Hindi isinasantabi ni Speaker Martin Romualdez ang panawagan ng ilan na palitan na ang Chinese ambassador to the Philippines dahil na rin sa tila hindi naman nito nareremedyuhan ang girian sa pagitan ng Pilipinas at China sa usapin ng West Philippine Sea.
Pero ayon sa House leader ang desisyon na ito ay dapat ipaubaya kay Pang. Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. lalo na at siya ang chief architect ng foreign policy ng bansa.
“Those are all options and as I said, I will always stand by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s decision and his prerogatives. Let us let him take the lead. I don’t want to preempt him.” sabi ni Romualdez
Pagbabahagi naman ng House Speaker nan ang makausap niya ang Chinese ambassador noong vin d’honneour sa Malacanang, pinayuhan niya ito na gawin ang lahat bilang kinatawan ng China sa Pilipinas upang mapahupa ang tensyon.
Aniya, hindi naman nanaisin ng Chinese ambassador na sa kaniyang termino pa masira ang relasyon ng dalawang bansa.
“I actually had some words that I will share. I just told the ambassador from China to the Philippines, maybe he doesn’t want it to happen that under his watch, he saw that the relationship with the Philippines went from good relations to not so good relations, that it will deteriorate. It doesn’t look good that on his watch, this happened. That’s why he should exert all the effort as the representative, the official representative of China to the Philippines.” pagbabahagi ni Romualdez.
Una nang sinabi ng lider ng Kamara na hindi lang umiikot ang relasyon ng Pilipinas at China sa West Philippine Sea, ngunit dahil na rin sa magkakasunod na agresibong aksyon nito laban sa Pilipinas ay ito ngayon ang mas napagtutuunan ng pansin.
So, the last time we talked at a different level was when we visited Beijing with the President (Marcos) over 18 months ago. We were in Beijing and we thought it was a good conversation, but unfortunately, these skirmishes in the disputed areas have worsened, and that is now the highlight of the relationship rather than the other commonalities which should actually be celebrated,” dagdag ni Romualdez. | ulat ni Kathleen Forbes
