US-Canada Manifesto
US-Canada Manifesto
Migrante Quebec
We, the undersigned migrants and overseas Filipinos from the United States and Canada, are one in rejecting Marcos and Duterte. We believe that their presumptive victory in the recently conducted elections is based on lies, disinformation and fraud. We reject Marcos and Duterte for they represent tyranny and the worst of traditional and dynastic politics in the Philippines.
The Filipino people voted last May 9 and they deserve to know the real results of the Philippine elections. We are alarmed at the reported massive vote buying and defective Vote Counting Machines (VCM). In the US, delayed and damaged ballots, late and lack of information dissemination, and over 13,000 ballots returned to sender (RTS) disenfranchised many overseas registered voters.
Lastly, we call into question the unbelievably rapid publicizing of election results from the COMELEC transparency servers. This makes us believe that the machines were pre-programmed to manufacture results favorable to Marcos Jr. and Duterte
With all COMELEC commissioners appointed by Duterte, and the Chairman himself a Marcos Jr. lawyer, election logistics contracts being given to top-Duterte crony Dennis Uy, and Sen. Imee Marcos chairing the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation, the impartiality of the recent elections is questionable to begin with. These, on top of systematic fake news, weaponization of social media such as Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook/Meta funded by the Marcos-Duterte tandem in the last six years, have proven that once again, the will and constitutional right of the people can be subverted and destroyed by those who wield money and power.
We demand immediate and independent investigation of the massive irregularities and electoral violations that have cast doubt in the credibility of the elections.
In the meantime, WE CALL ON THE OPPOSITION NOT TO CONCEDE.
We also express our disagreement and extreme disappointment of the congratulatory statement of US President Joseph Biden. We believe that this is premature and is preemptive of the ongoing verification of election results. We can’t bow down to questionable electoral results, much less dance with dictators and criminals like Ferdinand Marcos Jr. whose father, on the record, plundered billions and killed thousands of innocent lives.
For the elections to be legitimate, we also demand to allow the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE), and the National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) to collate, encode and canvass individual ballots and ballot receipts without threat or any level of impediments, without COMELEC’s choice of which precincts and VCMs to audit. We demand that PPCRV, LENTE, and NAMFREL be given ample time to independently perform their function and produce authentic results.
No matter the result of the independent investigation, as Filipinos and peace-loving global citizens, we still hold the Marcos family including Marcos Jr. accountable for the $10 billion plunder, the Php 203 billion cumulative unpaid estate taxes, unpaid income taxes, and massive torture, disappearances and political imprisonment during Martial Law. We also hold Duterte accountable for his crimes against humanity with the 35,000 extrajudicial killings of innocent lives. Indeed, we bear witness to the most notorious combination of these oligarchs in Philippine history.
We are grieving but we shall not concede. We shall go back to the communities that we had initial encounters to continue the conversations on poverty, corruption, and people’s empowerment. The poor majority have always been the victims of traditional politicians. But they have the power to liberate themselves as well.
We hold dear to our hearts the values of transparency, honesty, freedom and democracy for our compatriots in the Philippines. Many people have been awakened by the campaign led by VP Leni Robredo and Sen. Kiko Pangilinan. Ang namulat hindi na muling pipikit (The awakened will no longer slumber). The struggle goes beyond elections. We shall fight back to restore democracy in our motherland.
OUR CALL TO ACTION:
- We call on the U.S. and Canadian governments to suspend provision of all security assistance to the Philippine until the human rights situation has improved and human rights violators are investigated and held accountable.
- We call on the U.S. and Canadian governments to employ targeted sanctions via the Magnitsky Act against human rights violations in the Philippines, including but not limited to Rodrigo Duterte, the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), and others.
- We call on the U.S. government to uphold the $353M contempt order against Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.
- We call on the Philippine Government for the immediate and unconditional release of jailed Senator Leila de Lima following the recantation of the testimonies of three key witnesses.
- We call on the Philippine Government to pursue the case against Duterte crony Dennis Uy’s illegal purchase of the Malampaya Gas Field, which has net income of $1M a day and provides one fifth of the energy needs of the country, and give the right of first refusal to the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC).
- We call on the Filipino people to remain steadfast and vigilant against attempts to trample on our democratic, constitutional and human rights.
- We call on the COMELEC to conduct a manual recount, and for PPCRV, LENTE, and NAMFREL be given ample time to independently perform their function and produce authentic results.
