Legarda to Guo: 'Convince us you're Filipino'

Manila Bulletin

In questioning Mayor Alice Guo’s identity, Sen. Loren Legarda got irked at the mayor after she asked her about her childhood but failed to provide concrete details of her time when she grew up inside their farm.   Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00 Tell us about your childhood.

00:02 Your Honor, I grew up on a farm.

00:04 I grew up in a farm.

00:06 I grew up alone.

00:08 My father took me there.

00:10 How I wish for...

00:12 You cannot grow up alone from the time you were born.

00:14 So the formative years,

00:16 from age,

00:18 from the time your mother birthed you,

00:20 up to perhaps

00:22 10 years old,

00:24 who was your caregiver?

00:26 Your grandmother?

00:28 Or was it just you on the farm?

00:30 Your father visited you?

00:32 From where?

00:34 Who was your family member

00:36 who raised you?

00:38 Who were your friends

00:40 who were with you on the farm?

00:42 In short,

00:44 I'll be very honest.

00:46 Please convince us

00:48 that you were born in the Philippines,

00:50 that you are Filipino,

00:52 and that you are not

00:54 what people

00:56 suspect you to be.

00:58 I'll be direct.

01:00 Please convince us, because you cannot

01:02 not remember your first

01:04 few years of living

01:06 in the formative years.

01:08 So that we can be convinced,

01:10 because we want to be convinced that all

01:12 elected officials are Filipinos

01:14 and not spies of other countries.

01:16 So, as a nationally

01:18 elected official,

01:20 and I won in Tarlac,

01:22 number one, I think, or two,

01:24 I won in Banban,

01:26 perhaps you even carried me a sample ballot,

01:28 we have to know.

01:30 So, if you're

01:32 really Chinese

01:34 and fronting for other people,

01:36 go back to your country.

01:38 But if you are Filipino

01:40 and you were born here,

01:42 convince us, because we want to be convinced.

01:44 So I'm trying to help you

01:46 by trying to make you recall

01:48 about your childhood.

01:50 Because it's like scripted.

01:52 Because I was born on this.

01:54 This is what I can remember.

01:56 And then when I ask you the same question,

01:58 it's the same rote. R-O-T-E.

02:00 So convince us.

02:02 Your Honor,

02:04 I grew up in

02:06 Banban, Tarlac.

02:08 I grew up in a farm.

02:10 Again,

02:12 what barangay, what farm,

02:14 who took care of your

02:16 family situation,

02:18 who played with you,

02:20 who was your classmate,

02:22 if you were homeschooled, who homeschooled you?

02:24 That's it.

02:26 Madam Senator,

02:28 I grew up in

02:30 Barangay Vergent de los Remedios,

02:32 Banban, Tarlac. I am a Filipino.

02:34 I grew up with

02:36 our farm employees.

02:38 I will also provide the names.

02:40 The employees are also come and go.

02:42 38 years ago,

02:44 Madam Senator, I really don't have

02:46 much to remember.

02:48 I still have one colleague

02:50 who has been with us for a long time,

02:52 Mr. Mang Boy, who is still with me.

02:54 Next time,

02:56 I might be able to present him here

02:58 so you can get to know him.

03:00 In fact, I'm only 14 years old

03:02 and I'm already working.

03:04 I know the barangay chairman

03:06 who was mentioned earlier

03:08 and I will invite him.

03:10 I'm already buying corn.

03:12 I can present their names

03:14 and I will let them know

03:16 if I can disclose their names.

03:18 Excuse me,

03:20 Senator.

03:22 Thank you.

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