This past August, the Commission on Audit flagged various agencies for anomalous spending of their 2021 budget. Among those agencies is the Department of Health. This prompted the Senate to conduct an investigation that exposed the graft ridden deals of Pharmally worth billions of pesos. It is worth noting that Pharmally is connected to Duterte’s cronies: Michael Yang and associates.

On September 14, 2021 the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) held a press conference with a Lumad student where they explicitly accused Malaya Movement USA and several other US-based organizations as terrorists. While this claim is unfounded, the consequences could be extremely harmful.

The Malaya Movement joins the Filipino people both in the homeland and around the world in their just demand: Wakasan na! End the Duterte regime! More than five years of incompetence, treachery and brutality. The people have had enough of Duterte.

The first National Assembly of the Malaya Movement USA was convened in between two historically significant dates: the martyrdom of Benigno Ninoy Aquino and the Cry of Pugad Lawin of 1896. It was held specifically in recognition of these two historic events, the struggle against the Marcos dictatorship on one hand and the beginning of the Philippine revolution for independence and sovereignty. With the Philippine National Elections in 2022 looming, the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to worsen, and Duterte’s final year in office ramping up, this gathering of overseas Filipinos and allies forged our collective commitment to fighting for human rights, democracy, and sovereignty in the Philippines.

The Malaya Movement condemns this merciless and vile murders by the Armed Forces of the Philippines against the Lumad-Manobo community. The fascist Duterte regime has exacerbated and encouraged these atrocities throughout his term and it is an affront to the rights and dignity of the people. The Duterte regime must be held accountable for these atrocious crimes against humanity.

On this International Workers’ Day also known as May Day, the Malaya Movement gives tribute to all Filipino workers who have struggled and continue to struggle against the fascist regime of Rodrigo Duterte.