We, being a legitimate
people's organization of the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of
Divine Providence, in order to establish a government that shall embody our
ideals, promote the general welfare, conserve and develop the patrimony of our
Nation, and secure to ourselves and our posterity the blessings of democracy
under a regime of justice, peace, liberty, and equality, do ordain and
promulgate this Agenda for National Transformation.[i]
We declare as our common,
unconditional and irrevocable bond the following principles and policies:
1. That civilian authority shall at
all times be supreme over the military[ii];
2. That there shall be separation of
church and state[iii];
3. That there shall be freedom of
religion[iv].
We dedicate our capabilities and
resources to undertake the following reforms:
Economic Reforms:
1. Give highest priority to job creation and consumer price reduction, to attain full employment for the
millions of unemployed and underemployed workers, and uplift the welfare of the
entire consumer population; promote the massive establishment and expansion of
enterprises by utilizing ALL available capital from BOTH local and foreign
sources, and lift for this purpose the
numerous restrictions on foreign
investments that unduly protect the local monopolies and cartels; regulate
rather than restrict foreign investments through the institution of a foreign
investment council, with due regard to the protection of the basic securities
of the state.
(The economic
reform measure seeks to benefit the middle class and the masa class, through the liberalization of foreign direct
investments and the lifting of the various nationality requirements. The measure aim to create jobs (through the establishment of new business enterprises or
expansion of existing business enterprises), reduce consumer prices (through the increase in supply of goods and services),
transfer technologies, expand access to foreign markets, promote economic
growth, strengthen free competition and enhance efficiency, by eliminating
artificial legal barriers against foreign business competitors. Notably, these barriers
benefit only the few elite monopolists and oligopolists, at the expense of the
majority of the people particularly the workers and consumers who are unfairly
deprived of job opportunities and cheaper goods and services. Thus, we have a
substantial portion of our population working or seeking to work for foreign
employers overseas, obviously because of the lack of job opportunities in the
country. The measure also seeks to support the campaign against corruption through
systemic change (by facilitating the entry of
independent business competitors vis-a-vis
the existing cartels of government suppliers). Nonetheless, the measure
acknowledges the possible threats that may be posed by foreign investors to the
basic securities of the state, and seeks to address these threats by establishing
a review mechanism under a Foreign Investment Council that will be vested with
authority to prohibit, suspend or impose conditions on covered foreign
investment transactions[v].)
Social Reforms:
1. End impunity in human rights
violations by state and non-state actors through the criminal prosecution of
all responsible persons, starting with the most brazen crimes left untouched by
the justice system, including those by government and/or para-military forces
(i.e. Hacienda Luisita massacre[vi]), by rebel
communist forces (i.e. Digos massacre[vii]) and by
rebel separatist forces (i.e. Al-Barka
massacre[viii];
Mamasapano massacre[ix]).
2. End institutionalized plunder
under the “pork barrel system” through the criminal prosecution of all
responsible persons regardless of party affiliation, starting with the most
notorious Disbursement Acceleration
Program (DAP) and the Priority
Development Acceleration Fund (PDAF) respectively held unconstitutional by
the Supreme Court in Araullo v. Aquino[x]
and Belgica v. Executive Secretary[xi].
3. Correct historical distortions
that blinded and misled the people towards unceasing infighting, by creating a Truth Commission to revisit the critical
events that changed the fate of the nation, particularly the reported Jabidah massacre[xii] (that
sparked the separatist insurgency), the Plaza
Miranda bombing[xiii] (that
revived the communist insurgency) and the Ninoy
Aquino assassination[xiv] (that
divided the nation).
4. Seek genuine and lasting peace by
pursuing the peace process with the separatist and communist rebels, based on
the applied strategy of disarmament,
demobilization and reintegration (DDR), and subject always to the
recognized rights of indigenous peoples as provided by the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act.[xv].
5. Strengthen the social institution
and revive the cultural heritage of the Southern
Sultanates of Sulu, Maguindanao and
Lanao, by amending the constitution to mandate congress to recognize by law
the titles of royalty of the southern
sultanates, subject to the sovereignty of the people, the powers of the
government, the establishment of the State, the patrimony of the nation, and
the integrity of the national territory.
6. Institutionalize the protection
of labor by ensuring that only those with appropriate qualifications AND
actually come from the ranks of the workers, farmers and fishermen, are
selected to head or manage the department of labor, or to serve as party-list
representatives of the labor, peasant and fisherfolk sectors in congress.
7. Manage the population, with due
respect to the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception[xvi], as well
as to the family as the basic social institution[xvii], by implementing
the Reproductive Health Act as
modified and approved by the Supreme Court in Imbong v. Ochoa[xviii],
and by promoting natural family planning as provided in the Guiding
Principles of the CBCP on Population Control[xix].
