MANILA, Philippines — A party-list lawmaker on Friday dismissed President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent statement about ending oligarchy in the country, asserting instead that oligarchs are
“Kaugnay sa ABS-CBN, hindi totoo na tagumpay na binuwag ni Duterte ang oligarkiya dahil sa katunayan, namamayagpag sila sa ilalim ng kanyang administration,” Gabriela Rep. Arlene Brosas said in an online press conference of Makabayan bloc.
“Record-high ang bilang ng Filipino oligarchs, ayon sa listahan ng Forbes’ top billionaires,” she added.ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro, on the other hand, raised fears that Duterte might just create new oligarchs after the closure of media giant ABS-CBN. “’Yung pagkakasara dito sa ABS-CBN, ipagmamalaki niya ito na pinabagsak niya ang oligarch. Baka naman papalitan niya lang ng mga oligarko na kagaya niya. Kaya mariin naming binabagsak itong gobyernong ito sa anti-mamamayan na programa nito,” Castro said during the same press conference.
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