangtakot lang naman iyan. You threaten. Maybe, just maybe na matakot ka, umalis ka, then I do not have to do it. But if you are a leader, palupay-lupay ka, e walang maniwala sa iyo. Ngayon kung iyong hindi na talaga naniwala and everybody was… e di pinatay ko. Pasensya. (laughter)

I’ll give you an illustration bakit ako galit sa droga, ha? I have a friend, he lives in Insular Village. One night he called me, one at dawn. Sabi niya, “Pareng Rody, pwede kang pumunta sa bahay ko?” I used to get there, inum-inom. Magkaibigan eh. Sabi ko, “Bakit, Padre, anong nangyari?” Sabi niya, pumunta ka lang dito sabihin ko na sa iyo. Punta ako. Pagdating ko diyan sa Insular Village, when I arrived sa may bahay niya I could hear the blaring sound ng music sa kanyang wagon or suburban. But I could hear the howling cries of a woman. Akala ko something horrible happened. It was horrible, pero ganito ang istorya. Sabi ko, anong nangyari? Sabi niya, Rod, patawarin mo na ako but ang baril ko naiwan ko sa drawer, sa opisina ko sa baba ng bahay. Nakuha ng anak ko pinasok iyong kapatid niya at tinalian iyong bunganga at itinali sa kama and he is raping his elder sisters now. Sabi ko na alam mo pag tinawag ko itong pulis mamamatay talaga ito. Ang problema ang pulis naman hindi naman gago magpakamatay iyan. Pagka lumaban iyan o magpaputok baka ba matamaan ang dalawa mong anak. Sabi ko, hali ka, ‘dre, samahan na lang kita sa bahay ko. Sabi ko sa Mom we are trying to avoid, hindi naman scandal, but stop crying. Pero ang tatay baka hindi makapigil, dinala ko sa bahay nagkape kami hanggang mga alas kuwatro. Nakatulog siya, hindi na ako natulog, hinayaan ko na siyang natulog. Punta lang ako sa labas, pinaandar ko ang mga motor ko, nagising siya mga 7. Pagtawag niya tulog na daw iyong addict. Hinatid ko siya sa bahay.

Minsan dito, these are the, if at all, it could be the vignettes of life. Pati iyong akin in the ____ sa krimen, may isang Mandog – alam ninyo iyang taga Mandog, di ba? Merong Christmas reunion, kayong mga taga Mandog alam ninyo ito. Tapos in the gaiety dumating iyong isang babae karga-karga niya iyong 18-months old niya na anak. Hindi naman niya alam kinuha ng kapatid niya. Sabi, akong karga, ito pala ang pamangkin ko maganda, mas maganda pa sa nanay – iyon ay as related to me. In the midst of merrymaking nawala ang kapatid dala-dala iyong bata. So there was panic. About half a kilometer from the Mandog proper doon sa kurbada ng river bend doon nakita ang bata bukas na ang abdominal cavity, nawasak.

Kaya patawarin na po ninyo ako kung I am driven also to insanity. I cannot, for the life of me, accept that stupid ganung ano. So ito it was not until after. Tayo medyo kontrolado. Do not say that there is no. We are very porous – dagat, pati ano. You cannot just stop anybody there tell him to undress before you because we are not a fascist state. So you have to give them the, you know, the respect of a citizen.

Kung hindi ako nag Presidente hindi niyo malaman na ang lawak pala. Pati ako I was shocked. Noong inipon ko na lahat ang pulis, pati mga… lumabas, the multi…we are now about to treat 500 and still going up everyday kasi may nagsu-surrender. Still going up. Sana kung maghanap ng pera pang-rehab. Iyong diyan may bangag na, those beyond redemption, alagaan mo iyan kasi pag ni-release ko sa labas iyan magho-hold up na naman, magnakaw, akyat-bahay, kung anong gawin just to have their fix for the day. Addict eh. It’s addiction. Ang katawan just a monkey riding at your back. So you must have that_______. Kay diyan ako galit.

Now kung ganoon ang labanan mababasa mo up-to-date by tally ng lahat ng 470. I do not care. I really do not care because I know na kapag iyang bangag na a user is always a pusher, except if you are the son of Ayala, Gokongwei. Kung ikaw lang ordinaryo, taga Tondo, once you get hooked into the drugs, you must find another one to hook with you para siya ang magbigay ng suporta, siya ang magbili para sa iyo. Iyon naman ulol na iyon.

You know, guys, pag lumusot ka ng Ateneo de Davao number one ka. Na sa level ka ng Harvard o Cambridge. (applause) Oo. I would like to assume that all of you, guys, took some sort of an entrance exam unless you are also a graduate from Ateneo High School. I would like to say to you na siguro ang average IQ ninyo is about 99? 100? (audience responding in affirmative) Ah, tigas iyan. Alam mo ang tao alam niyang anong mangyari that it would devastate his life forever, why would you go into shabu or iyang heroine kung mayaman kayo? Mas maganda pa ang heroine, it’s not to justify its use, but in the sense of damage, mas maganda pa ang heroine pati cocaine because they are organic. Remember it’s a poppy, tanim. Itong shabu is a deadly mix of chemicals at ang tubig na hinahalo diyan, pare ko, mare ko, maawa ka sa sarili mo, tubig ng baterya. And that’s why your brain will really shrink. Alam ninyo meron… hindi lang, pardon me, forgive me for saying this, meron talaga dito tatlo, apat, lima ang pamilya ninyo may addict or look for the link to your family. Pero magnakaw pati iyong bag mo, pati iyong cellphone mo, ipagbili baka plato. And then what used to be a typical Filipino family is destroyed and becomes dysfunctional family. Iyan ang hindi ko matanggap na gawain mo ang Pilipino na ganun. Papatayin talaga kita. (applause) Do not do it. (applause)

