this, we are experiencing shrinking space. In fact that's a wrong termat this point, the space has shrunk so little. The entire Philippines is still in the state of emergency. Proclamation no. 55, Martial law, sinabi na yan kanina, naka ilang beses na ng renewal, Memorandum Order 32 kung saan para palakasin ang anti-insurgency, more more presence of military and police sa Visayas at Bicol Region. At kanina nabanggit ang Executive Order 70 kung saan may task force to end local communist insurgency. Eto ay very reminiscent of Marcos dictatorship in low-intensity conflict. Doon tayo sa baba, magcreate ka ng mala-masa masid, yung mga NGOs na pinaparegister, theyre pitting them against each other. Kasi ang mga mandato daw nung mga NGOs na accredited ay hindi lang for delivery of service kundi magbigay din ng listahan sino sa tingin niyo ay involved sa rebellion. So we don't need to have a martial law declaration for the entire country. h. Militarized bureaucracy. ​Bukod sa mga proclamations na ito, we have a militarized bureaucracy. Yung mga key positions that we deal with, DILG, si dating General Año, na dati syang chief of intelligence division noong panahon na nainvolve siya, nahighlight ang kanyang role sa pagkadukot kay Jonas Burgos. National Irrigation Administration. Bakit kailangan ng militar dun? Pero si Ricardo Visaya. MMDA, Danilo Lim. DSWD, Rolando Bautista. TESDA. DENR Roy Cimatu, at yung pinakamalapit sa puso namin, bago po nga yan, pero yung National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, si Allen Capuyan po, ang tawag po sa Mindanao ay berdugo. Sya po ay nainvolve noong panahon ni Gloria na sangkot sa maraming operasyon ng pagkalikas ng katutubong mamamayan. So if we're talking about prevention of conflict, we have to prevent this government from doing and propagating the sense of fear na siyang nagsisilbi nang mitsa ng mga conflicts. i. Role of CHR as Gender Ombud. Anong magiging role ng CHR? Una siguro sa lahat, as Gender Ombud, please rub off some courage to PCW who has remained silent in all of these violations. Well of course may mga press releases, but that's all it has to do. So una yun. Encourage other commissions such as PCW to play a role of highlighting the violations that we experience. In fact, yung finile namin na case against then-Mayor Duterte for violating the Magna Carta of Women, it was the first case that the Gender Ombud has to deal with. And we're glad that it was handled very quickly and very fairly, pero syempre ang malaking limitasyon ngayon, saan ipapasa ngayon ang recommendation. Pero siguro maganda sa mga cases na ganyan ay yung education work, information that this sitting president is actually violated the MCW since Day 1, even before he sat. So kahit under his presidency napirmahan ang Anti-Bastos Law, it is not his legacy. That has to be promoted and that has to be highlighted. j. Sexist remarks as precursor to femicide. ​Talking with the Honduran women activists where femicide, or the killing of women has a very large percentage in their society. In fact, in 2019, in January alone, thirty women have been killed in very violent ways, they said. Ang sabi nila, nag umpisa lahat yan, ang ganung kultura ng pagpatay ay pagkamuhi sa mga kababaihan, nagumpisa lamang sa mga bastos na pananalita ng mga nasa poder. So continually hearing jokes and words, especially Page 46​ of 62