Political Reforms:
1. Secure the sanctity of the vote[xx] by
adopting manual voting, automated counting (i.e. Optical Mark Reader system) and
automated transmission and canvassing, with ALL the major security features (i.e.
source code review, ballot verification, vote verification and digital
signatures), PLUS voter’s receipt and FULL manual audit of the counting (i.e.
voter’s receipt) and canvassing (i.e. election returns), to protect against
massive electronic election fraud in the counting and/or canvassing;
2. Harness collective wisdom in the leadership
of the national government, ensure broad political support for government
programs, and check graft and corruption through joint responsibility and
accountability; institutionalize “collective rule” over “one-man rule”, through
the adoption of a “unicameral parliamentary system” in place of the “bicameral
presidential system”; the parliamentary system merges into one the political
branches of the executive and the legislature, but leaves separate and
independent the non-political branch of the judiciary.
(The new system seeks to weaken the
control or influence of the oligarchs over the national government, by
dispersing the ultimate power of control from one individual to a group of
representatives. Paradoxically, it also seeks to strengthen the political
branch of government vis-à-vis the oligarchs, by merging the executive and legislative
branches into one. The system further seeks to diminish the natural advantage
of “rich and famous” candidates over competent but unpopular candidates, by
replacing one large national constituency with several small local constituencies.
Notably, in smaller constituencies, the manipulative mass media is less
effective, and the voter has greater chances of knowing the real qualities of
the candidate. Finally, it seeks to make the chief executive more accountable
by facilitating his removal through a mere vote of “loss of confidence” in the
assembly of representatives, instead of through a rigorous impeachment trial.)
3. Harness collective wisdom in the leadership
of the local government, ensure broad political support for government
programs, and check graft and corruption through joint responsibility and
accountability; institutionalize “collective rule” over “one-man rule”, through
the adoption of a “council type system” in place of the “mayor type system”;
the council system merges into one the local legislative council and the office
of the local chief executive.
(The new system seeks to weaken the
control or influence of family dynasties over the local government by
dispersing the ultimate power of control from one individual to a group of
representatives. Paradoxically, it also seeks to strengthen the local
government vis-à-vis the local family dynasties, by merging into one the office
of the local chief executive and the local legislative council. The system further
seeks to diminish the natural advantage of “rich and famous” candidates over
competent but unpopular candidates, by replacing one large local constituency
with several small local constituencies. Notably, in smaller constituencies, the
manipulative mass media is less effective, and the voter has greater chances of
knowing the real qualities of the candidate. Finally, it seeks to make the
local chief executive more accountable by facilitating his removal through a
mere vote of “loss of confidence” in the council, instead of through rigorous
administrative proceedings or criminal prosecution.)
4. Bring the government closer to
the people through the gradual adoption of the semi-federal or federal system
throughout the Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao archipelago. The semi-federal system
involves the creation of a regional authority or an autonomous region, while
the federal system involves the establishment of a sub-state. The evolutionary
process shall be guided by the following twin principles: that the
decision-makers are readily accessible to the people, and that local resources
benefit the local people.
(The regional authority is a
national government agency, the autonomous region a local government unit and
the sub-state a component state of a federal republic. The gradual process may
start with an executive order, progress to a congressional statute, and end
with a constitutional amendment. The creation of a regional authority does not
require a plebiscite, but the establishment of an autonomous region or a sub-state
requires a plebiscite.)
KILUSAN
NG MGA TAGAPAGTANGGOL NG BAYAN (KTB)
Makati City, Luzon. 21 August 2015.
Cebu City, Visayas. 21 August 2015
Davao City, Mindanao. 21 August 2015
Cebu City, Visayas. 21 August 2015
Davao City, Mindanao. 21 August 2015
[i]See
1973 Constitution, Preamble. See 1987 Constitution, Preamble.
[ii]1973
Constitution, Article II, Section 8. 1987 Constitution, Article II, Section 3.
[iii]1973
Constitution, Article XV, Section 15. 1987 Constitution, Article II, Section 6.
[iv]1973
Constitution, Article IV, Section 8. 1987 Constitution, Article III, Section 5.
[v] See US Defense Production Act of 1950, as
amended by FINSA, Section 721 (50 U.S.C. App. 2170). Executive Order No. 11858
(as amended by Executive Order No. 13456), re Foreign Investment in the United
States.
[vi]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ab1ux2DiHw
[vii]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P1dp95xlC4
[viii]http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/-depth/10/19/11/al-barka-how-villagers-killed-marines-special-forces-troops
[ix]http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/453777/news/nation/pnoy-ultimately-responsible-for-mamasapano-massacre-senate-panel
[x]G.R.
No. 209287, 01 July 2014.
[xi]G.R.
No. 208566, 19 November 2013.
[xii]18
March 1968.
[xiii]21
August 1971.
[xiv]21
August 1983.
[xvi]1987
Constitution, Article II, Section 12.
[xvii]Id.
[xviii]
G.R. No. 204819, 08 April 2014.
[xix]
http://cbcponline.net/v2/?p=317
[xx]1973
Constitution, Article VI, Section 1. 1987 Constitution, Article V, Section 2.
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