{"id":145485,"date":"2018-01-11T04:08:35","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T09:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=145485"},"modified":"2025-01-08T02:47:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T07:47:12","slug":"palace-washes-hands-on-comfort-woman-statue-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/11\/palace-washes-hands-on-comfort-woman-statue-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace washes hands on comfort woman statue controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday distanced itself from the comfort woman statue that supposedly made a Japanese official who visited call it \u201cregrettable.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Kyodo News, Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Seiko Noda was disappointed with the comfort woman statue.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s regrettable for this kind of statue to suddenly appear,\u201d Noda was reported telling President Rodrigo Duterte during her courtesy call.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Palace chose to emphasize that the Philippines and Japan have \u201cvery strong bilateral ties\u201d and was optimistic that it will become stronger.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not something the President will act on himself. We didn\u2019t erect the statue so it\u2019s not a presidential project, so to speak,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said.<\/p>\n

However, the statue has the seal of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) which is under the Office of the President.<\/p>\n

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When pointed out by the media, Roque simply said that questions should be asked to the NHCP.<\/p>\n

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NHCP collaborated with Lila Pilipina in conceptualizing the statue, which now wears a Filipiniana clothing and is blindfolded.<\/p>\n

The seven-feet bronze artwork dubbed as \u201cFilipino Comfort Women\u201d was unveiled\u00a0on Roxas Boulevard baywalk\u00a0just a few kilometers from the Japanese embassy to raise awareness on their \u2018victimization\u2019 during the Japanese colonization. It was sculpted by Jonas Roces, 40, and was erected on December 8 last year.<\/p>\n

The words \u201cThis monument is a reminder of the Filipino women who were victims of abuses during the occupation of the Japanese forces from 1942-1945.<\/p>\n

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It took a while before they came out into the open to tell their stories\u201d was engraved on the statue.<\/p>\n

Lila Pilipina and Malaya Lolas (Free Grandmothers) both documented stories of comfort women and demanded from the Japanese government an official apology, compensation, and historical texts about comfort women on Japanese textbooks.<\/p>\n

Back in December last year, the Palace already revealed its neutrality on the issue in a press briefing, after saying that the government has \u201cno official position\u201d on the matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that the statue was unveiled \u2013 well, is a fact. It was not stopped by the government. So for all intents and purposes, there is a statue allowed to be erected in memory of the comfort women,\u201d Roque had said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt does not support, it does not oppose. It has no position currently,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

(Read:\u00a0PH has no official stand on comfort women issue\u2014Palace<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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