Signed by: (as of May 20, 2022)
Loida Lewis, US Filipinos for Good Governance
Lora Nicolas Olaes, Young Global Filipinos for Leni Kiko
Ago Pedalizo, Filipino American Human Rights Alliance
Tabitha Ponciano, Malaya Movement USA
Treenee Lopez, Global Filipinos for Leni – Canada, Global Pinoy Diaspora Canada (GPDC)
Nerissa Allegretti, 1Sambayan USA
Rhonda Ramiro, BAYAN USA
Adrian Bonifacio, Anakbayan-USA
Marissa Corpus, Koalisyon Kontra Daya (KKD) Canada and Malaya Movement Canada
Jujo Conol, United Filipinos of North America
Rocio Nuyda, Global Filipinos for Leni Kiko
Aurora Kesler, Malaya Movement Texas
Joshua Rudd, Dallas Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines
Tiffany Sloan, Anakbayan Rice University
Mo Winchester, Malaya Movement North Texas
Angie Cruz, Filipino American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Terrie Cervas, GABRIELA USA
Art Garcia, Justice for Filipino American Veterans
Xenia Tupas, Migrante Los Angeles
Ami Jofaye Valero, Team Leni Robredo – Los Angeles
Gary Labao, Hawaii Filipinos for Truth and Democracy in the Philippines
Jesus Jose P. Cosico, 1sambayan and Koalisyon Kontra Daya – Ottawa
Jhenine Cordero, Anakbayan Los Angeles
Charles Jimenez, 1Sambayan Texas
Mayka Jaymalin, Anakbayan Canada
Bishop Valentin Lorejo, Jr., Iglesia Filipina Independiente, Diocese of Tampa (Eastern USA & Eastern Canada)
Fr. Primitivo Racimo, St. Augustine of Hippo Parish, Iglesia Filipina Independiente Chicago
Evelyn dela Rosa Tolledo, Bikol USA of the Midwest
Eric Lachica, U.S. Filipinos for Good Governance, Washington, D.C.
Stef Martin, Migrante Canada
Chris Sorio, BAYAN Canada
Naida Castro, National Ecumenical Forum for Filipino Concerns – Inland Empire (NEFFCON-IE)
Lester Ramos, Migrante USA
Gina Santiago Keghida, United Filipino Patriots Paris
Wilma Delo, Pilipinong Migrante sa Barrie
Lui Queano, Malaya Movement Canada
Nerissa Balce, Malaya Movement New York
Myrna Perez, Robredo People’s Council, Bulacan, Philippines & Angat Buhay – Ottawa
Bobby Young, Malaya Movement New Jersey
Julie Jamora, Malaya Movement USA
Nova Rellosa-De Leon, UP Alumni Canada for Leni-Kiko
Thelma Castro, Malaya Movement Quebec
Aimee Beboso, Migrante Ottawa
Olivia F Camacho, Malaya Movement Canada
Maya Arcilla, Malaya Movement Chicago
Kenneth Crebillo, Kabataan Alliance
Hector Fonacier, 1Sambayan Northeast, National Youth Movement for the West Philippine Sea, Malaya Movement New Jersey
Fr. Lito Mombay, Iglesia Filipina Independiente – Los Angeles,
Linn Silawan, Bunyog Pagkakaisa
Jude Kevin, Pilipino Association of Workers and Immigrants (PAWIS)
Danny Orbillo, Philippine Independence Day Council – Toronto
Geanbert Brucales, PHO Toronto
Claire N. Espina, Global Filipinos for Leni – Los Angeles; Team Leni Robredo
Lillibeth Navarro, Communities Actively Living Independent & Free (CALIF-iLC)
Karen Navarro, Global Filipinos For Leni – Los Angeles
Laura Vicente, Association of Filipino Accountants
Kayla Soriano, League of Filipino Students – San Francisco State University
Anjo Aguba, League of Filipinos Students – UC Berkeley
Didimay D. Dimacali, Global Filipinos for Leni-Los Angeles
Jill Mangaliman, GABRIELA Seattle
Primo Racimo, St. Augustine of Hippo Parish, Iglesia Filipina Independiente
Alexandria D’Antonio, Anakbayan Detroit
Kami Yamamoto, MPH, Kapwa Health Collective
Ireneo DeGuzman, Interfaith Action for Social Justice
Justher Gutierrez, Malaya Movement South Bay
Fr. Norman Soriano, MJ, Missionaries of Jesus
Jerica Jurilla Lunstedt, 1sambayan usa
Elaine Villasper, 1Sambayan Northern California
