BBM: We haven't done enough vs OSAEC

President Marcos yesterday shed tears at a summit to combat online sexual abuse and exploitation of children, where he vowed to put behind bars those who perpetrate this abhorrent crime.

- HELEN FLORES

Marcos was emotional when he began his speech at the “Iisang Nasyon, Iisang Aksyon: Tapusin ang Online Sexual Abuse or Exploitation of Children (OSAEC) Ngayon” summit at the New World Hotel in Makati City after listening to a sexual abuse survivor.

“As I was listening to the young lady – and she is a lady – I could not help but shed a tear to think, to try to have to relive the suffering that (she) went through. And to think how many other children are – even as we sit in this fancy hotel room, eating our fancy food – continuing to suffer the same fate as she has,” the President said.

“And accompanying those tears that are just shed was a deep sense of shame because we have not done enough for the Philippines to now be considered the epicenter of…” he added.