Maupo kayo, don’t stand up. (laughter) I will not run away. (laughter/cheering crowd) I’m here to explain my role in our society. I went to Zamboanga just to visit the dead and the wounded soldiers. Tapos marami dun nakita ko na sabog iyong—mga—trauma, tinamaan ng bala. May isa doon, he lost his, altogether, yung shoulder niya. May mga tinamaan rin na comatose na. I was just praying to God, sabi ko, kung if it his time, huwag mo na lang pahirapan, Diyos ko, para hindi na mag-ano., he was hit in the head, he’s in coma.

I prayed and I said, kung it’s your will, just take him with you. Kasi naawa ako sa—and I have also, mind you, I’m also sad to see the other side also suffering and being wounded. Puro Pilipino tayo eh, iyan ang mahirap diyan.

So every time I sign something that would have to deal with procurement of bullets and arms and all that could hurt the human being, I’m not comfortable with it. Sabi ko, we are all Asians from the Malay race. One big question there is that the entry of religion into our nation, the Malay nation. Iyong Indonesia was captured by the Dutch, then Malaysia was taken by the British; tayo naman, we were occupied by the Spaniards, yung imperialism.

They got here, so tingin nila, kung anong mabuti. What is sad in our country is that we were under the rule of Spain for 400 years, and 50 years sa mga Amerikano. I have nothing against them, that’s water under the bridge, it’s past. The only problem is we seem to be lost in the maze of our historical origin. And the fact that may problema tayo because in 1521, they said that Magellan landed in—somewhere in Leyte. Brought with him along the cannons and the muskets and gun powder, plus the swords and the religion, Christianity.

So they planted the cross there. Well and good. I mean, wala naman siguro tayong relihiyon noon, mga Malay. I mean, the old before the entry of religion. So we were one. But actually, we are part of broader and bigger empire known as Sri-Visayas Empire. Malayo lang kasi, the defense was at that time, maybe yung mga Bankaw-bankaw and sorts. When the imperialists came, they took Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines.

Ang problema, when Magellan in 1521 arrived with him with the Christianity, ang Islam was already ahead by about 80 years dito sa Mindanao, through Malaysia, Indonesia tapos umakyat. Ito namang dito, crossing the Pacific. Ang jump in deck ni Magellan was actually Mexico, then to the islands o itong Marianas. Kaya ang mga Dominians pareho ang—they have Spanish surnames and names, parang Pilipino, but they were occupied by the Spaniards. And in 1815, the ruler of Spain, King Philip—saved our Filipinos, decreed that we have to adopt the Spanish, the Latin, so ang ginawa ng mga pari, and this will explain to you why we have similar but not really related.

Ganito iyan, in 1860 o 15, I forgot. But that was the time na sabi ng King, “All Indios, my ascendants,” na lahat tayo, will have to have Spanish name which Latin in origin, and surname. And it was also the decreed that every Sunday, iyong mga Indios will have to go to church and they have to pay homage to the Spaniards, lalo na sa mga pari, and the officials then, yung mga guwardiya sibil, iyong mga ano nila, mga armed forces nila.

So every Sunday, magpunta ka doon sa kumbento ng pari, yung opisina ng parish priest, mayroon doon listahan ng mga pangalan and you can choose: Rodolfo, Rodrigo, Epifanio, maski anong gusto mo: Rogelio, Ernesto, then on one column. The other the other column is iyong surnames: so next is Duterte, Gonzales, Monte Agudo, Aguirre, ganoon iyan. Alam mo ang sikreto ngayon, bakit may Duterte sa Pangasinan, pati may Duterte sa Abra, at kami, ako, Cebuano na ako ang Duterte, ako, I’ll explain my linkage doon sa Cebuano, ang Duterte. Oh why is that? Are we relatives? No. Are we related by blood? No. Then what? Depende iyan kung saan—ang pari ang sikreto diyan.

