A concerned Filipino citizen now living in the United States of America, Aris Aguirre released a very interesting statement on one of the hottest issue being thrown by some major news organizations in the Philippines as well as the opponents of Mayor Duterte in this year’s presidential election.
According to the son of Atty. Vitaliano Aguirre (legal counsel of Panfilo Lacson and Mayor Rody Duterte), there’s a lot of people asking him on his take regarding Mayor Rody Duterte’s statement about the US-Aussie issue which was sensationalized on various national news media in the Philippines.
Mayor Duterte stated during his campaign sortie that he “If I win the election, US and Aus won’t like me, then it is up to them to cut ties,” but the issue was not on severing ties with the country’s close allies but their interference on election matters which is prohibited under the country’s Omnibus Election Code. Filipinos were also deceived by what they saw on national TV and read on national newspapers.
Read the Complete Statement of Aris Aguirre About the US-AuS Issue:
A lot of people is asking me what is my take regarding Digong’s statement about the US-AuS issue:
Currently we have the US primaries and let us reverse the situation. Our Philippine Ambassador to the US issued a statement on US media condemning the hardline stance of Republican Candidates on illegal immigration and castigating the Democratic candidates for their pro choice stand on Abortion and we raised a morality issue.
Do you think those candidates will take it lightly? Do you think those candidates will be gentle to the Philippines? Mind you those are legitimate concerns.
If you want to make it more personal, what if Bill Clinton that time was running for reelection then the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke out. As we are so “morally upright” as a nation the Philippine Embassy issued a statement in US media admonishing Clinton.
Will Bill Clinton bow down to our ambassador? The first thing he will do is to recall the US ambassador in the Philippines.Think! Read between the lines, Duterte’s point is we need to be proud as a Filipino.
We don’t need foreigners to tell us what is moral or not. We need to learn how to stand on what we have as a nation. We are too hang up on friendly ties and what will other countries will say against us. Eh p***** ina, yung gobyerno natin hindi natin mapagtiwalaan yung ibang bansa pa? Mag isip isip kayo! Be proud to be a Filipino!
Source: Aris Aguirre Facebook Page