[OPINION] Time to get serious

DFA Secretary Teddy Boy Locsin made a rare appearance as guest at the IATF Late Night Show on the fourth week of presidential discourses on the Chinese threat in the WPS. Most such shows focus on entertainment rather than education or enlightenment on policy issues. The WPS briefing cannot be faulted for being funny, though it spent precious time parsing the Duterte joke that he would jet-ski to the nearest rock in the WPS to plant the Philippine flag..

Another “joke” probably played better in Beijing. Locsin’s instruction for his DFA troops to “fire at will” had startled Chinese officials and caused a momentary flicker of alarm – until they realized that Locsin’s army would not be firing bullets but filing paper protests.

The Palace seemed more worried about the optics of the president’s retreat from the debate and the impact of its cancellation on voters. The WPS was emerging as a major election issue. Hence the damage control and the deployment of Locsin, Panelo, Roque, and social media to defend Duterte’s statements on the issue and to distract the public by promoting debates against his critics, but with Duterte substitutes.

BEHIND THOSE FIVE YEARS IMPOTENCY ON THE RIGHTS OF PH OVER EEZ IN THE WPS LAID THE FOUNDATION OF CONSPIRACY THEORY BETWEEN RODY & XI JINPING. P-NOYS-$60 BILLION SURPLUS & THE BELT & ROAD PROGRAM CONSPIRACY.

walang jokers hahh

USELESS

Just that we'll deal with that later but now we understand it was just another joke. Surely they wouldn't lie. They failed to understand the donkey never gets the carrot.

Sleep on it.

hmmmm... Tweet?

N O T H I N G ‼️👊🏼💩

Duterte Doctrine that is promoting, upholding and protecting the imperialistic ambitions of Xi Jinping is the main obstacle of enforcing the 2016 Hague ruling. Duterte regime is an agent of Sinicization which is Beijing's strategy for hegemony.

Diplomatic protest

Meron ba!?

From themanagement of thepresident down...what will happen to the country

Nada

One and ONLY Cry to China and the World, Do not build on our land and seas! This is our land, keep out. Diplomacy does not work with China, they will take what is not theirs if you let them. Enough OUR LAND OUR SEA OUR EEZ! 🤬

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