Back in the Philippines, activists are fighting legislative moves to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) from 15 to 9 years old. Working abroad, I could only speak out on social media. Had I been there, it wouldn’t have been impossible to see me with activists marching against the bill. The last two days, especially reading about the twisted logic of congressmen and senators who are justifying such a move really got me down. I’m feeling hopeless about my country and the ‘public servants’ who are supposed to serve the public interest but in reality, are serving their monster president in Malacanang.
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