KAYA BA NI BBM?

REPORMA sa sistemang edukasyon ng Filipinas – ito ang ipinamamarali na programa na ipapatupad umano ng administrasyong BBM. Walang problema sa layunin na paunlarin ang sistema ng edukasyon sa bansa. Matagal na nangangailangan ito ng ibang uri ng kalinga dahil sa patuloy na itong napabayaan sa mga nakaraang dekada. Walang detalye si BBM. Dahil sa walang inabot si BBM, hindi maalis ang impresyon na hanggang porma lang siya at hindi ganap na batid at nauunawaan ang gagawin upang iangat ang edukasyon ng bansa kapareho ng mga bansang maunlad.

Hindi palaban ang kabataang Filipino kung ihahambing siya sa mga mag-aaral sa karatig bansa tulad na Hapon, Singapore, Malaysia, at bansang kanluranin sa Europa. Batay sa pag-aaral ng

Program for International Student Assessment, PISA, at Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, o TIMMS, isa sa mga kulelat o ganap na naiwan ang mga mag-aaral ng Filipinas. Salat sila sa kinakailangang kaalaman sa agham, matematika, at lohika. Hindi pwedeng isabak sa mga mag-aaral sa ibang bansa. Kulang siya ng kaalaman at kasanayan upang makipagtagisan ng galing.

Hindi namin batid kung may karampatang briefing si BBM at Sara Duterte na kalihim ng edukasyon. Nakatuon ang pansin ni Sara sa pagsasabatas ng kanyang panukala na muling buhayin ang Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), ang pagkakaroon ng sapilitang military training sa kabataan. Malakas ang kantiyaw ng mga netizen na walang nalalaman si Sara at sa gitna ng malawakang suliraning sa edukasyon, ang alam niya na sagot ay military training.

Nakita ng gobyerno ni Cory Aquino, ang pumalit sa pinatalsik na diktador Ferdinand Marcos, ang malaking problema sa edukasyon. Bilang Punong Ehekutibo, inatasan ni Cory na buuin noong 1991 ang Congressional Commission on Education (Edcom) upang pag-aralan ang buong sistema ng edukasyon ng bansa. Pinangunahan ang EDCOM ni Edgardo Angara na kumakatawan sa Senado at Carlos Padilla mula sa Camara de Representante. Nagsumite ang EDCOM ng isang makapal na ulat na taglay ang mga panukalang pagbabago sa sistema ng edukasyon sa bansa.

Maiging basahin ni BBM at Sara ang EDCOM report na iniulat na maraming mag-aaral sa bansa lalo na sa mga lalawigan ang hindi nakakatapos ng pag-aaral. Iniulat ng EDCOM na ang hayskul ang pinakamahina sa sistema ng edukasyon. Isa ito sa mga dahilan sa pagsasabatas ng K-12. Mukhang hindi alam ito ni BBM. Noong panahon na ginawa ito, destierro (exile) ang pamilya Marcos. Hindi namin batid kung alam ni Sara ang EDCOM report. Kung hindi, kailangan nilang magrepaso. Hindi puede ang mga hungkag na pahayag.

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HALAW ang mga sumusunod sa aming aklat “KILL KILL KILL: EJKs in the Philippines; Crimes Against Humanity vs. Duterte Et. Al. at the ICC.” Nasa huling yugto na ako na pagsusulat.

‘SOCIAL CLEANSING’

The white paper said that while the spate of drug-related summary executions or extrajudicial killings (EJKs) is “state sponsored” as indicated by the presidential directives on the war against drugs, it is also a form of “social cleansing.” It did not define what it meant by social cleansing except to say that the anti-drug war was essentially “a form of mass murder.” It said:

“Because the PNP is a structured government bureau under the Executive Department, the criminal liability in relation to carrying out of EJK is quite obvious and could be applied from the top echelon of the national political leadership down to the lowest level of the PNP, the Police Community Precincts (PCP).

“The EJK could also be considered a form of mass murder. The latter is the act of murdering people, typically, simultaneously or over a relatively short period of time and in close proximity. The continued daily occurrence of EJK incidents on a nationwide scale clearly indicates the general features of mass murder.”

The punchline, which was delivered before the actual filing of the first information against Duterte at an international forum:

“International legal experts studying the ‘War on Drugs’ have specific opinions that [President Rodrigo Roa Duterte] could be tried at the International Criminal Court (ICC).”

It was a statement of prescience on the part of the unidentified police officers and military officials behind the white paper because three months later, the first information was filed before the ICC.

DUTERTE’S LINKS WITH NDF. The white paper made some serious allegations about the reported Duterte’s links with the NDF. Citing a report of what it described a “credible source,” which had “access” with NDF-Mindanao, it said Duterte was “inducted as a member of the NDF’s National Council.” It alleged it was Evasco, who brokered Duterte’s entry into the NDF in July, 2010. At that time, Duterte was mayor of Davao City.24

The white paper alleged:

“The induction of Duterte in the NDF National Council was effected during the NDF’s 12th National Conference held at the Conference Hall of the Brokenshire Hospital in Davao City.

“The NDF Conference, while in session, is the acknowledged policy-making body of the NDF, with the Party (CPP) dominating the NDF and in-charge of directing and controlling the political and military struggle to overthrow or take over the state and to seize political power. The NDF is defined, according to its Constitution, as an alliance of all patriotic and progressive organizations adhering to its Constitution and Program. It fosters unity among the allied organizations. This definition clearly commits deception, since the majority of members of NDF governing organs are actually CPP members. Moreover, in Marxist-Leninist-Maoist theory, any national democratic person or organization, to be accredited as such, has to accept the leadership of the Marxist-Leninist Party (the Communist Party of the Philippines) and the latter’s absolute control over the people’s army (the NPA).”

It was believed that the white paper had acknowledged what could be described a de facto coalition between the Duterte government and the CPP-NPA-NDF. How the militarist faction within the Duterte government has outmaneuvered the leftist faction in the first three years of his government could be viewed as a lesson in political dynamics and behavior, or a subject for future research works. Nonetheless, it could be perceived that both the left and right wing factions within the Duterte government had attempted to use Duterte’s war on drugs to advance their respective political agenda In the ensuing political dynamics, the military faction has appeared to have gained the advantage, as Duterte himself eased out the perceived leftwing elements in his government, effectively ending the tactical coalition between his government and the NDF. The rightwing elements had effectively brought Duterte to its fold.