The pursuit of foreign plunder reinforces the administration’s thrust for charter change. From the House of Representatives-backed “people’s initiative” to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s affirmation of support to amendments of economic provisions in the Constitution, the all-encompassing ramifications of charter change loom ever larger. 

Sectors across the country will bear the brunt of the state’s treasonous collaboration with imperial powers hell-bent on pillaging our natural resources, converting our lands, stunting our domestic economy, and exploiting our workforce. Easing our economic restrictions is tantamount to tightening the noose around the necks of our farmers, indigenous peoples, workers, and the education sector.  

Digging the Agriculture Sector’s Grave

An absolute foreign takeover of key sectors further renders agricultural lands vulnerable to corporate appropriation and use conversion.

Foreign Gears Grind Against Workers’ Rights

Cha-cha is the culmination of the Marcos Jr. administration’s bid to sell the workers’ sector to foreign investors.

Bleeding Ancestral Lands

Charter change leaves indigenous peoples by the wayside, threatening to expose their ancestral domains and rights to exploitation.

Edukasyon Bilang Dayuhang Korporasyon

Sa halip na mag-aksaya ng pondo at oras sa cha-cha, dapat na ilaan ng gobyerno ang lakas nito sa pagtugon sa ugat ng krisis sa edukasyon. ●

First published in the March 15, 2024 print edition of the Collegian.