ADMU prof criticized the former Colombia’s President for comparing the two countries.
Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) Faculty member Ma. Lourdes Tiquia slammed former Colombia’s President Cesar Gaviria and Vice President Leni Robredo.
In a response to the op-ed article penned by former Colombian President Cesar Gaviria, Tiquia criticized the former leader for comparing the two countries.
Cesar Gaviria is a Colombian economist and the former President of Colombia. He is also an official of Colombia’s Liberal party, is apparently monitoring PRRD.
In the said article, Tiquia pointed out how Gaviria’s (–foul word(s) removed–)sment of the drug war in the Philippines does not stand because of difference in the context by saying, “Manila is not Bogota. Mr. Gaviria.”
ADMU faculty member Tiquia countered the points that raised by Gaviria in the article. She also questioned the function of the Global Commission on Drug Policy which Mr. Gaviria boasted in his article as a founding member of the anti-drug body himself.
“Is he for real? A Latin American Leader commenting on an Asian Leader as if Manila is like Bogota?” questioned Tiquia.
In the article of Tiquia that was published in The Manila Times, she wrote that the New York Times published an op-ed article of Cesar Gaviria, entitled “President Duterte is repeating my mistakes.”
TIquia revealed in her article that the success of the drug elimination in Colombia given that the South American country received aid from the United States in its battle against drugs.
Vice President Leni Robredo was also dragged in Tiquia’s article. She wrote that VP Robredo is mistaken for siding with Gaviria’s Stand.
“Yes, Vice President Robredo, Columbia received from the United states under the Plan Colombia $9.3 billion for the past 14 years,” Tiquia wrote.
She said the plan was to reduce half amount of cocaine produced in Colombia in five years, but it failed.
Tiquia ended her article with these intense words:
“We need to fight it at the community level where all hands are on the deck. You don’t want to help? Then you don’t care about this nation. Simply put.”