The country does not need to celebate the 500th
year since the arrival of the Spanish colonizers in the our home soil.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has rebuked plans
to commemorate the arrival of the Spaniards since it started centuries of
abuses against Filipinos.
Duterte was in Cebu when he made the statement,
the arrival of the Portuguese exlplorer Ferdinand Magellan started the
propagation of Christianty in the Philippines.
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| Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte (photo credit to owner) |
"Bakit magbibigay ako ng selebrasyon sa pagdating ng mga
banyaga na Espanyol dito? " Duterte said in a speech during a
housing-related event in Cebu.
(Why would I throw a celebration for the arrival of Spaniards
here?)
According to the President, the arrival of Magellan did not
only started Christianity but also marked the start of Filipino slavery.
"You know they came to our country as imperialist. Hindi
man tayo Español (we are not Spaniards) and they subjugated us for 300
years," he said.
"Sabihin natin na natuwa tayo dahil dumating sila dito,
pero sila rin ang pumatay sa ating mga Pilipino na may prinsipyo, [like] Rizal,
Bonifacio," he said, referring to revolutionary heroes Dr. Jose Rizal and
Andres Bonifacio.
(Let's say that we are happy that they came here, but they
were also the ones who killed principled Filipinos like Rizal and Bonifacio.)
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