Hinikayat ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang mamamayang Pilipino na makilahok sa makabuluhang pakikipaglaban para sa kalayaan.
“Even in exercising our most cherished freedoms, our differences can move us to engage in healthy yet meaningful discourse without sowing hatred and division, as well as push our country towards the right direction,” pahayag ni Duterte sa kanyang huling independence day message.
Inalala pa ni Duterte ang ginawang pakikipaglaban ng mga Pilipino para sa liberation at kalayaan laban sa mga mananakop.
“On this day more than a century ago, we have shown to the world our collective force and will as a people by compellingly repudiating colonial subjugation.While our path to true freedom has been long and tedious, our forefathers have walked the mile and made us pioneers of republican democracy in Asia,” dagdag ni Duterte.
Hinikayat rin ni Duterte ang lahat na balikan ang iniwang aral ng mga nakaraan at naniniwala siya na may “wisdom” na matatamo sa kasalukuyang desisyon ng gobyerno para na rin sa magandang hinaharap.
” Constant discernment in the continuing process of nation-building therefore makes us realize that our liberties are there to make us wiser and not to prove that we are always right or better,”ayon pa kay Duterte.
Sinabi rin si Duterte sa publiko na magsama-sama para sa ” glory and triumph” ng bansang Pilipino. (Jaymel Manuel)