Maria Elizabeth L. Jaime, Global Filipinos For Leni – Los Angeles
Ireneo DeGuzman, Interfaith Action for Social Justice
Louis Lin, Migrante Seattle Organizing Committee
Sonya Zabala, Urban Babaylan – Decolonial Pin@ys Hawa’i
Niko Cababa, BAYAN USA
Jazlyn Tabar, Anakbayan Long Beach
Danilo Alvarez, ASPINC
Edmari Joy Gutierrez, Southern California Pilipinx American Student Alliance
Jet Pizarro, US Filipinos for Good Governance
Mavic Cabrera Balleza, PinoysAbroad
Rhoel Paulo Paragas, Anakbayan Daly City
Nikki De Leon, National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON)
Denise Cruz, League of Filipino Students, UC Berkeley
Remedy Medina, Liberal Party USA – Los Angeles Chapter
Beth Dollaga, Canada Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights
Michael Viola, Critical Filipino Studies Collective
Daphne Auza, Malaya Movement Portland
Anne Grantski, Malaya South East Portland
Mike Legaspi, BAYAN-USA Northeast
Ryan Factora, Samahang Pilipino
Maridel Andrada, Malaya Movement San Diego
Jake Vermaas, Whitenoise Project
Sokie PaulinYee, Pilipino Workers Center
Redelyn Katagiri, Malaya Quebec Movement, 1Sambayan
Edwin C. Lalas, Malaya Quebec Movement
Samantha Sipin, GABRIELA Oakland
Gil Anselmo, Solid Leni Kiko Global – Seattle
Reynaldo Abad, Knights of Rizal Los Angeles, California
Lilibeth Muñoz Cuaton, LPC
Ami Keene, Team Leni Robredo – New York City
Janelle Rivera, Malaya Movement Long Beach & Carson
Anya Plana-Hutt, Angat Buhay Kakampinks DC (Abakada)
Ronnette Sanchez, 1Sambayan Washington
Andrew Concon, Malaya Movement Baltimore
Luis Francia, Malaya Movement New York
Potri Ranka Manis, #LoveforMarawi
Shirley Atienza, Migrante New York
Malu Gutierrez, US GOTV
Bro. Marvien R. De Leon, TRoPang Leni & Kiko-Sta. Cruz, Laguna/Nineveh Artspace
Emilio Borromeo, Malaya Movement New Jersey
Vini Maranan, Malaya Movement Baltimore-DMV
May Maglaya, Global Filipinos for Leni and Kiko
Elizabeth Ruivivar, University of the Philippines Alumna Association of Toronto
Victor Taylor, Filipino Para sa Tunay na Pagbabago at Pamamahala
Lota Bertulfo, TROPA Ottawa
Bituin Aquino, US Filipinos For Good Governance
Audine Tayag, Malaya Movement Los Angeles
Greg Mariano, Jr., USF4GG, 1Sambayan Northeast USA
Ofelia A. Cantor, Ecumenical Bishops Forum
James Herce, Filipino-American Human Rights Alliance
Nanette Ortega Jongco, US Filipinos for Good Governance
Bienvenido Jongco, US Filipinos for Good Governance
Ignie. Ocampo, Taga UP for Leni
Dr. Norberto M. Boceta, Nationalist Pinoys for VP Leni
AK Rivera, Malaya Movement New York
Cesar N Ortanez, ABuTAN Wash DC
Peter Jon Imperial Obach, US Filipino for Good Governance
Evangeline A Palileo, SMCQC
Francis Catherine M Arceo, Migrante-Los Angeles
Ferdinand Lumiqued, Bibak
Edwin padillo, Liberal party philippines
Charina Vergara, Global Filipinos for Leni
Joseph G. Lariosa, Ulat Time
Albert Estipona, Filipino Community in Australia
Aida Morden, Migrante South West
Vic Gutierrez, Doctors for LeniKiko
Malu Gutierrez, US Filipino for Good Governance
Odilon Malong, UP Alumni Winnipeg MB
Salvador Acsay, Jr., NAMFREL Iloilo
Zack Garlitos, Malaya Movement New York
Basheer Rydhan, Anakbayan San Jose
Bernie Consul, CAMDi
Jun Tigno, SBU HS67 (USA)
Jho Mejares, Global Filipinos for Leni-Kiko
Tere Martinez, US Filipino for Good Governance
Rey Belen, 1Sambayan USA Chicago/Midwest
Edgar Santiago, Texas Thomasians Society
Susan Pineda, GABRIELA Washington DC
Angel Ola Jr. E., Bibak
Janeva Ysabelle Duran, GABRIELA Washington DC
Jo Quiambao, GABRIELA Washington, D.C.
