The Manila Times

Japanese aid at risk, can DU30 save it?

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Jong-un is threatenin­g the world with nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. The latest of these include Namibia as well as one Chinese individual and another of unknown nationalit­y. But Japan has no record of sanctionin­g foreign valid legal grounds.

Japan is a longtime major ODA following DU30’s October 2016 ramped up in favorable compari has prompted many to regard Beijing as the new horn of plenty for the DU30 government.

A real shocker

The report from Japan must have give them no right to criticize his drug killings. Japanese assistance is a major contributo­r to the country’s economic and social of any official communique on DU30’s human rights violations. of government that runs their partner in developmen­t is a core simply shove under the rug. And DU30 apparently recognizes this to Tokyo on Sunday to meet with though the latter is expected to summit in a few days.

to visit the Philippine­s after DU30 became president; the only such leader DU30 has received ( last January 13) in his home in Davao. - dent Donald Trump before coming assuring the rambunctio­us Filipino president that he would not comment publicly on the latter’s stopped cursing US government officials. DU30 had showered invectives on former President Barack Obama and former US ambassador to the Philippine­s Philip - cern about the killing of thousands in his murderous drug war.

Evolving ties

Trump and DU30 then exchanged without any mention of the drug killings. DU30 was profuse in his invited DU30 to give him a call next time he came to the US. DU30 had declared his decision DU30 began to waffle on his announced decision to separate.

Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano tried to amend DU30’ s - with the group of Mrs. Melania

following what appeared to have been a very friendly telephone conversati­on between the two - nounced it had invited DU30 to make a visit. This was met with instant catcalls from members of the US Congress and the media - For his part DU30 announced he had been to the US before and had no desire to go there again. This provoked some speculatio­ns that Trump might eventually have to cancel his Philippine visit to avoid being photograph­ed with DU30.

Trump here but not at summit

The latest word is that Trump will be visiting Manila in the course of Asia summit on November 14 because of a very tight schedule. The summit will be attended by the 10 heads of state or government of the Associatio­n of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and eight dialogue partners. Trump will attend the Manila on the same day for the special gala celebratio­n of the 50th anniversar­y of Asean.

But he will need to be back in will have to be represente­d by Sec secretary in the company of 16 heads. The only other non-head of state or government is Myanmar’s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi. The others include Australian Prime Minister - 10 Asean heads.

This is in marked contrast to Barack Obama who attended every in 2013 when a federal government shutdown compelled him to cancel his Asian trip. Trump’s inability to extend his visit by one day naturally provokes all DU30’s current mission in Tokyo is to solicit Japan’s support need more than a host of angels to storm the heavens with prayers for his success. Japan is a serious country with serious scholars and politician­s who understand only - know of our own experience with such a government.

Brief history

proclaimed Philippine independen­ce on behalf of the revolution­ary government which ended Spanish colonial rule of Aquino proclaimed a revolution­ary President by the military rebels Ferdinand Marcos. The victors had they could legally exist only as a revolution­ary government.

During the B. S. Aquino 3rd the National Transforma­tion Council believed the completely non-transparen­t and totally questionab­le automated presidenti­al election of 2010 had created a de facto rather than a de jure President. They therefore proposed the creation of a transitory revo - toral system and other structural preconditi­on for holding free and honest national elections under stable and normal conditions.

This did not come to pass. But former Mayor DU30 must have heard of the idea and evidently decided to adopt it even though avowed desire to establish a revolution­ary government does not rest on legitimate legal premises. Despite his less than 50 percent plus which has been extravagan­tly de questions his constituti­onal le oust himself as the constituti­onally elected president and install himself as revolution­ary president.

Revolution vs oneself

A revolution or revolt against a sitting president is always an illegal to the hangman’s noose in case of failure. They take power and receive public obeisance only if they succeed. But a sitting president who ousts himself as a constituti­onally elected leader in order to become an extraconst­itutional dictator becomes a rebel against the Constituti­on and the State even if his coup and other sanctions from mature and responsibl­e democracie­s.

doubts that DU30’s talks with subject during the latter’s short astounding success. Aside from which everyone tries to praise even without truly understand­ing the kind envisioned by PDU30 destroys the ruler’s sense of ac and ultimately his real worth.

- come a loose cannon in both domestic and internatio­nal affairs without much encouragem­ent from an absent opposition or a only one who deserves to have absolute power because he is absolutely good; otherwise Lord Acton seems to be always right—power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Or as Stanley

With all the powers which the there are many things he can do for not to have slipped into his imaginatio­n or consciousn­ess at all. Many men and women without - aged to do so much more just by being themselves—their ordinary selves. Only one thing is needed: a terribly busy mouth.

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