In the Province of Castile, iyong pari na-assign doon isa sa Cebu, iyong isa na-assign sa Zamboanga or somewhere in Caraga. That was the earliest settlement of Davao, itong Caraga kaya kita mo nga iyong mga churches diyan. Iyong isa naman was sent to the Bicol Region. So nung—when they were ordered to prepare the names and surnames of which the Indios will select, ang maalala nila iyong apelyido galing saan siya. So noong na-enforce niya, iyong pari na Español, sulat siya, sino ang ano yan or rather prominent name there – Dinaryo. Ano pa? Rogelio. Yan ang maalaala niya. So itong mga pari na ito sa Castile, iyong isa na-assign dito, na-assign doon, tapos isa dito, tapos popular doon sa lugar na Duterte, Gonzales, Roa. Iyon. Kaya iyong isa doon, ganoon ang listahan nila pareho, but they come from the same province in Spain. Kung ano iyong popular doon, Monte Agudo, Monteviste, basta Monte-monte, Montevidad, dito na-assign, kaya nagkapare-pareho na, depende sa pari. Kung popular iyon sa, parang bang ano, sa Granada, eh ilagay talaga nila doon: De Castile, Castillo, home province niya eh. Tapos ano pa? Granada, Castile. Yun ang—that would solve the problem. Bakit? Parang magkapareho tayo ng apelyido. We’re not really related. Ang sikreto doon, ang pari.

Kung pareho sila taga-Davao, for example, ang taga-Davao, na-assign doon, assign dito, assign iyong isa doon. Gaya ng militar. So, kung the time was—the time came that they were ordered to prepare the names and surnames, from which itong Indios, my lolo, the lolo of my lolo, paglabas niya ng simbahan, listahan niya dito. Itong mga Espanyol, mamaya makita ka na ano, iyong Carajo. Carajo is a slur. Iyong coño, yung kuneho yan, rabbit, (laughter) ganoon yan. Eh may mga salbahe man na ilagay nila, …. Buaya, Tamse.

Pero iyong mga Pilipino noon na-enlightened, those who really hated the pilgrimage, sila Rizal they choose their—so yung mga Puno, instead of choosing itong mga Spanish name, he choose Puno. Kang Lion, iyong Bato, Kalaw, rather than surrender to the demands of the Spaniards to adopt Spanish names and surnames, they choose, dalawang hati, iyong asawa ni Zha-Zha Padilla, Tatlong Hari, hindi ba? Tatlong Hari ang apelyido niyan, kilala ko iyan. Iyong unang—ganun yan kataas o. No, no offense ha. Pero ganoon, I mean, iyong mas mataas si Zha-Zha ng konti. Iyong Tatlong Hari, Leon, Lion, iyan ang—

So I have to go around because as Mayor noon, okay lang ako, because hindi ko pa sagot iyong mga sundalo pati itong problema. Iyong ngayon na nandoon na ako, I have to do my duty to be with my soldiers. (applause)

Ngayon, there were 15 coffins, iniisa-isa ko iyan kanina. Every time, doon ang pamilya, nakaupo. So pag-umpisa ako dito, nagbigay ako ng assistance, then I make my salute doon sa coffin. I think, I’m the only President doing it, iyong mag-salute ako ng patay na (applause) and iyong injured, kasi ang injured kasi ang—has a Purple Heart, parang mahirap kunin iyan. Purple Heart, you have to almost die for it. So ilang Purple Heart—

The rule kasi sa military is, when you salute to the President and if the President acknowledged your salute, hindi ka magbaba hangga’t hindi magbaba ang Presidente. Pag ganoon, the privilege of the injured just say ganoon or pag mag-salute ang Presidente, wag mong ibaba iyong salute mo hanggang hindi ako magbaba. Pero dito sa mga wounded, ako ang unang mag-salute “Yes, sir”. Tapos maghintay man sila ng magbaba ka, ke military, sabihin ko, “sir, I am saluting you, sir.” Ibaba mo yung kamay. (applause) Just to show respect and gratitude.

Ako lang ang Presidenteng nagsa-salute talaga sa—that’s what I do, my innovative style ako and pati iyong I bow. And that is really my trademark, maski noon pa, mag-bow ako sa public. Kita mo kanina’ tinitignan ko lang sapatos mo, gumaganon. (laughter) That is how I display my kuwan—with the emotions that goes with it. Yung mag-bow ako, nirerespeto ko ang taumbayan. I am just a government worker. Everybody kami dito mga sundalo, pulis, trabahante lang ako, you have never heard me say government official. I always use government workers. (applause)

Hindi ako masanay ang government official; government workers or trabahante ng gobyerno. Iyon naman talaga ang totoo eh. Makita ko opisyal-opisyal diyan sa Customs, wala na ang pera natin. Wala akong titulong nakuha na opisyal na kawatan o private na kawatan. It’s always corruption. All these years, what brought us to perdition was or is corruption.

