Eternal chameleon Harry Roque has given a statement about the significance of President Marcos' recent trip the United Nation's General Assembly in New York. It is such a brazen piece of misinformation and deserves a going over.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1184713 |
The recent New York trip of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signaled the improving relations between the Philippines and the United States while establishing Manila would stick to its independent foreign policy and a "friend to all" stance, international law expert and former Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Tuesday.
This little paragraph and the title of the article is why I referred to Harry Roque as a chameleon. While he was a Congressman he worked hard to get the Philippines into the ICC. Years later he cheered when Duterte unilaterally withdrew from the court. As a lawyer Roque fought for human rights but as Duterte's spokesman he defended the bloody drug war and excoriated anyone who brought up the question of EJK's. Roque is a man with absolutely no principles. He will be whoever you want him to be as long as he is paid.
Duterte's independent foreign policy was to antagonize the USA while embracing China a move Roque staunchly defended. Now, he is lauding Marcos for "improving relations between the Philippines and the United States."
Roque acknowledged that relations between the two had been "very strained" under the previous administration.
"The achievement is he went to the United States, accorded immunity from suit, which sends the message that America wants to continue our traditional friendship. And by going to the United States, President Marcos said we also want to be your friend but take note that we are friends to all," he said at the Pandesal Forum in Quezon City.
Right here is probably the biggest deception coming out of Roque. Marcos was not granted immunity from arrest because the United States wants to be friends but out of consideration for his diplomatic status.
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| https://globalnation.inquirer.net/204431/bongbong-marcos-can-enter-us-due-to-immunity-envoy |
“The fact is, when you’re a head of state, you have immunity in all circumstances and are welcome to the United States in your official role,” US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman told reporters in a roundtable discussion in Pasay City when asked on the matter.
“When someone is the head of state, they have [diplomatic] immunity and would be welcome to the United States,” Sherman added.
In 2012, a US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed down a contempt judgment against Marcos Jr., his mother Imelda, and the estate of Ferdinand Marcos Sr. for violating an injunction that barred them from dissipating assets of the estate.
In six years when Marcos is no longer President he will no longer be able to enter the USA without being arrested. It has nothing to do with friendship. Roque is such an incredible liar.
Marcos attended the 77th United Nations General Assembly last week and held inaugural meetings with some leaders, including US President Joe Biden.
During the bilateral meeting, Marcos told Biden that the Philippines looked forward to a continuing partnership with Washington DC, especially on the maintenance of peace in the region, saying that the Southeast Asian nation continues to treat the US as a friend, ally, and partner.
Roque hailed as a good move Marcos' invitation for American businessmen to invest in the Philippines.
"We cannot measure the success of this initiative until the money comes. But what is important is the Philippines after six years have a President selling the Philippines to American venture capitalists. Did that happen during the time of President Duterte?' he said. "I think it's high time. [A]lthough China is on its way to becoming the economic superpower, in reality, it is still the US that is number one as of now."
Is that a dig on Duterte and his move to court Chinese investments? Roque is praising Marcos for courting American investors saying "it's high time." Does this lapdog even care or is he just licking his master's fingers?
Aside from marking a mending in the two nations' relations, Roque said the US trip also served as Marcos' "debut in the international space".
"Everyone has to know that we have a new president. He has the same family name as the former president, but he is his own person. And to me, that is the important message: 'I am Ferdinand Marcos Jr. President of the Republic of the Philippines. I am my own man,'" he said.
It also provided a platform for the new administration to reaffirm the importance it places on mitigation by recognizing climate change as the "greatest threat" affecting the world.
Here is the last piece of malarkey in this news article. Marcos is his own man. Absolutely, no, he is not. He has said many times that he takes inspiration from his father and he continues to defend the past crimes of his family.
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| https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1663643/bongbong-marcos-defends-fathers-martial-law-legacy |
Wiping tears as he spoke, Marcos recalled visiting his father’s grave a day after winning the election and calling on him for help. “I will use everything I learned from you to continue your work,” Marcos recounted, telling his late father.
Bongbong Marcos is not his own man. He cannot be his own man. He is a Marcos. He is the scion of the family and as such he must continue to defend their crimes by denying they ever happened. His son Sandro and every one else who bears the name of Marcos or Romualdez will be forced to defend Ferdinand and Imelda's indefensible conjugal dictatorship or own up that they committed massive crimes against the Filipino people including plunder and murder.
This is just brief look at what Harry Roque had to say about Marcos' UN trip. It's a lot of the same old disinformation, fake news, and nonsense. We have not seen the last of Roque. He will be around for a while and he will dance to the tune of whoever is playing the music.
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