Cheap and ill-advised
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Jonathan De la Cruz |
It is good that Albay Gov. Joey Salceda’s call for the boycott of Chinese products turned out to be a dud. Except for some noise coming from people who should know better, no other self-respecting leader, in and out of government, came out in support of Salceda’s cheap shot. Even the usually anti-Chinese voices from some Makati-based quarters did not join the chorus. Best of all, Palace spokesmen managed to restrain themselves in time before getting sucked into this comical acid mouthed exercise from someone who reportedly has some fascination for things Chinese. But P-Noy’s spokesman Edwin Lacierda should have openly rebuked Salceda for such infantile antics instead of babying him with that wishy washy “he-has-the-right-to-say-whatever-he-wants” line. No, Sir. Malacañang should be the first to advise one and all that the Spratlys issue is of such critical importance we should not trivialize it with uninformed and knee-jerk reactions. Stoking the fires, as it were, can only bring us closer to a situation we can only regret getting into sooner than we can say stop or did not mean to. If all that we wanted is to bring the matter of China’s “hostile and provocative statements” and “muscle flexing” to the glare of international attention I believe we have done more than necessary..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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