Hillary Clinton visit paves way for more US-RP partnership and the US-TransPacific agenda
By MARYA SALAMAT
Bulatlat.com
MANILA – Amid jeers that his government is engaged in “hardcore US
puppetry,” President Benigno Aquino III sat at an extended bilateral
meeting in Manila held by visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
last Wednesday, after which he witnessed the signing in Malacañang of
the Partnership for Growth (PFG) agreement between the Philippines and
the United States. He then conferred on Clinton the Order of Lakandula
with rank of Bayani.
The latter is a merit award in memory of Lakandula, an indigenous
leader. It is usually conferred upon a Filipino or foreign citizen who
has demonstrated in life and deeds a dedication to the welfare of
society, and who lives a life deemed worthy of emulation by Filipinos.
The Bayani (Hero) rank given to Clinton is usually given to individuals
who have devoted their lives to peaceful resolution of conflict.
But outside Malacañang, the situation is hardly peaceful as groups
protested the “interventionist” agenda of “the second most powerful US
government official who paid our country a special visit.”
Members of patriotic youth and student organizations led by the
League of Filipino Students (LFS) threw paintballs at the passing convoy
of President Aquino’s “special guest,” US Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton, as she headed to hold court at a forum in the National Museum
Wednesday afternoon.
Aside from hurling paintballs, the youth protesters burned a US flag
in front of the National Museum while Clinton was meeting with Filipino
students. Aki Merced, spokesperson of LFS, explained that the
flag-burning “is to express rage over the continuing unequal relations
of the Philippines and the United States.” On Thursday the youth group
also conducted a simultaneous US flag-burning program to denounce US
intervention in Philippine affairs in various campuses.
“This is to send out the message that the Filipino youths are enraged
and cannot bear the unequal relations between the Philippines and the
United States anymore. These relations are concretely seen in the 60th
anniversary of the onerous Mutual Defense Treaty,” said Merced.
Clinton “pretty much used” to anti-US protests
When Clinton’s convoy passed by the protesting students last
Wednesday, she had not only just signed and launched in Malacañang the
Partnership for Growth (PFG) agreement, an Obama government economic
initiative. She had also just signed a Manila Declaration together with
Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario, pertaining to the 60th
anniversary of the US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT), on board
the USS Fitzgerald in Manila Bay.
“Hillary Clinton is here to further solidify the US government’s hold
and control of our land, through its obedient puppet, Noynoy Aquino,”
said the LFS..... MORE
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