The Philippine National Police’s refusal to accede to the request of detained former Senator Leila de Lima to allow the visit of 10 personalities for purportedly having been filed less than 10 days before the intended visit is “flimsy and arbitrary,” Albay 1st District Rep. Edcel Lagman said on Mond
“What should we do with China?”
Most of the messages we got last week through text and private chat had to do with the controversy surrounding the presence of Chinese boats and ships in waters claimed by our government as part of the West Philippine Sea.
The controversy received its most recent boost from a challenge aired by President Duterte for his critics to engage him on a public debate on this issue. The dare was accepted by former Supreme Court Senior Justice Antonio Carpio. What happens next is everybody’s guess.
Regardless of what next development in this unfolding saga might be, the fact is this issue and how it is being played out in the public stage has some good use. It has taken our mind off the crisis brought about by the pandemic – at least for a brief moment.