Do not destroy my country because I will kill you. Do not destroy the young kasi iyon iyong aming capital bukas. Alam mo bakit? Ako hindi ako milyonaryo, and along the way, maybe after retirement, a fewer years of comfort. Pero pagtanda ko, sino magpapakain sa akin ng lugaw? Who will pay the bills sa ospital ko? Sino magbili ng mga medisina? If I’d outlived my children, then it should be the grandchildren. Kasi ilagay mo ako sa alanganin. You placed me in peril, placed me in jeopardy. At kung marami similarly situated kagaya ko, bagsak ang Pilipinas. If there is a nation at all, it would be something of a fractured one running just because there are people in it.

Huwag ninyong gawain iyan. Maghanap kayo ng ibang negosyo at iwasan ninyo iyan. Rarami pa ito. How much, 400? Kasi iyan malalaman talaga. Alam ko iyan. At sigurado ako may sinalvage. Sigurado rin ako diyan. And we will investigate. Pero iyong ganun may baril talaga iyan. At maniwala ka diyang mga pulis na iyan.

Kahapon pagbaba ko sa eroplano kagabi, ang sinabi ng Regional Commander, Sir, iyong Chief of Police ng Magsaysay nabaril. Tanong ko, patay? Aniya, Sir, tinamaan sa dibdib. I don’t know, he’s still alive. I’m going there right now. Papunta akong Panacan, I’ll pass by the hospital. Lumalaban talaga iyan. Kaya lang siyempre ang pulis ang kalaban niyan bangag. E kung bangag ka maski ano mangyari you will not show straight. At ang pulis kung mag-aresto ng pusher dalawa, tatlo, apat iyan. May buddy tawag nila. So iyong mga ganun lumalaban talaga, I know. Kasi ako, alam ninyo, hindi ako nagyayabang, ilang beses. So iyan ang appeal ko sa inyo.

Let us take care of our nation. It’s the only one that we have. Ang masakit nito ang Pilipino pa naman ang pika-guwapo at pinakamagandang mga human beings sa lupa na ito. (applause) E pangit na iyong iba. Kung hindi pangit tingnan ninyo, kung guwapo pareho sa inyo, ugali mga pangit, putang ina niya. (laughter and applause)

So I’m glad that I had this time with you. And you can be assured that this country, uunahin ko iyong maliliit. That’s what I told Secretary Gina and kay Secretary Pinol – unahin ninyo iyong… you guys you have been to Manila I’m sure at one time or another. Kita nga maglipad ka diyan sa Laguna de Bay – Laguna de Bay puro triangle na fishpens. Ang makita mong open spaces are the distance between one fence to the other. Wala na ang… ang taga-doon gutom na kasi wala silang ano, because general ng pulis, general ng army, mayor, governor o iyong mga hustler, iyong marunong. Sabi ko sa kanila dismantle all of those things and give back Laguna de Bay to the poor fishermen of that country. (applause)

So here whenever there is inequality it will be resolved in favor of the poor as against the rich. (applause) Kasi ang mga rich may pera iyan. Putulin mo ang isang negosyo marami pa sa banko. It is inexcusable. Hindi nauubos. Pero ang tao pag walang medisina, walang pera – patay.

I’d like to inform you that PAGCOR is earning something like 35-30 Billion a year on the average. Iyang pera na ‘yan bigay ko kay Ubial – it will be used solely for the medical attention and medicines of the poor. (applause) At kung may mahanap pa ako itong Philippine Charity Sweepstakes – it is a corrupt agency. Iyang mga pa-bingo-bingo melyar na iyan hawak ng ano. Iyong lotto pati iyong jueteng ginanun nila. That is the racket. And you would notice I’ve never appointed anybody there. I’m looking for a killer – baka ikaw na siguro kaya mo? (laughter) PCSO Chairman. Barilin mo lahat, you have my blessing.

I’d like to give you a warning. Do not “f” with me. (applause) Siyempre kayo iyon, hindi ko ma-pronounce lahat. “F” lang pati “c”. Huwag ninyo akong ano. As President I have the immunity from civil or criminal. Pag naasar ako sa ‘yo tawagin kita, barilin kita diyan. (laughter) E ano? E kung naka-Presidente kayo ng killer, ano diperensya niyan? At least ang pastime ko magpatay ng mga masamang tao. Hindi ko inuubos iyong panahon ko sa… (hand gesture of texting) (laughter) Excuse me. Huwag tayo… nag-backbite tayo. Hindi ko inuubos ang panahon ko diyan. I used it to think of ways to help my countrymen. Iba iyon. Wala na nga ako, patay na ako.

Alam mo kung magtanong ka, Mayor, it is good to be President? I’d tell you now – Do not. Do not. Naku naimbiyerna lang kasi ako nadala ako sa mga gago. Takbo-takbo ka. And I used to… I was marveled, I was exhilarated beyond expectations because naman totoo iyong last election in every place always a multitude of crowds. Hindi ko alam na iyon na pala iyong 6 million kong lamang. So wala akong partido, wala akong pera.

What is the message? And I’ll end my talk with this: the message is hindi nila ko kilala, hindi naman ako guwapo, I am not a national figure. But they heard my messages. Ang messaging doon corruption, drugs, criminality and of course iyong talagang iyong gusto lang a guy who would simply work there, be content with the salary and may be after six years go down and die peacefully.

Maraming salamat po.