Fight for genuine independence! Defend Philippine sovereignty!
Statement on the 125th Anniversary of Philippine Independence from Spain
The Malaya Movement USA joins Filipinos all over the world in celebrating the 125th anniversary of the declaration of Philippine independence from Spain. The Malaya Movement USA calls on Filipinos to continue to fight for the genuine and full realization of Philippine independence and sovereignty.
We pay tribute to the heroic struggle of the Filipino people to fight for national liberation against the colonial rule of Spain, and the determined resistance against American colonization and Japanese occupation. We also pay tribute to the many Filipinos who continue to struggle for genuine independence and sovereignty in our homeland.
We in the Malaya Movement USA believe that today must go beyond celebration of culture and heritage. Today we must reflect on the current state of our people and of our motherland.
At present, genuine independence is a farce for the Philippines. The current state of the Philippines shows us immense economic disparity, exploitation of workers, and crippling poverty. While the rich few continue to reap the benefits from foreign investments and intervention, many are left vulnerable. This economic dependence has become a major hindrance to the full realization of independence and sovereignty. The Philippines, its lands and its peoples, have become resources to be exploited and exported.
Marcos Jr. said in his Independence Day speech that “the Philippines shall never again be subservient to external forces.” His declaration is both a lie and is ignorant of the state of affairs.
Marcos Jr. is the enemy and one of the biggest threats against Philippine independence and sovereignty. Marcos Jr. in fact is one of the aggressive promoters of eliminating the restriction on foreign ownership of strategic industries in the Philippines via charter change. Marcos Jr. has opened up the Philippines for more exploitation through his many travels, spending over 15% of his time in office out of the country to cement deals with foreign investors and countries. These changes will put the Philippines literally up for sale and will be dismembered by foreign powers.
We must defend Philippine independence and sovereignty by opposing and defeating attempts to undermine it.
Only an organized people’s movement, not saviors nor miracles, no foreign power, can and will defend and assert Philippine sovereignty and independence. Only the Filipino people can do that. We in the Malaya Movement call on all patriotic Filipinos to unite, get organized, and build a powerful movement that will sweep away traitors like the illegitimate government of the Marcoses and Duterte and realize genuine independence and sovereignty for the Philippines.
