WHAT AMB. JOSE LAUREL DOES HAVE NO RHYME OR REASON

Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte (PRRD) went to Japan last Tuesday with his Cabinet Officials to meet Japanese business leaders so our country would prosper and flourish.

In a press briefing in Japan, the Philippine ambassador Jose Laurel V told reporters that the Japan trip of the Cabinet Officials with PRRD was a “reward” following the administration’s victory in the 2019 midterm elections. The said narrative coming from Amb. Laurel is just hard for me to wrap my head around. PRRD deserves some respect and as Filipinos we want him to succeed. I hope the good ambassador can find solace in his fortress of solitude one day.

Amb. Laurel should know he has to separate sort of the chatter and sort of what either fans or frankly the media want to hear and make up whatever they want to believe for ulterior motives.

The first thing Amb. Laurel has to do is determine what the actual facts are before making any navel-gazing that is disastrous. We have a rule on our books that proceeds from what all of us learned. From my standpoint, it’s been about respect; respect for the institution, respect for the Presidency whoever sits on it, and respect for the country that you represent. But Amb. Laurel was leaning away from that rule.

The following fundamental principle herein stated must be in constant need of restatement so that all of us, more so, Amb. Laurel, may continue radiating the sparks of their truth and virtue. You must refrain from doing any act that would prejudice or injure another; when the objective is illegitimate, without utility or legitimate purpose that causes damage to another. This is not what we have seen from Amb. Laurel relative to what he has done.

The key points that Amb. Laurel can take care of his job that is the most important, is respect to PRRD and our country. Amb. Laurel didn’t take care of that. Now that he made some unsavory remarks to the President, does he kind of live with that and just kind of tip his hat? Amb. Laurel must be eliminated from the face of the government so there will be a pathway to doing the job of an ambassador well.