Confusion arises over RP gov’t stand on Nobel rites invitation
12/11/2010
Malacañang and the Department of Foreign Affairs yesterday issued confusing statements on whether the Philippines will send a representative to Friday night’s Nobel Peace Prize awarding ceremonies for a jailed Chinese human rights advocate in Oslo, Norway.
Palace officials denied the government has changed its mind and would attend the event after previously declining the Nobel Committee’s invitation allegedly due to Chinese government pressure.
According to Nobel Institute director Geir Lundestad, Ukraine and the Philippines, two of the 19 states that had earlier decided to skip the ceremony, would attend the rites for Liu Xiaobo, who won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China.
But for Foreign Affairs spokesman Eduardo Malaya, the reports are “unconfirmed.”
“We are verifying this,” Malaya told the Tribune in a text message.... MORESource: The Daily Tribune
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