I hope that President Aquino will PERSONALLY take a SECOND, HARD LOOK into the deportations of 14 Taiwanese into China that sparked the diplomatic crisis we’re now facing with Taiwan.
With the help of the best, of the best, legal and foreign policy experts he can invite or recruit as soon as possible. I’m not ruling out the possibility that Noynoy may have been MISINFORMED or MISLED into his steadfast decision not to apologize to Taiwan over the deportations.
Bago idineport ang mga Taiwanese ay INIUTOS na ng Court of Appeals sa Bureau of Immigration (BI) na IHARAP sa husgado ang anim sa mga Taiwanese noong Peb. 2.
But Justice Sec. Leila de Lima, who is also the BI boss, said the deportations still pushed through that same day because there was no restraining order.
De Lima IGNORED the Court of Appeals (CA). She MOCKED the CA by defying its order on the very same day it had directed her people to do so.
De Lima said the Taiwanese did not show proof of their citizenship.
Pero dalawang dyaryo ang nagulat na bukod sa passports, ipinakita rin ng mga Taiwanese ang kanilang mga entry permits sa bansa, na nagsasaad kung ano ang nasyonallidad nila.
Now, not only are there cracks in PH-Taiwan relations but the livelihood of 100,000 of our kababayans working there are at stake. As well as the hopes and opportunities for a better life of thousands of others qualified to work in Taiwan.
If only for the fact that the deportations were HASTILY carried out despite a court order,
De Lima must be asked to explain The CA justices could have provided VALUABLE inputs on how to handle the Taiwanese deportees.
De Lima said China and Taiwan should settle their differences between themselves. Then, she should not have HASTILY gotten us into differences with Taiwan in the first place.
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Four of our friends on “Corona as Vizconde whistle-blower doubtful” :
VENUS AMORANTO of Binan, Laguina:
If I were Mr.Vizconde, I'll start moving on..He's not getting any younger. Only GOD knows the TRUTH.
CAS NAVARRO of Colorado, USA:
Perhaps, the coyote in Lauro Vizconde tells him that all of us are so naive and would believe just anything he says. By that alone, he is insulting our capacity to think with logic. First, I am morally convinced that neither CJ (Chief Justice Rene) Corona nor AJ (Associate Justice Antonio) Carpio or anyone among our current crop of magistrates ever desire to see our justice system crumble.
Second, only men who are either filled with anger and contempt and the mob are prone to irrationality or intentional insanity. I sympathize with him on the fate that had befallen his family, but anyone who can stand him may please tell him that he stands to see more people helping him if he can at least just keep his mouth shut.
CASIANO MAYOR of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia:
I don't easily believe Vizconde either. To me he should have planted a small seed of Faith in his heart, take a look at the Christian virtue of forgiving and just let the wheel of justice take its course. We have to move on, whether we like it or not. Life in this world is futile, just like chasing the winds, as the Bible says, but then we have to live it. There's no other recourse. But we should not also be callous with Vizconde's predicament and feeling. I believe that he should leave the past behind. Wallowing in his grief will not do him any good.
MA. JENNAH MITRA of Quezon City:
I can understand where Mr. Vizconde is coming from. However, I think it will be better for him to move on and allow GOD's hand to completely heal him. Time is running out and life is short considering his age. Let the remaining years of his life be peaceful and allow him to experience a new life.
The RP-ROC diplomatic row is a comedy of errors. Our diplomatic faux pas even dates back to the day we signed a pact with the PROC, which had earlier driven the badly beaten forces of Chiang Kai Shek (with whom we have and continue to have existing ties) to Formosa, a mere province of China. Since 1949, the word war between Mao Tse Tung and Chiang never stopped. What gets me is the stupidity of our officials to allow ourselves to get so embroiled in the internal political conflict that is supposed to be exclusively between the Chinese leaders. This went on for decades until another - the latest - stupidity was committed by the boys of Penoy. Now, The Penoy ought to show us that he really can walk well on the diplomatic tight rope.
ReplyDeleteI think there's no need to look into it. It's about time for PH to show that Pinoys mean business. Kailangan bawiin natin ang nawala nang respeto sa mga Pilipino. Napakaliit ang tingin ng mga foreigner sa mga pinoy. Pag may nagkamali na foreigner dito, dapat parusahan din at tratuhin din tulad ng pagtrato nila sa ibang Fils na nahuhuli sa ibang bansa - para tabla-tabla. Besides, China is more powerful than Taiwan, break-away lang naman sila sa PROC. Try to ask any pure Chinese or local Chinese here about the traits of Taiwanese. You will know the score.
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