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Manila, Philippines – Retired political science professor at
the University of the Philippines louds President Rodrigo Duterte’s own way of
tracking foreign policy.
Clarita Carlos noted how the president moved the country
away from the usual foreign policy and in turn, "defined national
interest".
Carlos also added how the president has been taking care of
the national interest which is to get more jobs for the Filipinos.
“He moved us away from the usual foreign policy where we are
so linked to American politics. That means he had his own way of tracking our
foreign policy and we are neither pro-China, pro-Russia or anti-this and that,”
Carlos told the Philippine News Agency in a phone interview on Friday.
“We are really what is good for us, he defined our national
interest and our national interest is to get all those eight million domestic
workers home. That means to create jobs. That’s what he’s been doing since,”
she added.
Carlos, who also serves as a consultant for Agriculture
Secretary Manny Piñol, said that
despite what the critics say, she believed that President Duterte has been serious
about “losing his seat as president.”
“He doesn’t mind if he
loses his job. He keeps on saying that. He has the political guts. The
commitment might be there but of if you don’t have the courage it’s nothing
also,” Carlos said.
The retired professor also
acknowledged that the administration’s reform was not all successful, but the
president has only been in office for only more than a year.
“It will take some time,
remember we are still one a half years’ time to this administration. There are
many, many other things which we needed to change. Transport for one, there’s a
lot to be done there,” Carlos also said.
“But let’s not be in a
hurry because all these things which are ills of our society have been planted
there for decades already,” she added.
Meanwhile, Carlos also saluted
the President visit to India to attend the 2018 India-Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN) Commemorative Summit, which was another effort of the
chief executive to push for an economic alliance.
“Where is he right now? In
India and it seems like India, the US, Australia and Japan are trying to form a
quad-alliance and that’s not a political or military alliance, that’s really an
economic alliance and it’s best for us to link ourselves with this type of
alliance since India will have the biggest population and that’s a huge
market,” Carlos said.
And as for the essence of democracy, and while
all of us are entitled of our own opinion, she said that it was wrong to think
that there is “darkness” surrounding the nation under the current
administration.
"Maybe they’re
entitled to their opinion. What can we do? I don’t think that is the case
especially if you know what all the president’s cabinet members have been doing
in their own respective departments,” Carlos noted.
“They have a right to say
that. Whether they have a basis for saying so, I don’t think so,” she added, answering
the recent remarks of Vice President Leni Robredo.
She also cited the SWS survey
result for fourth quarter where in the president was able to regain his “excellent”
trust rating, which means that the public sees how the chief executive is working
hard for his beloved countrymen.
source: PNA
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