Kaya, as I have promised you, this will be a clean government (applause). Kaya kinukuha ko na mga tao, kilala ko iyan, sila Yasay. Yasay is brilliant, bright. Sonny Dominguez from Davao is a banker and was the Agriculture Secretary of President Aquino, then PAL President, and Vice President ng BPI—good, kababata ko iyan. Consistent iyan hanggang college kami, valedictorian. Sonny na yung Finance, bright. Studied in America, nag-post-graduate yan. Dulay is an Ilocano, from Baguio, magkaharap kami ng kuwarto sa dormitoryo sa law school, sa dormitory. He’s really very honest. Ka-room mate niya si Bello, very playful with girls. Kaharap nila ang kuwarto ko, pati kami ni Yasay. So parang student affair lang. Wala man akong makuhang iba. Hindi naman ako sosyal na pagkatao. When I was studying in Manila, nobody invited me to social gatherings.

We were actually eighteens there, ang gawa mo lang is, sine, tapos inom and most of the time, you are there studying. So limitado iyong kung sino iyong bright dito, sino iyong brilliant. So I was criticized that mga kaibigan, kainuman. No, I don’t drink. Kaibigan because they are the ones that—ang alam ko na mga bright. Tugade was my classmate sa San Beda, sa Law School, bright yan and he’s already a billionaire. Wala kang problema diyan. Noong nag-aaral pa kami sa San Beda, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Delgado Shipping. Container ano yan, malaki iyan, worldwide iyan. Puro ano iyan eh, puro talaga mautak. And it you look at it very closely most of—the fourth of my—or the third of my Cabinet members are from the Left: Tigawalo, si Mariano. …, sa nakulong noong panahon ng martial law. Mga estudyante ito noon na—but they are also very bright, mga Summa Cum Laude iyan, sila Pernia.

So I have assembled the team which I hope would give the service that the Filipino people deserve.

Now, kung sakali mang magkulang ako, well, there’s always the 8888. Ang problema lang sa 88—, alam mo naman talaga Pilipino, maski na—ano yang prank calls, instead of just promoting—mga idioto talaga, we cannot expect with that.

Sabagay, we need them to amuse us also. Kasi kung—it really work kung puro tayo lahat—sabagay ako, 75 lang talaga ako, maniwala kayo. (laughter). Oo, totoo—ako kasi ang Nanay ko, teacher yun. Ang ambisyon ko lang kasi—kasi hindi ka na makalaro, hindi ka na makainom noong binata ka pa. Ang Nanay ko, sabi, “Ano ba ito Rodrigo, wala na talaga ito?” Sabi ko, “Okay naman iyan, Ma, basta makaakyat ka lang.” I mean, really, really, eh kung nandiyan ka lang naman sa line of 7, i-target mo na lang yang 75, (laughter). Iyong 76, hindi mo na kailangan yan. The other points 77, what for? Maka-75 ka lang, di okay na. (laughter)

Tatay ko, never saw my—wala kasi iyong, namatay siya, he was not—hindi naman kami magkaaway, pero wala talaga siyang tiwala, wala siyang bilib, kasi those were the years na binata ako na maski noon sa A.B., hindi niya ako makita sa bahay, hindi ako umuuwi ng bahay, doon ako sa mga kaibigan. Sabi niya minsan, Bisaya, “Ikaw du,” iyong mga ano eh—ikaw, basta Bisaya ganoon, “Ikaw du, pantalan ka lang kutob,” hanggang pantalan ka lang. Ganyan ang Bisaya, ‘pag may anak ka na, “pantalan ka lang kutob.

So, sabi ng nanay ko, “Narinig mo ang tatay mo?” “Oo,” “Anong sinabi niya?” “Sa pantalan daw.” Sabi ng nanay ko, “E di hanggang diyan ka lang talaga, ginusto mo man iyan. So, balang araw huwag kang mag-iyak-iyak diyan sa hirap. Okay na iyan sa ‘yo?” “Okay ako, basta bayaran lang ako sa kinarga ko.” (laughter) Okay man yan. Just pay me right.

