Senator Leila De Lima on Friday criticized President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent pronouncement that the Philippines will join forces with China and Russia, calling the plan “crazy.”
In his visit to China, Duterte said he wants to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to forge closer relations.
"I realign myself in your ideological flow and maybe I will also go to Russia to talk to Putin. There are three of us against the world. China, Philippines, Russia," Duterte said.
To this, De Lima said, “Ano kayang meron sa China, na kung anong pag-aaway at pagmumura ang ginagawa ng Pangulong Duterte sa mga bansang nagmamalasakit sa atin ay sobra-sobra naman ang kabaitan niya sa China kahit na inaangkin nila ang ating teritoryo?”
Aside from this, De Lima also scored Duterte’s announcement that the Philippines will cut its military and economic ties with the United States.
She said the president should have consulted the Filipino people first before making such move.
“It's an earth-shaking announcement. Wala man siyang respeto sa atin, na sana nagpaalam muna siya atin bago niya i-announce yun sa ibang bansa,” De Lima said.
The senator reiterated her stand that she wanted to maintain close diplomatic ties with the neighboring countries of the Philippines.
“It is because of this that I am deeply concerned that the president's foreign policy and pronouncements, especially yung kakasabi pa lang niya sa China,” she said.
De Lima had earlier expressed her concern over the Duterte administration’s shift in foreign policy, saying, “I don’t think majority of our people like that.”
SOURCE: ABS-CBN
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