Philippine Daily Inquirer

STERLING FILIPINOS VS BIG BULLY

- ROCKY B. DENOGA, rocden41@yahoo.com

I join Filipinos who applauded and cheered for Albert del Rosario and Conchita Carpio Morales in their gigantic endeavor to uphold the independen­ce of our country against the undisguise­d tyranny of China and its master, Xi Jinping.

The charges filed against China and Xi in the Internatio­nal Criminal Court (ICC) show that there are still those who will honorably defend our country even against overbearin­g giants. China will probably just shrug off the charges by not answering the ICC, just as it had done before the Permanent Court of Arbitratio­n in The Hague.

But isn’t the People’s Republic of China a member of the United Nations? Did it not sign any commitment to follow UN rules when it dislodged the Republic of China as a permanent member of the UN? If it did and it will not follow what it had agreed to, it is, as far as I am concerned, a giant of a hypocrite.

I do not like to join protest marches, although I did join once against Joseph Estrada. But if there is one to be organized and scheduled by concerned Filipinos in support of Del Rosario and Morales, I will join, even if I am 78 years old and not as sprightly as before.

History passed me by when Marcos was deposed in February 1986, since I was not in the country, and that was something that has always rankled me. I will join history this time if only to join any march for these two sterling Filipinos, and against that big bully north of the Philippine­s.

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