There is still no go signal from President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to grant the request made by Washington to let Afghan nationals stay in the Philippines while waiting for their Special Immigrant Visa from the United States, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel "Babe" Romualdez said Thursday, June 15.
"In November, when Vice President Kamala Harris went to the Philippines... the vice president actually asked the President if he had received their request. And I think the President said yes, and I think something to the effect that the President said that he would look into it," he said in an interview with CNN Philippines, proving the government is not making any haste decision.
The diplomat felt relief when Senator Imee Marcos, chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, called for an inquiry regarding the request so it can "bring out all the concerns that we have." "He wanted to thoroughly see what are the implications and what is the role that the Philippines will be playing, and I think that he's doing it very cautiously, and rightly so," he added.Through the Philippine Embassy in the US, Washington asked Manila last year to take in Afghan nationals in the Philippines while they are waiting for a Special Immigrant Visa to be issued by its embassy in the country.
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