Senator Ana Theresia “Risa” Hontiveros-Baraquel over the weekend urged Malacañang to name on China to recall their consultant to the Philippines Huang Xilian, following his remarks pushing the Philippines to oppose independence Taiwan.
In an announcement launched Sunday, Hontiveros mentioned the nation ought to push for Huang to return to China, together with its ships, and synthetic islands within the West Philippine Sea.
“The Palace should tell Beijing to recall their representative in Manila as soon as possible. He has no business being a diplomat if he is unable to engage with us in a respectful and dignified manner,” the senator mentioned.
“He, along with his country’s ships and artificial islands in the West Philippine Sea, should pack up and leave,” she added.
Last week, Huang mentioned if the Philippines cared for the 150,000 abroad Filipino employees (OFWs) in Taiwan, it might oppose Taiwan independence, relatively than give the United States navy a free move close to the Taiwan strait.
“Philippines is advised to unequivocally oppose ‘Taiwan Independence’ rather than stoking the fire by offering the US access to the military bases near the Taiwan Strait if you care genuinely about the 150,000 OFWs,” Huang was quoted as saying.
Hontiveros mentioned that whereas the Philippines respects the proper of the Taiwanese individuals to self-determination, it won’t intervene with the difficulty on its independence.
“If China has issues with the US, she shouldn’t drag our country into their fight. It is China who has been stoking tensions in the region, claiming territories that aren’t hers,” Hontiveros mentioned.
“It is China who continues to bully, harass, and intimidate other smaller nations in the region. It is China who is making all this mess,” she added.
Huang’s remarks have additionally drawn opposition from teams equivalent to Migrante International and Akbayan.
“We call on the Marcos administration to immediately declare the Chinese Ambassador persona non grata and expel him from our country. Xilian is a hostage-taker, not an ambassador,” Akbayan mentioned.
“The statement makes it appear that China is holding OFWs in Taiwan hostage. Ambassador Huang’s statement may expose OFWs to racist violence when an armed conflict breaks out,” Migrante International mentioned.
However, based on National Security Council (NSC) assistant director normal Jonathan Malaya, Huang already spoke with NSC adviser Eduardo Año previous to his remarks final week.
“The Chinese ambassador also raised the matter of alleged interference in the Taiwanese question,” Malaya mentioned.
“So in this call of the Chinese Ambassador to the National Security Council, Secretary Año took the opportunity to assure na wala tayong (that we have no) intention whatsoever to interfere in the Taiwan issue. We actually consider this as a domestic issue because of the One China Policy,” he added.
GMA News continues to be attempting to succeed in out to the Chinese Embassy and Malacañang for touch upon the matter. —LBG, GMA Integrted News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
