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Jeffrey Hernaez

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MANILA — Veteran lawmakers reprimanded neophyte lawmaker Drixie Mae Cardema on Wednesday after she criticized some of her colleagues and praised former President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Sara Duterte. &quot;Tayo ditong mga kinatawan ay ibinoto lamang ng ilang libong Pilipino, ngunit ang kasama natin ngayon ang Pangulong Duterte, ang most voted Philippine leader ng 2016. Ang kanyang anak Vice President Sara Duterte ang most voted Philippine leader naman ngayong 2022,” said Cardema, representative of the Duterte Youth party-list. (We representatives here were elected by only a few thousand Filipinos, but with us now is President Duterte, the most voted Philippine leader of 2016, and his daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, the most voted Philippine leader of 2022.)&quot;I would like to manifest na gusto ng sambayanang Pilipino ang pagdurog niya sa mga kriminal, durugista, at NPA na terorista, kaya sila ibinoto at patuoy na mahal ng mga Pilipino. Kaya gusto natin ng patas na hearing, sana isinama natin dito ang libo libong mga magulang na ang mga anak ay biniktima ng mga durigista, ang mga ordinaryong Pilipino ang naglalakad galing trabaho tapos sinaksak, pinatay ng adik, lahat ng mga kababaihan na kahit pati infant na babae ay ginahasa na nang adik,&quot; added Cardema.(I would like to manifest that the Filipino people want his crackdown on criminals, drug addicts, and NPA terrorists, which is why they were elected and continue to be loved by the Filipinos. We want a fair hearing; we should have included here the thousands of parents whose children were victimized by addicts, ordinary Filipinos who were stabbed or killed by addicts on their way home from work, and all the women, including infant girls, who were raped by addicts.)In one part of her manifestation, Cardema made a veiled criticism of her colleagues in the House and some invited resource persons of the Quad Committee, which was investigating ex-President Duterte’s war on drugs.&quot;Ang drug war ng pangulo ay policy lamang, hindi ito natupad kung hindi ito pinondohan ng Kongreso nang anim na taon. Majority pa nga dito sa mga kinatawan ay naka-Duterte fist pa noong buong anim na tao,&quot; she said. (The president&#x27;s drug war is just a policy; it would not have been implemented without funding from Congress for six years. In fact, the majority of representatives here were doing the Duterte fist for the entire six years.)<div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/13/duterte-tells-icc-to-hurry-up-with-probe-baka-mamatay-na-ako-1235">Duterte tells ICC to &#x27;hurry up&#x27; with probe: &#x27;Baka mamatay na ako&#x27;</a></div>&quot;And lastly, sa mga kongresista na kaalyado ng mga NPA, mahiya naman tayo sa topic ng pagpatay dahil kayo mismo hindi kayo nagsasalita sa pagpatay ng mga NPA sa pulis, sundalo, at mamamayang Pilipino,&quot; Cardema added.(And lastly, to the congressmen allied with the NPA, let us be ashamed on the topic of killing because you yourselves do not speak out against the NPA&#x27;s killing of police officers, soldiers, and Filipino citizens.)<div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/13/duterte-confirms-drug-war-reward-scheme-minsan-bigyan-ko-pa-ng-dagdag-1430">Duterte confirms drug war reward scheme: &#x27;Minsan bigyan ko pa ng dagdag&#x27;</a></div>Some of Cardema&#x27;s supporters applauded after her statement, which appeared to irk quad comm overall chairperson Rep. Robert Ace Barbers.&quot;Bawal po pumalakpak dito. Kung gusto niyo pumalakpak, doon kayo sa labas. Maaari ba, wala hong bastusan dito,&quot; Barbers said.(Applause is not allowed here. If you want to clap, do it outside. Can we avoid any disrespect here?)<div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/13/kaduwagan-de-lima-slams-dutertes-punch-gesture-121">&#x27;Kaduwagan&#x27;: De Lima slams Duterte&#x27;s &#x27;punch&#x27; gesture</a></div>Antipolo City Rep. Romeo Acop expressed his disagreement with Cardema.