Well, alam mo iyong destination, very funny actually. I ran for the presidency. I got the PDP which is a moribund party. Ang buhay lang diyan, si Pimentel na tatay, pati si—ang anak, si Koko. And in view of—those guys who stayed loyal to—ngayon, wala akong—except for three governors: si Abet Garcia ng Bataan, Imee Marcos, may isa na hindi ko masabi, pero kung may taga-Agusan dito, alam niya kung sino yan. Walang taga-Agusan dito? Eh di walang tsismis. (laughter)

Madali naman hanapin, siyempre kung yan, babae talaga yan. Ay, sino iyong babae doon na governor, iyon na iyon. Pero matagal na iyon, nag-asawa na ng—long time ago, at siyempre … (dialect) He supports…—I lost in Agusan Del Sur, but Agusan Del Norte, nag-wallop ako, almost 100, 000. But, ganoon iyon sila, mga liberal. Wala akong ni isang governor except iyong pamangkin ko na anak ni Nograles na—iyong kalaban ko iyong tatay, pero iyong anak pamangkin ko, kasi ang nanay related sa akin, iyon lang.

From Cebu, nanggaling ang tatay ko doon, wallop ako, almost one million. Dito naman sa mother’s side, ang nanay ko kasi Maranao, mestiza. Ang Lolo ko Chinese, ang Nanay niya Maranao. Walo ang—ang Mother ko, half Maranao, may konti akong dugo, kaya makita mo in all of the Muslim areas, nag-landslide ako. Sulu, naglandslide ako. I won in Basilan. Cotabato, nag-landslide ako, lalo na iyang Samal, ah—sa Lanao Del Norte.

Sa Sulu, talagang 84 akong palo ko doon, pero magkagalit kami niyan, Abu Sayyaf. Kanina ‘pag-alis ko, ang military, may decapitate na naman iyong Muslim na Tausug na babae, buntis. Ano bang nangyari? Ganyan ISIS, bakit killing a person in the name of God? Mabuti na lang, hindi ako God, ‘pag ayan, binaha kayo ng kilad diyan araw-araw. Ako, I feel for everybody, kasi sabi ko Moro naman ang—taga-Mindanao kasi ang nanay ko. I cannot stand these idiots. Ginalublob iyong tao sa harap mo, pareho ng ISIS eh. Kaya the next storm dito sa Pilipinas, ang number one niyan problema natin ang droga. Number 1, ang kritiko naman, sige daldal nang daldal, …, pati si Obama. Yun pala, may ano siya, may serye, kita naman niyo lahat yun. Pero hindi iyon akin ha? (laughter)

… pero marami siyang isda sila sa ano. Pero she had a warning. Kasi nga, akala niya ako, noon pa may ano na. The husband is tiga-San Beda iyan, eh. Husband niya, tiga-San Beda, may kinausap na close sa akin. Sabi ko, no, no, do not worry, nothing of the sort. Pero may warning na sila—siya na mayroon iyan. Iyong driver niya, ano na kalat na, pero iyong video, akala niya pang ano lang, pang-gamble. She thought all the while that it was just a joke to gamble the political leverage, as they would call it. Lumabas, pero hindi iyan akin, masyadong below the belt na iyan. Eh trabaho niya iyon eh, human rights siya, di hayaan mo. Ayan ang kaso ko rin ngayon. I—you know, I have to go.

If I do not interdict the problem now sa droga, I then, I will compromise the next generation. Why? Because of the sheer number. I was the favorite whipping boy of De Lima and company of the extra-judicial killing. Whether true or not, tapos na iyan eh. There’s the problem, the huge problem, it was not until after I became president, then I was pressing everybody to action.

Did we realize of such magnitude ang problema? 3,000,700 addicts. Ano ang sinisigaw nila ng human rights – 700 criminals? Then assuming na pinatay ko ang isang libo, would I be comfortable or not in doing the things to save the next generation? Kasi ‘pag hindi ako gumalaw ngayon, ang matatamaan nito, iyong mga apo ninyo, then by that time, it could be beyond control, then we would just be like—you read the book of Ioan Grillo, I-O-A-N G-R-I-L-L-O. look and read it, it’s about how the failed states of South America came into being.

