Straining relations further
| FRONTLINE |
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
Noynoy Aquino justified the Philippine boycott of the Nobel Peace Prize awarding ceremonies as having done this for the “national interest” on account of his bid to save the lives of five Filipino drug mules in China jails, awaiting their execution, along with his desire to smoothen the ties between Chinese and the Philippine governments.
On the issue of the five drug mules, Noynoy said he had asked for clemency from the Chinese government.
That was really dumb, in the sense that the Chinese government does not operate in the same way the Arab countries do by way of extending clemency to prisoners in death row.
The Arab countries allow the rulers to free death row prisoners — either freeing them or commuting their death sentence by way of blood money being given by the victim’s relatives — should they accept the blood money..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101216com2.html
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