Malacañang Says The Japan Trip Was Not A Reward For Cabinet Members
MALACAÑANG – The Malacañang spokesperson Salvador Panelo responded to Philippine Ambassador Laurel’s allegations that cabinet members were rewarded.
The government bodies of Japan and Philippines had a good relationship in the past. Recently, Japan opened 350,000 new job opportunities for Filipino workers.
President Duterte also paid Japan a visit previously.
Jose Laurel V exposed some allegations that the Japan trip was a reward for the Administration’s success in the recent elections. He saw he recent trip as something to reward the cabinet members, he specifically stated:
“You know, you ask me personally what is this purpose? Ito’y pabuya sa nakaraang election. Why do you bring 21 — ah 20 Cabinet members here pati ang local government or land reform?”
[You know, [if] you ask me personally what is this pupose? It’s a reward for the last election. Why do you bring 21 — ah 20 Cabinet Members here including local government or land reform?]
He held the belief that the chief executive was euphoric about the recent elections’ results. Also mentioning that the president could take the win as an affirmation of his administrative reign in the preceding years.
To answer to this house speaker Salvador Panelo mentioned possible reasons on how the ambassador could’ve come up with the insinuations in his statement:
“The good Ambassador may have been either innocently speculating for lack of information or may have been misinformed of the nature of the trip of the Cabinet members. The latters’ presence is necessary.”
He also reiterated that the Cabinet members were prohibited to campaign in support for any candidates during the election. This explains why there can’t be a reward for them.
This is according to an article from CNN Philippines.
Japan, being a huge trading partner of the state, Panelo claimed that the Cabinet Members had to be there not only to show respect, but also to re-establish the pre-existing strong connection between the two countries via “constant dialogue” betweem our Cabinet members and their Japanese counterparts in the government of Japan.
That is all there is all to it, at least for now. We’ll post update as soon as we got them.
