QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – If Raoul Manuel is the best representative of our Filipino youth in Congress, what happens to the saying, “The youth is the future of our Motherland?”

In a recent Congressional hearing on foreign trade and foreign relations, the Kabataan Partylist representative asked the question: Have the Malaysians already returned the bananas (sabá) loaned to them by the Philippines? He said he was asking the question based on what he read on the Internet about Marcos claiming the Philippines has reclaimed the disputed territory of Sabah, Malaysia.

The Adobo Chronicles has obtained a video of that question hour in Congress: