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Broken, lawless under Noy EDITORIAL 11/29/2010

Monday, November 29, 2010

Broken, lawless under Noy

EDITORIAL
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11/29/2010
The outside world has built a worrying perception about the country that its government is not capable of protecting its own citizens, much less those who are visitors of the country.

Noynoy, aside from incessantly trumpeting his so-called straight path of governance, has done nothing or cannot do anything to change such widespread sentiment. At least seven rich nations have issued travel advisories on their citizens in the country that Noynoy confronted by merely demanding that the countries lift the travel warnings. It was as if throwing a tantrum would convince the countries to leave the safety of their citizens on what they hold as an incompetent government.

The Hong Kong-based Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) described the country as one where an individual can no longer protect himself nor his family and exists in a nation that cannot protect its own citizens.

“A nation that cannot protect families and the community where they live cannot hope to protect the foreigners on its soil. It is a broken and lawless nation,” according to the AHRC..... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101129com1.html

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