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February 11,2019
President Duterte has floated the idea of changing the country’s name from Philippines to “Maharlika” as earlier pushed by the late President Ferdinand Marcos.
In his speech during the distribution of certificates of land ownership award in Maguindanao, Duterte recalled how the late strongman wanted to change the name of the Philippines, saying the name represents the late King of Spain.
“’The Republic of Maharlika’ because Maharlika is a Malay word and it means – more of a concept of serenity and peace. Tama si Marcos noon (Marcos was right back then),” he added.
“Ang mga Pilipino sinulsulan lang, ‘diktador-diktador.’ Kagaya ko diktador. Kelan ba ako nag diktador, kelan pa ako nag-utos dito (The Filipinos were just urged to reject it because they said Marcos was a dictator. Like me, they say I’m a dictator, when did I dictate something)?” he continued.
In the Philippines, the term ‘Maharlika’ is used to refer to the feudal warrior class in ancient Tagalog society in Luzon. In modern Filipino, the term has come to mean “royal nobility.”
According to Duterte, Islam was ahead in the country around 90 years before Spanish conquistadors arrived. He said Filipinos originally came from the Malay race.
“Kasalanan ba namin ang dumating ang Espanyol, at kinonquer kami, subjugated… Ang malas namin, walang missionary dumating dito (Is it our fault that the Spaniards came here and conquered and subjugated us? The only unfortunate thing was no Muslim missionary came here),” he said.
“Sila nagdala ng kanyon, sila nagdala ng baril. Okay na yung relihiyon, kung sino lang maniwala, okay. Sila yung nagdala ng, pumunta dito nang ‘di nila lupa (They brought canons and guns. The religion was fine, if people believed, then fine. But they went here while it was not their land),” he added.
“’Yan man din ang hinanakit ng Islam, hindi naman namin kasalanan yan. Eh, dumating yung mga p****g i***g yun, pinagpapatay kami, subjugation, wala mang magawa, so over 400 years nawala talaga yung pagka Malay natin (That is also the resentment of the Islam because it was not our fault. Those sons of bitches came here, killed us all and subjugated us. So for over 400 years, our Malay traits slowly disappeared),” he continued.
President Duterte has floated the idea of changing the country’s name from Philippines to “Maharlika” as earlier pushed by the late President Ferdinand Marcos.
In his speech during the distribution of certificates of land ownership award in Maguindanao, Duterte recalled how the late strongman wanted to change the name of the Philippines, saying the name represents the late King of Spain.
“’The Republic of Maharlika’ because Maharlika is a Malay word and it means – more of a concept of serenity and peace. Tama si Marcos noon (Marcos was right back then),” he added.
“Ang mga Pilipino sinulsulan lang, ‘diktador-diktador.’ Kagaya ko diktador. Kelan ba ako nag diktador, kelan pa ako nag-utos dito (The Filipinos were just urged to reject it because they said Marcos was a dictator. Like me, they say I’m a dictator, when did I dictate something)?” he continued.
In the Philippines, the term ‘Maharlika’ is used to refer to the feudal warrior class in ancient Tagalog society in Luzon. In modern Filipino, the term has come to mean “royal nobility.”
According to Duterte, Islam was ahead in the country around 90 years before Spanish conquistadors arrived. He said Filipinos originally came from the Malay race.
“Kasalanan ba namin ang dumating ang Espanyol, at kinonquer kami, subjugated… Ang malas namin, walang missionary dumating dito (Is it our fault that the Spaniards came here and conquered and subjugated us? The only unfortunate thing was no Muslim missionary came here),” he said.
“Sila nagdala ng kanyon, sila nagdala ng baril. Okay na yung relihiyon, kung sino lang maniwala, okay. Sila yung nagdala ng, pumunta dito nang ‘di nila lupa (They brought canons and guns. The religion was fine, if people believed, then fine. But they went here while it was not their land),” he added.
“’Yan man din ang hinanakit ng Islam, hindi naman namin kasalanan yan. Eh, dumating yung mga p****g i***g yun, pinagpapatay kami, subjugation, wala mang magawa, so over 400 years nawala talaga yung pagka Malay natin (That is also the resentment of the Islam because it was not our fault. Those sons of bitches came here, killed us all and subjugated us. So for over 400 years, our Malay traits slowly disappeared),” he continued.
