Malacañang bucks HK publication, says Noy a tenacious reform campaigner 02/22/2011

Malacañang bucks HK publication, says Noy a tenacious reform campaigner

02/22/2011
Malacañang wants President Aquino to be noticed for his supposed “tenacity” in imposing measures that would reform Philippine society and not “naïve” as branded by a Hong Kong-based online publication, the Asia Sentinel, which criticized the Chief Executive for his apparent lack of resolve in making tough decisions for the country.

Analysts working for the Asia Sentinel cited the many times Aquino had kowtowed to China in a futile bid to spare the lives of the three Filipinos who were scheduled to face execution owing to drug-related charges which, they said, classically illustrated his preference to put politics of the heart before national interest.

Reacting to this statement, presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda stressed that protecting overseas Filipino workers has been a policy of the government since Flor Contemplacion was executed in 1995 and the case of the three death convicts are certainly no different from that.

“We respect their opinion but we disagree. The President has been firm in the protection of its overseas contract workers abroad. That is a foreign policy of this government since the Flor Contemplacion case. The President has always been firm in his policies. I don’t see why the statement of opinion of the Hong Kong group is largely… It’s not a gospel truth,” Lacierda told reporters at a news conference..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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