We believe that God exists. We believe in miracles and blessings; of goodness and love; of being selfless and honest. We grew up with an environment that firmly believed in those things.

This election has been the most difficult path we’ve walked because there are a lot of people that we lost. People whom we admired and looked up to growing up were the same people who condemned us for fighting for the truth; for standing up for what we thought will give us an honest and transparent governance – one with a clean track record and with a heart that genuinely loves the people of the Philippines. Rather than feeling heartbroken, we feel anger – burning, seething anger. It's like being stabbed not in the back but right in front of our faces by the people we knew, we laughed and shared memories with. 

Forgive us, but we can’t accept him as the “will of the Lord” for the Philippines. That’s not what you taught us. How can I believe someone who blatantly disregards the ten commandments?

Thou shalt not kill.

During the Marcos regime, 70,000 were imprisoned, 34,000 were tortured and 3,240 were killed according to the Amnesty International.

Thou shall not steal.

His father and their family hid $356M in Swiss banks according to the Swiss Federal Supreme Court. 

Thou shalt not lie.  

Yet they never apologized. They denied their atrocities. They denied history. 

No. This is not what our faith is all about. We don’t understand the massive support you were giving for a man who doesn’t reflect our beliefs and what we stand for. We can’t fathom how you can proudly parade in social media the face and name of the man that in no way is close to what you preach – that the church mirrors such an unimaginable morale.

And how after the elections, you were so ready to mock those people who stood their ground. As a fellow Christian ourselves, we are ashamed that the church we represent sees the election as a mere “ganap” in our lives. The elections don't conclude in a day. Your vote is not only for yourself but for the whole nation. Who you voted for dictates the life of the Filipinos for six years. And that’s a long time. Anything can happen. And because of you, YES! YOU, our lives will be in the hands of someone who doesn’t care for the Filipinos and only has his self-interest in mind. 

From this day on, I will cut ties with people whom we once loved, adored and respected because I realized some principles are non-negotiable. We lose people in life, and that’s okay. It’s better to foster more meaningful relationships than to stick with people with no moral compass. 

Yeah, maybe we're too “emotional” and “too exaggerated”, as what you guys might say, but telling us to simply “move on” is a disrespect to the victims of Martial Law. Forcing us to “just accept it” is accepting the years of manipulation, the prevalence of vast disinformation and historical revisionism. So, no, we refused to ignore and turn a blind eye to all of these. 

The same church that taught us to carry our own cross can’t even carry their own by upholding the truth. Instead, you started to guilt-trip and calculate our actions just so you can defend your own truth. 

Tell us why? It could’ve been an easy choice.