Eh, bakit taga-doon mayor, babae, take oath sa araw, sa buntag, noong ‘pag kahapon, patay na. Why am I resisting the elections sa barangay? Because ang—marami pang ano ngayon. We are still trying to figure out kung anong gawin nila, pati ang—kasi alam naman nila na papatayin ko talaga sila eh. Then they would fund the—ang narco-politics papasok. Para mahawakan na uli iyong mga ano, papanalunin nila ako o sila ang tatakbo. Kaya iyan si Odicta, alam ninyo—taga-Davao ba kayong lahat o taga iba-ibang lugar? Alam ninyo iyang si Odicta, he was asking for it. He was the number one talaga sa Visayas. Mayaman siya diyan. Dahan-dahan sila, tinitingnan nila kung—sabi ko eh, sabi ko— guys, let us be clear on this. I am not ordering a punitive police action. I am declaring war.

Ang sabi ko sa kanila, destroy the apparatus of the drug industry. (applause) Dahil yang Abu Sayyaf, I’m talking to the MI; and MN is also very receptive. I just had a talk with Misuari. Pero itong Abu Sayyaf, they do not live by the laws of civilization. Eh evil talaga sila eh. How can you kill a pregnant woman, putulan mo ng ulo? Bata, iyong 17 years old. Ngayon ayaw ko, baka pipilitin mo ako na—hindi naman ako pala-away pero eh kung ganoon, di sige. Kung iyan ang gusto ninyo. Nagbuhos ako ng sundalo doon.

Pero ang order ko is that do not follow their stupid—isang bala lang, ‘wag mo nang ginaganun, ganunin mo, sirain mo pang mukha. What for? Sabi ko sa sundalo, isang putok lang, patay na, huwag ka na mag-ano diyan na pumugot pa ng ulo. You waste your time, that’s stupid, it chokes sa humanity. So bantay kayo because we are hitting them… I expect some kind of retribution also from them, that they reprisal. But I’m just keeping your cool, merong naman tayong sundalo. But what you can dish out, I can do better ten times. May army ako, may eroplano. Sila, wala maski papaano, wala.

So that’s my tips for the day and my thoughts of how I have this problem sa bayan natin. Remember that—kaya ito hindi maintindihan ng mga—eh itong si Duterte bakit walang… wala silang rehabilitation? Bakit patayin pa? See, looks stupid. I entered the presidency midterm, so we operate on a budget, that budget was prepared the previous year. Ang budget for next year, we are preparing it. So wala namang nakalagay kay Aquino, it was Aquino who programmed it for the whole of 2016. Malay ba niyang kinuha lahat, wala namang ginawa, malay ba niya na aabot ang adik ng 3.7 million. So, saan tayo magkuha ng pera? I cannot, you know, it’s just like, if you get money for that purposes, just robbing Peter to pay Paul. Hindi ko man magawa iyan. Kunan mo iyong ibang departamento, maglalagay ka lang diyan ng—it’s not allowed. Mis-appro—alam mo mga taga-gobyerno, robbing Peter to pay Paul, I cannot do that.

So, wala tayong magawa. Maghintay-hintay lang tayo. But ano lang, before I leave, may I ask you sincerely, with all sincerity, kung may kilala kayong anak o pamangkin o kapatid, sabihin mo sa kanila, please huwag talagang pumasok; mamamatay kayo, mawawala. And since this is war. This is not something else that—in war, all is fair in love and war. Bahala kayo, basta ganun-ganon. Sabi nga, tinatakot niya ako kasi gusto raw akong kausapin ni Obama. Tapos? Ano kung masabit ako, problema mo? Eh sa lugar ninyo, iyong mga black people na nakahiga na pinagbabaril nga ninyo eh; and you have a crazy community there. Halos lahat ng Hollywood, just like the Philippines, they took it up also like just borrowing a …. Hindi na maghithit ng ano, cocaine. But cocaine and heroin are much, much, much better than the meth o shabu. Because cocaine and heroin are derivatives of the poppy, opium. Iyong opium. Kung masyado ang pagkaluto, heroin. Medyo raw pa ng kaunti, parang cake, then it’s cocaine. Pero it is grown organic. Itong shabu, it is a combination of several vicious chemicals. Ang tubig lang nga diyan, tubig ng baterya sa sasakyanan eh. …

So ang tao talagang papasok sa droga, halos walang utak. Kaya sabi ko, itong mga tao magpapasok sa—it’s a combination of—ano ba yun, what’s another term? basta it shrinks the brain. Yan ang problema. Ang insanity ng cocaine pati heroin, or marijuana, progressive at saka—because walang ano eh, ginagamit yan for medical—pero itong—huwag kayo diyan, kasi it’s a chemical—

Alam mo kung sino ang nag-imbento ng shabu? Japanese. Nasira, Cagayan diyan sa kaldero eh, (laughter). Yung walang tulugan, pati yung mga driver mag-suicide, ganun-ganon. Itong mga Abu Sayyaf naghithit bago mag—yan ang—so those are the vignettes of life that I can share with you.

