Senate President Vicente Sotto III clarified Friday that his proposal to amend the national anthem, “Lupang Hinirang,” was just a composer’s wish.
Sotto said he has no plans of filing a bill to change what he called the “defeatist” line from “ang mamatay nang dahil sa iyo” to “ang ipaglaban kalayaan mo.”
“Not at all! It’s just a usual wish of a composer who thinks a word or two can stand improvement in any song, whether it’s an anthem or any song,” he said in a text message to GMA News Online when asked how serious was he in his proposed revision.
He said he is “more concerned and serious about the way our national anthem is being sung.”
“Pronunciation and intonation is incorrect in some words and phrases,” he added.
On his Twitter account, the Senate leader posted a video of singer Joey Ayala titled “How Lupang Hinirang ought to be sung.”
He also tweeted that the original translation from Spanish to English to Filipino was the cause of the wrong cadence of words.
Sotto said he just mentioned what has been bothering him for a long time during the interpellation on the proposal to add a ninth ray to the sun on the Philippine flag.
“Is there a possibility of taking a second look at the national anthem. It’s in the same law. I’m not suggesting it right now, I’m just saying that you might as well look into the entire law and that includes the Philippine national anthem,” he said during his exchange with Senator Richard Gordon.
He expressed dismay that some people are imposing their opinion on others.
“Kaso yung mga ‘know it alls,’ they want to impose their opinion on other people,” he said.
Asked how he was handling his critics, he said they should just mind their own business.
“That’s my opinion and I have not done anything to infuse to them my opinion,” he said. — RSJ, GMA News
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/668618/sotto-says-revision-of-lupang-hinirang-was-just-his-wish/story/
(UPDATE) Instead of amending the national anthem law; Senate President Sotto told rival broadcasters to stop producing their own version of national anthem music video on signing off and on, in favor of the Philippine National Anthem 1998 Centennial Version during the Presidency of Joseph Estrada (full, digitally remastered in 1080p HD widescreen and 4K UHD with end tagline with voiceover saying: “Ang watawat at pambansang awit ay sagisag ng ating pagka-Pilipino. Igalang natin at ipagpitagan ang mga ito” plus Philippine Centennial Logo and special thanks to) aired on ABS-CBN, S&A, PTV, TV5, 5 Plus, IBC and BEAM during sign-off and on messages also during the first screening and last full show of movie in SM, Waltermart and Citymall Cinema moviehouses nationwide while the 1994 Philippine National Anthem digitally remastered in 1080p HD widescreen and 4K UHD full version produced by BPI full version aired on GMA and GMA News TV.
Sotto said he has no plans of filing a bill to change what he called the “defeatist” line from “ang mamatay nang dahil sa iyo” to “ang ipaglaban kalayaan mo.”
“Not at all! It’s just a usual wish of a composer who thinks a word or two can stand improvement in any song, whether it’s an anthem or any song,” he said in a text message to GMA News Online when asked how serious was he in his proposed revision.
He said he is “more concerned and serious about the way our national anthem is being sung.”
“Pronunciation and intonation is incorrect in some words and phrases,” he added.
On his Twitter account, the Senate leader posted a video of singer Joey Ayala titled “How Lupang Hinirang ought to be sung.”
He also tweeted that the original translation from Spanish to English to Filipino was the cause of the wrong cadence of words.
Sotto said he just mentioned what has been bothering him for a long time during the interpellation on the proposal to add a ninth ray to the sun on the Philippine flag.
“Is there a possibility of taking a second look at the national anthem. It’s in the same law. I’m not suggesting it right now, I’m just saying that you might as well look into the entire law and that includes the Philippine national anthem,” he said during his exchange with Senator Richard Gordon.
He expressed dismay that some people are imposing their opinion on others.
“Kaso yung mga ‘know it alls,’ they want to impose their opinion on other people,” he said.
Asked how he was handling his critics, he said they should just mind their own business.
“That’s my opinion and I have not done anything to infuse to them my opinion,” he said. — RSJ, GMA News
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/668618/sotto-says-revision-of-lupang-hinirang-was-just-his-wish/story/
(UPDATE) Instead of amending the national anthem law; Senate President Sotto told rival broadcasters to stop producing their own version of national anthem music video on signing off and on, in favor of the Philippine National Anthem 1998 Centennial Version during the Presidency of Joseph Estrada (full, digitally remastered in 1080p HD widescreen and 4K UHD with end tagline with voiceover saying: “Ang watawat at pambansang awit ay sagisag ng ating pagka-Pilipino. Igalang natin at ipagpitagan ang mga ito” plus Philippine Centennial Logo and special thanks to) aired on ABS-CBN, S&A, PTV, TV5, 5 Plus, IBC and BEAM during sign-off and on messages also during the first screening and last full show of movie in SM, Waltermart and Citymall Cinema moviehouses nationwide while the 1994 Philippine National Anthem digitally remastered in 1080p HD widescreen and 4K UHD full version produced by BPI full version aired on GMA and GMA News TV.
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