We are going a few years back, and will highlight an open
letter/post in Facebook by Presidential Communication Operations Office (PCOO) Lorraine
Badoy as regards her take on surveys and its results with respect to President
Rodrigo Roa Duterte which says a lot and
results to the dismay of the administrations critics and detractors… such still
holds true up until today.
“I think what it says about us now is that we are waking up
to the excesses and shameless rot inside mainstream media that relentlessly portrays
the President as brutal--murderous even-- dictatorial, uncaring,” Badoy wrote in
her post.
Traditional media has been always focused on the negativity
and the shortcomings of the Duterte administration. Approval ratings of 88% and
87% trust as seen in the recent Pulse Survey.
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The undersecretary points out that the public is much smarter
now, instead of relying only to the information provided by the traditional
mass media which is sad to say are almost all biased against the Mindanaoan
President.
Undersecretary Badoy acknowledged the minor inconveniences
caused by the big changes coming into the modernizing nation, but she remains
excited and hopeful for the future that after all the Build, Build, Build flagship
projects and taxes come to fruition, it will be a “beautiful country”.
She noted how the recent Pulse Survey showed that of those who approve of and trust the President, 91% of them are millennials, followed by those ages 65 and up.
“It’s like the millennials—who are constantly online—took a look at the constant bickering of their moms and dads online and said, “Meh.” Then made up their own minds,” Badoy comments.
She noted how the recent Pulse Survey showed that of those who approve of and trust the President, 91% of them are millennials, followed by those ages 65 and up.
“It’s like the millennials—who are constantly online—took a look at the constant bickering of their moms and dads online and said, “Meh.” Then made up their own minds,” Badoy comments.
She points out that in Mindanao where Martial Law is being
implementeShe noted how the recent Pulse Survey showed that of those
who approve of and trust the President, 91% of them are millennials, followed
by those ages 65 and up.
“It’s
like the millennials—who are constantly online—took a look at the constant
bickering of their moms and dads online and said, “Meh.” Then made up their own
minds,” Badoy comments.d and is in fact very much welcomed by the Mindanaoans a far
different scenario the critics make it to be.
The undersecretary explains that even if the mainstream media
does not fully show it, the country is very much “solid and united”.
For the sake of informing the public, full understanding, and
clarity we have quoted the open letter in full below:
That
88%
Pulse Survey results
came out days ago and I still can’t get over it. I’ve been mulling these
numbers, wondering what stories they tell about us as a people and where we are
in our consciousness right now.
Because I’ve often
despaired about how little it took to make us think one way or another.
And how we weren’t
even aware in the slightest of the existence of Puppet Masters who pulled our
strings this way and that so that we thought whatever it is they wanted us to
think (that the Aquinos were saints for instance or that any politician who
made avowals to virtue—someone who knelt down and closed his eyes and beat his
breast with rosary in hand THEN had his photo taken and plastered all over the
papers—MUST be virtuous. AND must be worthy of our trust.)
Where the only thing
we needed to vote someone into office was NAME recall. That was how far our
brain cells and consciousness took us.
Almost like
cockroaches.
Our realities were
totally defined by how Others defined it for us.
So if ABS CBN said
CJ Corona was a corrupt plunderer, that was EXACTLY what we thought.
And if it showed the
Ateneans, Noynoy Aquino, Mar Roxas, looking and sounding so respectable and
dignified, spiffy in their Dockers and impeccable in their language and
dignified looking in their Barong Tagalog and black pants and shiny leather
shoes—why, that was what we thought exactly of them.
That they were
respectable, dignified, impeccable. Men of Honor.
Not the incompetent
indifferent Men of Horror they turned out to be.
So I’ve been turning
these numbers of PRRD over and over in my mind—88% approval, 87% TRUST.
2 years into office.
I haven’t done my
research yet but I’d venture that no other president—here and anywhere—enjoyed
numbers like these.
And that indeed
Rodrigo Roa Duterte must be the envy of leaders in the known democratic world
right now.
Sure, there is the
SWS Survey that had a huge discrepancy from Pulse’s 88/87. And still those were
good numbers. Nothing to get worried about. Something to clap about even.
But 88/87 is what
interests me right now.
I think what it says
about us now is that we are waking up to the excesses and shameless rot inside
mainstream media that relentlessly portrays the President as brutal--murderous
even-- dictatorial, uncaring.
(And have made us,
finally, ask the right questions: who owns media? Who owns us? )
This is not how we
have experienced our President. Not how we see him. We feel his sincerity. We
see his exemplary effectiveness as Chief Executive.
And for once, we are
trusting ourselves—our own minds, our own instincts-- in how we measure this
man.
A whole lot of us
are feeling excited and hopeful for the future. (96% according to a survey done
at the start of year.)
DESPITE the
inconveniences: traffic caused by Build Build Build projects all over the
country. Despite some of us paying higher taxes (my husband, for instance, pays
sky high taxes and still I have not seen him happier).
I put one and one
together and I think that like a couple remodeling their home, we take the
inconveniences and the added costs and are excited for the beautiful country we
are rebuilding.
And we can’t wait to
see it and usher our children into this beautiful home of our dreams.
That 88% also tells
me that it isn’t true that we are divided. We are, in fact, solid and united.
I love that when
desegrated into age, the President gets his highest trust and approval ratings
from the millennials--91%!-- (and too, from the 65 and up bracket).
It’s like the
millennials—who are constantly online—took a look at the constant bickering of
their moms and dads online and said, “Meh.” Then made up their own minds.
I see it with my own
children: how this generation likes making up their own minds.
And that 99% of
Mindanao? I had to laugh. More so at those who keep opening their traps about
“NO TO MARTIAL LAW”—and from those who don’t live there,
Here’s the truth
staring you in your arrogant, know-it-all faces: the People of Mindanao LOVE it
that there’s Martial Law there right now. You know why?
They trust this
President. And it is a trust founded on having walked many many miles with this
man. He is not the power-hungry dictator you make him out to be.
But someone who has
earned the trust of this war-torn, grief-stricken region and who speaks for
them when he talks about finding the peace that’s eluded them all these years.
So really, if you
don’t live in Mindanao, shut your traps.
“Nothing about us
without us.”, remember? That’s BASIC. Let’s stick to the basics. Don’t be that
walang modo interfering with realities you know NOTHING about and that are not
your own.
And you know all
this noise that continually paints a grim picture of the President and our
country?
Turns out it is
MANUFACTURED noise.
FAKE. Like fake news.
With malicious intent.
But the Filipino
people have said no to it and have instead linked arms with each other and
around this President.
Because let me tell
you something you might not know: this President’s strongest defense is YOU.
Specifically, YOUR
trust and approval.
He defends, protects
and fights for you. And you protect him from those who’d like to take away from
us a President we have given our resounding Trust and Approval to.
A President that
comes but once in our lifetime.
The Filipino see him
clearly. They see his heart, his mind, his soul.
And they give him
their deafening TRUST and APPROVAL.
Mabuhay ang
Mamamayang Pilipinong Mulat na
<3
Mabuhay ang
Pangulong Duterte
<3
Mabuhay ang Bayang
di na pasisiil sa mga nagkalat na walang modo jan. LOL
👊👊👊
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