I was looking for the name “toxic”, ngayon lang pumasok. Matanda na eh. It’s a very toxic thing, ‘yan ganyan yung—patay. You will regret it. Maski ako pa, hindi ko malaman pati iyong mga abogado. May isang konsehal pa dito noon, abogado ha, hindi mo masabi, ke maging abogado iyan. Konsehal dito noon, pumasok. Hindi ko talaga maintindihan iyong mga taon na ganun. Alam mong masisira ka.

At ang ayaw ko diyan, itong human rights. Look guys, alam mo na pag may tao diyan sa bahay mo o maski sa opisina mo na adik, he becomes dysfunctional; and the family also. Because the family, may worry na, tapos it becomes another health issue, then the other one is public interest. Law and—question of law and order. It’s a question of social. Pag alam mong may anak diyan ng ano, naghihiwalay iyong asawa eh, because the family becomes dysfunctional already. Tapos yung iba, maghihiwalay pa dahil blaming each other for the misfortune of one or two child—children.

Iyan ang—kaya ako galit. It’s not a matter of just looking at the guy and say, “tignan mo iyan siya, wala ng utak, naglalakad, medyo sira na magsalita, medyo gumaganun na ang suot.” So hanggang diyan lang ba? Then the family suffers. Dahan-dahan mawala iyong mga bagay nila kasi ipagbili. Then he goes on to commit rape, steals everybody, it can be someone else’s property and—kita mo ang health, kung walang income, pera, patay.

Karamihan iyong mayayaman, nandoon sila sa rehab na—the flashy ones. Eh ang mga pobre, yung kagaya ko, paano sabihin bakit mag—maraming rehab? Of course, we want it. Kung gusto mo, magic wand, but there is no silver bullet there to solve the problem.

Pero saan tayo makahanap ng pera diyan? Alam ko may pera ka, pero the budget, ganoon na, you cannot go out of it because wala namang appropriation. Malay ba ni Aquino na patayin itong mga ano, naglabasan na iyang—yan ang problema sa—buti’t naano ko rin para ma-communicate ko sa inyo ang—communication is very important. You should know kung—share-share tayo sa anong nalaman natin. ‘Pag galit talaga ako sa inyo, anak-anak, magkasala ka na ng iba; adultery na lang, (laughter) huwag lang iyan. No, joke lang iyan, joke lang. (applause)

Di rin kasi ako ano, nagalit din ako minsan diyan sa mga—ako, pari ako ha, and you must have heard during the election na may binulgar ako, tapos lahat naman kami, anong hipo-hipo, wala naman. Pero iyong pare na iyon, if you, i-search mo sa Google, Fr. Falvey. Basta, tingnan mo iyan, nasa biodata niya, last assignment, Mindanao, Davao City. Siya iyon. “Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.” “What are your sins, my son?” “Come nearer here.” Ang pari noon walang ano, jesuit, diretsuhan. “Tell me your sins.” “I, I, I—what!? I went to the—it’s only menial, Father.” “Oh, even more.” Dalawa eh, mortal pati menial sin, di ba? “It is not important, thank you, Father, because it’s only menial.” “Ah, you have to tell me everything.” Bakla eh. (laughter) Oh, pedophile. I went to the room of him. “C’mon, we don’t have all the time.” “I went to the bedroom of the—“ “What?” “To the bedroom of the maid.” “And so?” “I lifted the blanket, and sus!” Tapos by that time, ito namang pari, nandoon na sa—susmaryosep.

“What else?” “Because she was coughing, I thought she must have realized that there was somebody.” “So I went.” “Ganoon?” “Yes, Father.” “And?” “Tell the truth because God will get …”¬¬¬¬¬ Yan ang ayaw. Yan ang ayaw. Ang Catholic Church kasi, it’s too focused or too imbued with this itong ‘matakot’. If it is a religion, iyong catechism na starts with Archangel and satan and hell. Iyan ang ayaw ko, iyong ang ano. I have nothing against my religion, my faith. I believe in God, fully. (applause) Pero itong—walang magagawa, it’s always the hell. Grade 1 ka pa: Hell, hell, hell. So matakot ka dun. Then—went out of the room. Kasi ibang kasalanan na naman, di ayaw mo na magsalita.

