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Sunday, July 25, 2021

Duterte threatens ex-Foreign Affairs Chief Del Rosario

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte has threatened former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario after he alleged that China meddled in the 2016 elections that catapulted the former Davao City into the presidency.

Former Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario. (DoD Photo By Glenn Fawcett) 

Presidents Rodrigo Duterte and Xi Jinping

Del Rosario, citing a highly trustworthy source, said ranking Chinese officials have bragged about Beijing’s role in the Duterte presidency.

“On February 22, 2019, we received information from a most reliable international entity that high officials from China are bragging that they had been able to influence the 2016 Philippine elections so that Duterte would be president. We believe that our Beijing post can easily validate this. Moreover, subsequent actions of the President lend more credence to this information,” he said.

This was also reported by GMA News, which quoted Del Rosario as saying: “As early as May 15, 2018, our President proudly declared in Casiguran Bay in Aurora that Chinese President Xi Jinping has sworn to protect him from moves that will result in his removal from office.”

Del Rosario said Duterte even professed his undying love for the Chinese President (Xi Jinping). He was referring to Duterte’s statement in April 2018 during a news conference in Davao before leaving for China to attend the Boao Forum for Asia where the President said: “I just simply love Xi Jinping. He understood, he understands my problem and he is willing to help.”

“It is certainly disturbing to see our President, who should be looking after his own people, relying on a foreign leader for his security of tenure as President. Moreover, such foreign leader represents an aggressor that is openly and illegally occupying land and waters that belong to the Filipino people,” Del Rosario said, calling Duterte's administration a “failure of leadership.”

GMA News reported that since 2016, Del Rosario lamented that the country’s fight for the West Philippine Sea “has lost momentum as Duterte decided to set aside the Award in favor of Beijing’s promise of economic benefits.”

It said Del Rosario criticized Duterte’s appeasement policy that appears to yield too much to China, saying such action is a betrayal of the Constitution, which mandates him to secure the sovereignty of the State and the integrity of the national territory. “With less than a year left until the end of President Duterte’s term in June 2022, his record of asserting the rights of Filipinos in the West Philippine Sea has been abysmal,” the television network quoted Del Rosario as saying.

“As President Duterte himself admitted in his State of the Nation Address in 2020 regarding the Chinese presence in the West Philippine Sea: “Talagang inutil ako dyan, walang magawa.”

Del Rosario said: “My fellow countrymen, this admission speak volumes. Is it not about time for Filipinos to reject this man and what he represents?”

Gago Ka!

Duterte strongly denied the allegations and boasted that 16 million people had voted for him. “You know, we are still investigating it. But you know, ikaw Albert --- Alberto, 'pag nasilip ko lang mayroon ka, I will charge you for sa... Marami akong idedemanda sa'yo. Ako na... I'm not --- I have not, for the life of me, sued anybody libel or anything during my 23 years, four years as congressman tapos vice mayor hanggang Presidente. Pero ikaw ang hahabulin ko kasi ikaw ang nag-transmit sa message.”

“You are in olden times, kung at war lang tayo sana, you are guilty of treason. Kaya nga pala kasi hindi ka Pilipino. Kung saan ka napulot, bakit ang hitsura mo? Hindi ka talaga Pilipino sa totoo lang. At you know, ang mabigat sa iyo, ikaw 'yung nag-transmit and, I said, that is treason. Daldal ka nang daldal diyan. Anong China-China magtulong sa akin? Gago ka, saan mo nakuha 'yan? Sixteen --- 16 million makuha mo ng tulong sa ibang bayan? Sixteen million mabili mo? Ang aking majority is six million over. Lahat 16 million. Sixteen million plus voted. Six million of that was my majority over your friend,” Duterte said.

The President even went further in his verbal attacks - broadcast live on state television - on the 81-year old statesman. “ Kaya ikaw pag... Tingnan mo 'yung mukha mo. Hindi ko nga malaman kung Pilipino ka ba o... Are you a Filipino? Nagdududa ako. I want to see you personally”

“Where can I meet you? Saan ka ba nagkakape-kape? Ibuhos ko 'yang kape sa mukha mo, maniwala ka. Hindi ka maniwala? Subukan mo. Try conveying to me the message where I can find you at pupuntahan kita. Hindi ako magdala ng security, ako lang. Ibuhos ko 'yang kape sa mukha mo. Nasaan ka ba ngayon kasi gusto kitang puntahan? Saan ba bahay mo? Katukin kita. Ako lang mag-isa, huwag kang matakot. Hindi ako sanay. You know, I was born alone in this world so I will leave alone,” Duterte said. (Mindanao Examiner)


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