1 of 19 An Open/Public Rejoinder to the Philippine Supreme Court’s Notice/Resolution 1 (Dated 05 March 2019) and Justice Leonen’s Separate Concurring Opinion 2 on the Motion for Reconsideration filed in Nov. 2018 by Tanggol Wika in G.R. No. 217451 3 David Michael San Juan 4 ~~~ “Then I asked my beloved mother, the Mother tongue that gave me all my ideas, dreams, and dignity, but I made her suffer amidst my comfort and triumph, and she somehow became a vagrant, a beggar, trapped in extreme poverty, she died in her desolation when I started loving a fortunate one when I…finally get married to a Foreign tongue! 5 ” - From “Inang Wika,” (“Mother Tongue”) a poem by National Artist for Literature Amado V. Hernandez ~~~ 1 Mababasa sa http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/3525/ 2 Mababasa sa http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/3527/ 3 [Dr. Bienvenido Lombera (Pambansang Alagad ng Sining at Professor Emeritus, University of the Philippines/UP), et al. versus Pangulong Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" C. Aquino III, et al.]. Ang orihinal na petisyon ay mababasa sa: http://www.act-teachers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Petisyon-ng-Tanggol-Wika-laban-sa-CMO-20.pdf 4 Convener, Tanggol Wika; President, Pambansang Samahan sa Linggwistika at Literaturang Filipino; Public Information Officer, ACT-Private Schools; Associate Professor, De La Salle University-Manila; Vice Head, National Committee on Language and Translation under the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. 5 The original stanza reads: “Noon ko natanong ang ina kong mahal,/ang Inang wika kong sa aki’y nagbigay/ ng lahat kong muni, pangarap at dangal,/subalit tinikis sa gitna ng aking ginhawa’t tagumpay,/at mandi’y pulubing lumaboy sa labis na karalitaan,/namatay sa kanyang dalamhating taglay/nang ako’y sa ibang mapalad magmahal,/nang ako’y… tuluyang pakasal sa Wikang Dayuhan!”