FIRST PERSON By Alex Magno (The Philippine Star) | Updated May 18, 2013 - 12:00am
Perhaps Taipei wants our senior representatives to walk on their knees while delivering a letter of apology from our president. But then again, perhaps President Aquino should have signed the letter delivered by his emissary --- as well as addressed it to his counterpart instead of a lower-ranking official.
According to some reports (neither confirmed nor denied by the valiant Palace spokesmen), the letter sent to a Taiwanese minister was not duly signed. That was the reason the Filipino emissary tasked with delivering it was dismissed by Taipei as not duly-authorized.”
There is anger in Taiwan. It spills into the streets. One Filipino migrant worker went to hospital after being attacked by a baseball bat in random and racist violence. Our 87,000 OFWs in Taiwan are staying indoors for safety. Filipinos are not being served in convenience stores and absorb rude remarks in the streets.
Meanwhile, the government of Taiwan issued a staccato of measures as soon as the deadline they imposed on our government for an apology passed. They withdrew their resident representative in Manila, cancelled new OFW contracts, sent home our representative, withdrew from an international food exhibition in Manila, banned their nationals from coming to the Philippines and, most disturbing, paraded their superior military hardware in exercises held close to our border.
There could be more punitive measures forthcoming. Taipei said so.
The government of President Ma is under pressure from its citizens. There are demonstrations in the major cities. Taiwanese television has running coverage of Philippine inaction. Photos of President Aquino with his “smiling dog” smirk shortly after the Luneta massacre are reproduced in Taiwanese media and held up in posters by protestors in the streets.
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