Asia's political expert asks Jim Paredes: 'Do you respect other people's rights?'

"Mahilig nyong bigkasin ang karapatan, rinespeto nyo ba ang karapatan ng iba?"

This was the question posted by political management expert Malou Tiquia to anti-Duterte protesters particularly singer Jim Paredes after a video surfaced of the OPM icon berating Duterte supporters at the EDSA anniversary rally at the People Power Monument on Saturday, February 25.

Composite photos from CNN PH and Rappler

"Para mo puntahan, duro-duruin at tanungin ng pabastos ang iba na katulad ng ginawa ni Ginoong Paredes ay ugaling di na makakapwa," Tiquia stated in a Facebook post after sharing an article about the said incident.

The video showed Paredes berating a "youth organizers" and calling them cowards after spewing, "Look at me." At one point, Paredes asked the group if Duterte is "responsible for 7000 deaths" to which a Duterte supporter replied, "It's still being investigated."

"Lie to yourself," Paredes told the youth group in between laughs.

Tiquia wondered, "Ang People's Power Monument pala ay pag-aari ng iisang grupo? At walang KARAPATAN ang naiiba ang pananaw na magsabi ng kanilang ninanais, kahit ito ay pag-taas ng banner at kamao lamang?"


To end her post, Tiquia urged her readers to not follow Paredes, who is a critic of the Duterte administration.

"Mangmang ka man o nakapag-aral, walang dapat mambastos sa yo ng ganyan at wala ka ring karapatang mang-api ng kapwa mo," Tiquia stated.

Source: Malou Tiquia

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