{"id":148677,"date":"2018-01-24T22:54:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T03:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=148677"},"modified":"2018-01-24T22:54:12","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T03:54:12","slug":"duterte-departs-for-india-to-advance-talks-on-regl-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/24\/duterte-departs-for-india-to-advance-talks-on-regl-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte departs for India to advance talks on reg\u2019l security"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte interacts with employees prior to his departure at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila on January 24, 2018 for his attendance to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-India Commemorative Summit in India. (Photo by King Rodriguez\/Presidential Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u2014<\/strong>\u00a0President Rodrigo Duterte left for India on Wednesday, January 24, with hopes to sustain the momentum of the ASEAN Leaders\u2019 Summit in Manila last year, particularly in fighting regional terrorism.<\/p>\n

The President departed Manila Wednesday afternoon for New Delhi to attend the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit as well as India\u2019s Republic Day celebration.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m glad that India is inviting us so that we can do something about the other allied problems of each other\u2019s governance,\u201d Duterte said in his departure speech.<\/p>\n

He said everything is going well in the ASEAN, especially on trade and commerce but the regional bloc and its dialogue partners have yet to have a platform to combat terrorism and other problems of law and order.<\/p>\n

\u201cDiyan sa<\/em>\u00a0Celebes, Sulu Sea.\u00a0Bakante tayo diyan eh.<\/em>\u00a0And the Moluccas,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cKaya ako pupunta, sabihin ko, \u201cKung ganito lang naman<\/em>, so what\u2019s the use of meeting just once a year?\u201d And probably the ministerial level, once every three months,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey cannot accomplish anything because\u00a0\u2018yung<\/em>\u00a0waters natin contiguous to the archipelago of the Philippines is getting to be dangerous. And yet it is only Indonesia who\u2019s active there,\u201d he added, noting that he wants to invite China to help in patrolling the area.<\/p>\n

Known for his hardline policy, the President said he wants the Armed Forces to deal with pirates and terrorists harshly in order to deter them.<\/p>\n

\u201cOtherwise, if we do not do the extreme measures, we\u2019d always be at the mercy of criminal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Duterte also renewed his call to the Kuwaiti government to do something to stop the abuses committed against overseas Filipino workers there.<\/p>\n

While Kuwait is an ally, the President said he is dismayed by the recent deaths of Filipino women, whom he said, were driven to commit suicide as a result of the attacks by their employers.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut one more incident about a woman, a Filipina worker being raped there, committing suicide. I\u2019m going to stop — I\u2019m going to ban,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The President said that Filipinos abroad should be treated as human beings with dignity and should not endure rape and starvation.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan I ask you now just to treat my countrymen as human beings with dignity. I do not want to fight with you. We need your help to improve our country,\u201d Duterte said. \u201cWe are poor, we may need your help but we will not do it at the expense of the dignity of the Filipino.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that you\u2019d listen to me because I mean well but I will never, never, never again tolerate. One more incident of rape to the point of committing suicide, jumping out of the window, that is something the Filipino people cannot stomach,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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