“Come on”. “I went to the bathroom.” “And so, what did you do there?” ‘I, I, Father—.” “Oh, that’s bad. Five “Our Fathers”, ten ”Hail Marys,” kanya libre hipo. (laughter)Kaya kita mo ang attitude ko sa kanila. Wala ko problema, karga sirado ako Kristiyano, pero iyang pari-pari, kita mo noong election, mayroon pa silang—itong letter ng—pastoral letter, binasa. Lahat talaga, ako pinatamaan. Sinabi ko noong sa Luneta, uwi na ako kasi naga-senyas na ang security.

Sa Luneta, Miting de Avance, sabi okay, let this be a referendum, me against the bishops, pati cardinal kasali na. Sige, kayong lahat Katoliko na gustong pumunta ng langit, sumabay kayo kay bishop. Kayong gusto sa impiyerno, sumabay kayo sa akin. Tingnan mo, 15 million, 6 of it was my margin against my nearest opponent. Takot na sila sa akin ngayon. …panahon mga yan, binibira ko talaga sila.

And you know what? I will end this talk by just suggesting that there is a book, it’s online, the title is ‘Altar Secrets’, Tingnan mo sa kuwan, tingnan mo ngayon. Altar Secrets. Secrets of the Altar, ika nga pero “Altar Secrets’ ang nilagay niya. It’s online, you can buy it. Do not read it because you will kill all the priests, it talks about scandals, sex and everything. Just the exposé, iyong pari sa Italy, iyong nilabas sa Special Feature sa ABS-CBN. There was this pari na lumabas, but kinunan niya ng camera lahat. So iyon ang pari na—of course, we are men of God, but we are also human being. Iyong mga kawala ng—wala tayong—

Ako sa—nagpunta ako sa Amerika minsan, nagsimba kami ng Misis ko, iyong pangalawa, kasi iyong nanay ni Inday, siya ang humiwalay sa akin. She filed the annulment. Hindi naman ako nakipaghiwalay sa asawa ko. Siya na ang ayaw sa akin, wala tayong magawa. Punta ako dito sa—nurse yan si Honeylet eh, she was working there. Nagsimba kami, kalalaking simbahan sa L.A. sa Mission Hills. Nagsimba, tatlong Mexicano, tapos dalawang Pilipino. Punta dun, because of the so many scandals sa Vatican, iyong pera na ano, iyon pala sa Vatican, iyong mga nakaw nilang lahat ng mga laundering rin, kagaya ng mga nagma-money launder sa Switzerland, tinago nila yun. They were laundering money for the Mafia, the terrorists, lahat, basta pera. Pera-pera lang ang negosyo. That’s a good reading. Andiyan, nakita ninyo, online? It’s online, you can buy it. Kaya ako, gusto kong mabasa ng—sabagay, kung anak mo college na iyan, mabasa iyan, wala na. He’s out of the Catholic Church. Wala na. Hindi mo na ma-ano, hindi mo na mapigilan iyan, dumating lang talaga panahon nila. The correspondent who has been, parang ano nila, writer for the CBCP, Catholic Church. Yan.

May isa ring libro, pero iyan lang, wala na, paano yung—grabe ang, iyong homosexuality sa—kaya ang—ayan sila lahat, may tama. Sa seminaryo? Sus! Ako, sa totoo lang, I was considering noong sa college ako, mga second semester sa 1st year, I asked my permission from my mother, kasi yung challenge ng trabaho sa pari. I considered one time in my life being a priest. Mabuti’t na lang hindi ako nasali diyan, di ngayon naging bakla na ako. (laughter) Halla, paano na lang yan?

I am gratified for the time that you have given me. Marami rin ako gusto dapat talagang isabi. Yung totoo lang, We deal only with the truth here. There will never be a time na we’ll agree to impose lies, or lapit ka sa akin na ganito. The truth always kasi public office is truth yan eh. Kaya sabi ko sa inyo, kung wala na kayo, if you are nervous about how I run the government, medyo ako, ano lang, binugoy pero it will really, I said, be a clean government. (applause)

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