Learn from our history of resistance! Reject Marcos-Duterte!
Malaya Movement USA statement on the inauguration of Ferdinand Marcos Jr
Malaya Movement USA stands firm in our rejection of the illegitimate presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Through decades-long manipulation, meddling, and corruption, Marcos Jr. has taken the highest office in the Philippines: this false victory must be exposed! The urgency to build the resistance against this incoming regime grows stronger each day.
Marcos Jr.’s inauguration at the National Museum is indicative of what we can expect from this incoming regime: unwavering support for the military and police and empty gestures for frontline workers, overseas Filipino workers, labor leaders, farmers, and many more. His speeches intentionally offer shallow statements meant to convince people of change yet no concrete steps are outlined. Marcos Jr. is also hellbent on painting a fairytale picture of his father’s deadly and violent years in office. Malaya Movement USA denounces his address that was riddled with lies, deception, and unending claims of unity without substance.
It is insulting to say that the Filipino “got by” during the most trying years of the Duterte regime and under the pandemic. Millions of lives were lost, and many more have continued to face hardship. Government subsistence was minimal, and instead funding was allocated elsewhere: to line the pockets of the corrupt few and to intensify the repression against the Filipino people through the ever-increasing budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).“Getting by” is a symptom of a larger problem: the government has consistently failed to support and serve its constituents in spite of the Filipino people’s cries for a better livelihood.
Marcos Jr. said “we do not look back but ahead,” urging our kababayan to forget the past. Instead, we call on the Filipino people to look to our history of resistance and learn from it. Join us as we build the anti-dictatorship movement, inspired by the one that blossomed under Marcos Sr. during the era of Martial Law among overseas Filipinos! Malaya Movement USA members and other progressive forces across the country protested and carried the resounding call to continue the fight for democracy and freedom in our homeland. People power is not a thing of the past but a growing resistance from the Philippines to the United States and beyond! Reject Marcos! Reject Duterte!