&quot;I beg to disagree with my colleague. Kasi bata pa siya, ako I&#x27;ve given up my life for this country. The former president is only two years older than I am, but I have been fighting for this country. I was a member of the Philippine Constabulary and became a policeman after republic act 6976 was enacted,&quot; he said. &quot;The statement of my colleague betrays her ignorance. Kung gusto po niya mag-imbestiga, mag-file po siya ng resolution and maybe refer to the appropriate committee to be fair with her. She&#x27;s a congressman, she knows the rules. However your statement, your statements betray your ignorance of our rules here in this house of congress. I beg to disagree Mr. Chair na sila lang ang nakikipaglaban at sila lang ang marunong makipaglaban sa kalaban,&quot; Acop added.Barbers asserted that if Cardema wanted certain resource persons invited to the hearing, she should attend the quad comm hearings regularly.&quot;Let me emphasize na wala pong monopolya ng pagmamahal sa bayan dito, pare parehas po tayo dito. And following the suggestion of Cong. Acop, kung meron kayong gustong paimbita, mag-attend kayo ng hearing, hindi yung aattend kayo kapag nandito lang ang dating pangulo at ating bise presidente,&quot; he said.(Let me emphasize that no one has a monopoly on love for the country here. We are all equal in this regard. Following Cong. Acop&#x27;s suggestion, if you want someone invited, attend the hearings. Don’t just show up when the former president and our vice president are here.)&quot;Wala pong may monopoloyo sa pagmamahal sa bayan dito, hindi kayo, hindi kami, pare-parehas tayong nagmamahal sa bayan, pare-parehas tayong nagseserbisyo. Wag niyo sabihing mas magaling kayo, dahil kami hindi namin sasabihin na magaling kami, pero kapag pagmamahal sa bayan pare-parehas tayo, wag niyo sosolohin yan,&quot; Barbers added. (No one has a monopoly on love for the country here—not you, not us. We all love the country; we all serve it. Don’t claim you&#x27;re better because we won’t claim we&#x27;re the best either, but when it comes to love for the country, we are all equal. Don’t monopolize it.)<div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/13/chaos-as-enraged-duterte-nearly-throws-mic-at-trillanes-over-bank-accounts-2008">Chaos as enraged Duterte nearly throws mic at Trillanes over bank accounts</a></div>ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro said Cardema&#x27;s dig might have been directed at lawmakers representing progressive groups.“Paulit-ulit ang manifestation na iyan, tatlong beses ko na yan narinig na paulit ulit laban sa mga NPA, laban sa mga progresibong group, laban sa mga party-list na mga progresibo na kagaya namin, at yung mga tinutukoy ay kami yun,” she said.(That manifestation is repetitive, I&#x27;ve heard it three times already—repeatedly targeting the NPA, progressive groups, and progressive party-lists like us, and those being alluded to are us.)Castro reminded Cardema to respect the invited resource persons.“I know idol mo si former president Duterte, kahit na ang ating vice president. Pero ang dapat po ang tingnan natin dito yung kapakanan ng ating mga kabataan. Isa pa po, hindi natin pinapayagan sa ating Committee ang pagdisrespeto sa ating mga resource person. Narinig ko rin na binabanggit ang mga resource person na naandito,” Castro said.“Nagiging irrational ang ganitong statement ng ating colleague. Sana hindi na maulit ito at aasahan natin sa mga susunod na hearing si Rep. Cardema na tumulong siya sa atin na humanap ng truth dito sa ginagawa natin sa quad comm at sa iba pang pang hearing,” she added.(This kind of statement from our colleague becomes irrational. I hope this doesn’t happen again, and we expect Rep. Cardema in future hearings to help us find the truth in the Quad Comm and in other hearings.)

Veteran lawmakers reprimanded neophyte lawmaker Drixie Mae Cardema on Wednesday after she criticized some of her colleagues and praised former President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Sara Duterte.

Veteran lawmakers reprimanded neophyte lawmaker Drixie Mae Cardema on Wednesday after she criticized some of her colleagues and praised former President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Sara Duterte.

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Veteran lawmakers school Duterte Youth’s Cardema

Jeffrey Hernaez,

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Published November 14, 2024 07:12 AM PHT

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