President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has arrived in Switzerland, the place he’ll attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.
According to a report by GMA Integrated News’ JP Soriano on Super Radyo dzBB, Marcos arrived in Zurich at round 4:30 p.m. CET, then departed instantly for the Alpine city the place the assembly of worldwide business and political leaders is held yearly.
Marcos had left for Switzerland early Sunday morning on Flight PR01, accompanied by First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos and the administration’s financial group. The airplane was escorted by fighter jets of the Armed Forces of the Philippines till it left Philippine airspace.
In his speech previous to departure, Marcos stated the occasion supplies an “opportunity to promote the Philippines as leader and driver of growth and a gateway to the Asia-Pacific region.”
“I will draw attention to our efforts at building resilient infrastructure that bolsters our effort to reinforce robust and resilient supply chains, ensure food security, including critical interlinkages with the health and nutrition, while furthering climate-friendly, clean and green energy to power the Philippine economy,” he added.
According to Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Carlos Sorreta, Marcos will even “introduce” the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund on the international occasion, a plan criticized by Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III as a transfer “to tie the hands of Congress, particularly the Senate” on the measure.
The WEF formally opens on Monday and runs via January 20. Its final in-person Davos winter gathering was in 2020, simply days earlier than the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a worldwide well being emergency. The 2021 occasion was held nearly and final 12 months’s was shifted from January to May after a spike in infections.
It has been criticized by some as a speaking store for the jet set that merely provides to the world’s carbon footprint, however the discussion board insists it has the facility to deliver decision-makers collectively in a world going through a number of crises.
Climate activists have begun protesting the presence of massive oil companies on the occasion, saying multinationals like BP, Chevron and Saudi Aramco had been hijacking the local weather debate. — with a report by Reuters/BM, GMA Integrated News
