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Do you think I have forgotten about you?

If you've seen this hashtag around, feel free to support it! It's the beginning of Campaign Season in the Philippines and everyone is hopeful for the future. Here's why.

In the Philippines, we've been under horrific, anti-human rights, murderous leadership for the past 6 years.

You all know Rodrigo "I will be Hitler and Drug Addicts will be Jews" Duterte. You know he ran a drug war that killed over 30,000 people in Extra Judicial Killings. That we know of.

That was what we had for the longest time. And he mishandled the pandemic as badly as you'd think for someone who hates human rights.

But then there's Leni Robredo.

She's our Vice President. The admin has been trying to push her out for 6 years because she's an actual good leader.

She's a grassroots lawyer, she's ALWAYS there in person during calamities, she's been running independent pandemic relief, she has 0 record of corruption, the Commission of Audit has been marking her office one of the most reliable in the entire government for the entirety of her Vice Presidency.

She. Is. Amazing. And she's running for President!

"Kulay Rosas Ang Bukas" stands for "The colour pink is the future", because pink is her campaign colour. Many people, including perhaps artists you follow on social media, have been showing their support for her campaign.

Now Motzie, you ask, if she's so beloved, why is everyone going so hard on campaigning for her?

Excellent question.

Enter, BBM or Bongbong Marcos.

SON OF A DICTATOR, LITERALLY HAS A "COURT CASES" SECTION ON WIKIPEDIA, IS USING THE BILLIONS OF PESOS HIS FATHER STOLE FROM THE PHILIPPINES TO FUND HIS CAMPAIGN AND AN ARMY OF INTERNET TROLLS

He also consistently denies, alongside his family, the egregiousness of the long dictatorship and Martial Law his father (and unofficially, his mother) ran for years.

And he's running for President. The absolute clown is paying big money to erase the crimes of his family and his own harmful actions. His mother is pushing it possibly because she was CONVICTED in 2018 and still hasn't been imprisoned, and having a President for a son could keep her out of jail.

I won't stay too long on this criminal idiot. He doesn't deserve attention. The point is that he's paid, with the people's money, to run campaigns to LIE to the people.

And the reason everyone pushes so hard for Leni to win is so that the Marcoses, the family of dictators who stole billions from the Philippines, will lose.

And the reason we want Leni to win is because she's actually a good leader.

I can't list EVERYTHING she's done, but here's a summary:

Was on the ground for multiple calamities in the Philippines to aid people

Was running pandemic aid consistently better than the actual Philippine government under Duterte, which tried on multiple occasions to push her out

BBM has been holding a grudge on her for years for "stealing" the Vice Presidency from him when he tried this back in 2016

Even if it's not healthy to place ALL your hopes and dreams onto one person, she's very clearly interested in making the country better, in contrast with Marcos.

If you see all the love for our Pink Presidential Candidate floating around, feel free to support it for the hope of a better future for the Philippines.

And if you want to do your own research, feel free to!

But here's a quick glossary of additional terms for context:

1) Rosas = Pink (Filipino), also Rose (Filipino)

2) Kakampink = a play on the word Kakampi (Ally) but with "pink" in the word

3) LeniKiko2022 = I can't speak much on Kiko Pangilinan, the VP candidate campaigning with Leni. All I can say is that in the Philippines you can vote for Presidents and VPs separately. Kiko was her candidate pick. I need to do more research before I can safely say anything about Kiko, but they're definitely campaigning together!

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