Duterte gives ‘oligarchs’ three months to pay right taxes, wages or else
President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday threatened to have the government take back its pieces of property now under the control of businesses that have been remiss in either paying taxes or in paying their employees their just salaries.
Duterte made the remark about a crackdown in the next three months in a speech before workers at a Labor Day celebration in Davao City.
“So within the next three months, ako nang ignon ang mga tag-iya ug diri nagkupot sa yuta sa gobyerno na wa mo mubayad sa inyong buwis amounting to billions, unya gagunit mo sa yuta sa gobyerno na gipagkitaan ninyo nga walay klaro na unsa nganong naabot sa inyo: Ug dili ninyo i-uli ang yuta sa gobyerno, I will ask the Filipino people to occupy the lands that are in your hands,” Duterte said.
[So within the next three months, I will tell those holding government lands who failed to pay their taxes amounting to billions, those earning from government lands but not paying you (workers) well: If you do not give back the lands of the government, I will ask the Filipino people to occupy the lands that are in your hands.]
“Naa sa Makati, Pasay, pangita na mo ug gwapong puwesto diha. Yes, because I said adto tang tanan, pangita mo ug puwesto, pagbutang namo sa inyong balay because it is yours. It cannot be theirs for all time,” he added.
[Look for your own spots in Makati, Pasay. Yes, because I said we will all go there.Llook for a spot. Put up your own house because it is yours. It cannot be theirs for all time.]
“Start thinking and talking to the authorities,” Duterte said, this time addressing the wealthy, who he called oligarchs.
Duterte lamented how pieces of government properties could be controlled by a few families in the Philippines.
“May mga propedad sa gobyerno na gipanggunitan lang ug pipila ka pamilya sa Pilipinas. Kaning mga dato, miski kinsang presidente, ilang kumpare. And so they have been enjoying privileges na wa gyud gihatag sa katawhan nga ila man unta,” Duterte said.
[There are government properties held be a few families in the Philippines. The rich befriend whoever is the president. And so they have been enjoying privileges which were not to the people when it should be rightfully theirs.]
“Naay mga propedad diri sa Pilipinas nga hantud karon ginagunitan sa mga oligarchs, maoy tag-iya ug negosyo, maoy tag-iya ug business empire, maoy tig-guba sa atong yuta. Wala silay pakialam, and they have been abusing the Filipino people,” he added.
[There are properties in the Philippines that until not held by the oligarchs, who own businesses, who own business empires, who destroyed our lands. They don't care, and they have been abusing the Filipino people.] —NB, GMA News
Source:GMA News
Duterte made the remark about a crackdown in the next three months in a speech before workers at a Labor Day celebration in Davao City.
“So within the next three months, ako nang ignon ang mga tag-iya ug diri nagkupot sa yuta sa gobyerno na wa mo mubayad sa inyong buwis amounting to billions, unya gagunit mo sa yuta sa gobyerno na gipagkitaan ninyo nga walay klaro na unsa nganong naabot sa inyo: Ug dili ninyo i-uli ang yuta sa gobyerno, I will ask the Filipino people to occupy the lands that are in your hands,” Duterte said.
[So within the next three months, I will tell those holding government lands who failed to pay their taxes amounting to billions, those earning from government lands but not paying you (workers) well: If you do not give back the lands of the government, I will ask the Filipino people to occupy the lands that are in your hands.]
“Naa sa Makati, Pasay, pangita na mo ug gwapong puwesto diha. Yes, because I said adto tang tanan, pangita mo ug puwesto, pagbutang namo sa inyong balay because it is yours. It cannot be theirs for all time,” he added.
[Look for your own spots in Makati, Pasay. Yes, because I said we will all go there.Llook for a spot. Put up your own house because it is yours. It cannot be theirs for all time.]
“Start thinking and talking to the authorities,” Duterte said, this time addressing the wealthy, who he called oligarchs.
Duterte lamented how pieces of government properties could be controlled by a few families in the Philippines.
“May mga propedad sa gobyerno na gipanggunitan lang ug pipila ka pamilya sa Pilipinas. Kaning mga dato, miski kinsang presidente, ilang kumpare. And so they have been enjoying privileges na wa gyud gihatag sa katawhan nga ila man unta,” Duterte said.
[There are government properties held be a few families in the Philippines. The rich befriend whoever is the president. And so they have been enjoying privileges which were not to the people when it should be rightfully theirs.]
“Naay mga propedad diri sa Pilipinas nga hantud karon ginagunitan sa mga oligarchs, maoy tag-iya ug negosyo, maoy tag-iya ug business empire, maoy tig-guba sa atong yuta. Wala silay pakialam, and they have been abusing the Filipino people,” he added.
[There are properties in the Philippines that until not held by the oligarchs, who own businesses, who own business empires, who destroyed our lands. They don't care, and they have been abusing the Filipino people.] —NB, GMA News
Source:GMA News
