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Poe: We need new perspectives to address same old problems

By: - Reporter / @MAgerINQ
/ 10:24 PM April 24, 2016

SENATOR Grace Poe  used emotional appeals on Sunday to explain why, despite the challenges,  she continued  to seek the highest  position in the land.

“Napakaraming pagsubok ang aking pinagdaanan sa kampanyang ito. Subalit ‘pag minsan nag-iisip ako, binabalikan ko lang ang tunay na layunin kung bakit ako tumakbo dahil hindi ko gusto ito, lalong-lalo na ‘nung nakita ko ‘yung pinagdaanan ng aking ama na si FPJ,”  Poe said in her closing statement during the third and final   presidential debate in Pangasinan.

FPJ is  her adoptive father,  the late Fernando Poe  Jr.,  who ran and  lost to then President and  now detained  Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo during the  2004  presidential race.

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Poe said she also recognized that  not  a lot of people are given a chance to help  the country and  its people.

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She said she could not just sit and watch the  millions of people, who continue to live in poverty because of corrupt people in government.

“Bilang isang babae, bilang isang nanay, matitiis mo ba na malaman na milyong-milyong mga bata pa rin ang hindi makakain sa ating bansa? Matitiis mo bang malaman na ang pera na dapat mapunta sa pagpapagaling ng ating mga may sakit ay nabubulsa pa lamang o nasasayang sa hindi tamang paggastos?” she said.

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“Matitiis mo ba na ang ating mga magsasaka na nagbibigay sa atin ng pagkain ay hindi man lang natin mabigyan ng pagkain ‘pag wala silang maani? Matitiis mo ba na ang mga teachers natin umaalis na lang para maging katulong sa ibang bansa?”

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“Mga kababayan, ang daming pwedeng gawin para sa ating bayan. Maaaring ako, maaaring hindi ako. Pero dapat kung mabigyan ng pagkakataon ay sumubok sapagkat tayo’y Pilipino, mahal natin ang ating bansa.”

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Poe again tried to remove doubts  about her ability, as a woman, to lead the country, especially  in fighting  criminality  and illegal drugs.

“Mga kababayan, ang mga babae ay mapagtimpi; ang mga babae ay pasensyosa; ang mga babae ay mapagmahal. Pero ‘pag nilagay mo sa alanganin ang mga mahal nito sa buhay, ang mga babae ay hindi sumusuko. Ang mga babae pinaglalaban ang mga asawang inaagaw sa kanila,” she said.

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She also reiterated that  there was nothing wrong  with her being new in  public, saying that what   the  country  probably needs  now are  new   perspectives  to address the same old problems.

“Sabay-sabay po tayo sa kinabukasan na maipagmamalaki natin sa isang bansang maipagmamalaki natin, sa isang bansa kung saan hindi lamang iilan ang mayaman, kung saan hindi lamang iilan ang maligaya, kung saan lahat tayo ay sama-sama, puti ka man, pula, dilaw, o kung ano mang kulay. Pagkatapos ng halalan, tayo ay iisa: Pilipinong nagmamahal sa bansa,” she further said.

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