Celine Milla, Anakbayan San Diego
Angeles Carandang, FilAms in Skokie
Jhonry Dela Cruz, 1Sambayan DMV
Rico Foz, Solid Leni-Kiko Global
Chip Payos, 1Sambayan Chicago and Malaya Movement Chicago
Lourdes “Bambi” Manalang, Angat Buhay Kakampinks – DC
Mercedes Shirley Almazar, Global Filipinos for Leni and Global Pinoy Diaspora Canada
Elna Morales Mallari, FILCON – Filipino Leaders Coalition of North Texas
Ria Veridiano, Malaya Movement New Jersey
Reina Arlyne Catabss, Theresians for Leni & Kiko
KT Pe Benito, Anakbayan Philadelphia
Marcelino Principe, Global Pinoy Diaspora Canada
Sandy Amon, GABRIELA Seattle
Genel Querido, Anakbayan SD
Bart Guingona, pagbabago@pilipinas Foundation Inc.
Nelia de guzman Munoz, 1Sambayan, Angat Buhay
Edgar Sullano, Global Pinoy Diaspora Canada
Analaida C. Beriton, Parish Pastoral Council
Elvira Galang, Filipino Migrants for Leni-Kiko
Evanthia Rezyl Solano, Anakbayan Manhattan
Cesar Torres, A Government for National Survival
Julian Ignacio, Anakbayan at UIC
Moxie Bautista, League of Filipino Students – UC Berkley
- Ibarra, League of Filipino Students – UC Berkley
Orlando Marcelino, Bayan Muna partylist in Canada
Maria Victoria Ocampo, UPSCA Manila
Sheila Lacanaria, San Jose Kakampinks
Karl Hernandez, Kaibigang Pilipin@
Willy Cuevas, 1sambayan northeast, Makibaka Coalition
Erie Maestro, 1Sambayan Canada Chapter
Ma. Victoria Melda C. Flores, Solid Leni Laguna
Amelita B. Castillo, Philippine Normal University Alumni
Neil Flores Vito, The Silent Majority
Jayde Felix, Samahang Pilipino
Jocelyn Marte, 1Sambayan Taytay
Cyril Catahan, Kakampink Victoria
Ruby Lavarias, Prayer Warriors for the Philippines
Dolly M. Indias, Prayer Warriors for Leni
Michelle Sauve, Malaya Movement Georgia
Dr. Rey A. Gonzales, Prayer Warriors for the Philippines
Romarico Tongos, PMA
Claudine Lucente, UPAA-Toronto
Cesar Torres, A Government for National Survival
Mavic Cabrera-Balleza, PinoysAbroad
Carmina Tolentino, Prayer Warriors for the Philippines
Ed. Tamondong Jr., Fil-Am in Chicago
Christian Mondero, Isang Bansang Pilipino (IBP)
Sam Visaya, Isang Bansang Pilipino (IBP)
Dr. Ligaya Lindio McGovern, Indiana University, Malaya Movement USA , Gabriela Chicago, NAFCON
Abe Recile, Anakbayan Chicago
Renzo Ledesma, Anakbayan Chicago
Joshua Dacumos, Anakbayan Los Angeles
Florenz Blancaflor, Malaya Massachusetts and Boston PEAR
Muriel Alejandrino, GABRIELA Los Angeles
Rebecca Co, GABRIELA Los Angeles
JR Manaois, Anakbayan South Seattle
Eden T. Floresca
Ricky Lacdang
Giselle Tongi
Maureen Rodriguez
Felicitas Santiago
Nydia Binos
Ariel Binos
Joan V. Castañeda-Bote
Jeremiah Ysip
Evelyn Lee
Felwina Opiso-Mondina
Geffrey Floresca
Jose Camano
Cecerie Bondoc
Luisa Mendez-Marshall
Maria Reina Ventura Siazon
Ester Bautro
Nina Valmonte
Michael Ilagan
Johanna Campos
Cristina Abasolo
Grace F. Dumlao
Manuel Ybanez
Irene Castro
Remarie Nepomuceno
Erna Sicangco
Aurea Josefina O. Rapadas
Bienvenido “Jun” Maneja Bancoro, Jr.
Jose Cabalu
Tani Bocaya
Jose Mercado
Soleil David
Job Elizes
Heredio Enrique Bello
Rodolfo Camarce
Charmaine CaedoI
Jun Ramos
Judith Tolosa
Brandie Nordstrum
Apolinario Duran Castillo Jr
Marnelle M. Obrero
Ruby Lavarias
Haniel Garibay
Bernadette Torres
Decolonial Pin@ys – Hawaiʻi
Gabriela Portland
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