{"id":162000,"date":"2018-04-28T23:06:37","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T03:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=162000"},"modified":"2025-01-18T18:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T23:04:04","slug":"duterte-wants-all-pinoys-out-of-kuwait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/04\/28\/duterte-wants-all-pinoys-out-of-kuwait\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte wants all Pinoys out of Kuwait"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte heads to the stage to join the other heads of states from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries during the opening ceremony of the 32nd ASEAN Summit at the Shangri-la Hotel on April 28, 2018. ROBINSON NI\u00d1AL JR.\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Saturday said he wanted all Filipino workers out of Kuwait and back home, noting that he could no longer take the abuses against them in the Gulf state.<\/p>\n

Duterte bared this in a speech before the Filipino community in Singapore during the sidelines of the 32nd ASEAN Leaders\u2019 Meeting.<\/p>\n

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He said the Philippines and Kuwait had \u201cproblems\u201d to resolve but noted that he could no longer accept how Filipino workers, particularly household help, were abused in the country and would talk about the conflict once all Filipino workers are back home.<\/p>\n

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\u201cJust do not hurt them,” he told the Kuwait government.<\/p>\n

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“I plead that they be given treatment deserving of a human being.\u00a0Mamaya nalang tayo mag-usap pag nakuha ko na lahat<\/em>\u00a0(Let\u2019s talk once after I get all of them back home),\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

He, meanwhile, urged Filipino workers in Kuwait, including professionals, to come back home as an act of \u201cpatriotism.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cKayong mga andyan sa<\/em>\u00a0Kuwait (Those who are there in Kuwait), for those who are not household workers, I now appeal for your sense of patriotism. Come home.\u00a0Tutal madami nang trabaho sa Pilipinas<\/em>\u00a0(There are many jobs in the Philippines),\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

Funds from China<\/strong><\/p>\n

Duterte said Chinese President Xi Jinping \u201cgave\u201d the Philippine government funds which were already set aside for another project. However, he would instead use them to spend for Filipino workers in Kuwait who want to return.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will be frank with you, China is a very good friend. When I was there last week,\u00a0may binigay si<\/em>\u00a0President Xi Jinping (Presdent Xi Jinping gave us something),\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSana gagamitin ko yun sa ibang<\/em>\u00a0project, actually I\u2019ll tell you its about 4 point something, almost 5 billion. Yung pera na yan gagastuhin ko nalang para kunin ang lahat ng gustong umuwi<\/em>\u00a0(That money I will spend to get all Filipino workers who want to come home),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Duterte did not give further details about the funds given by the Chinese President but said that he was willing to spend it to the last centavo just to assure that Filipno workers are safe.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have that money which was intended for education.\u00a0Gagastusin ko \u2018yan<\/em>\u00a0to the last centravo.\u00a0Tulong ng<\/em>\u00a0China\u00a0\u2018yan<\/em>\u00a0(I will spend it to the last centavo. That\u2019s help from China),\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

Duterte also acknowledged the long history of friendship between the two countries but did not know how long it will take to resolve.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are put to a test how long we can work this out\u2026I do not want to destroy a good neighbor or friend because\u00a0ilang<\/em>\u00a0years\u00a0din sila tumulong sa\u2019tin<\/em>\u00a0(because they have been helping us for many years),\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

Conflict between the Philippines and Kuwait arose after the Kuwaiti government took insult for the action taken by staff of the Philippine embassy for conducting rescue operations early this week without coordinating with its government.<\/p>\n

Duterte earlier imposed a total deployment ban on new workers to Kuwait after the murder of Joanna Demafelis, along with a series of reported abuse and maltreatment inflicted upon Filipino domestic workers.<\/p>\n

The Philippines and Kuwait are supposed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the protection of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) in the Gulf state after this year\u2019s Ramadan in June.<\/p>\n

Roque said that at present, he could only \u201csurmise\u201d the MOU\u2019s fate.<\/p>\n

“I do not know anymore what will happen to the MOU, I could only surmise,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not know, everything is up in the air now with recent developments Kuwaiti ambassador (Musaed Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh) being recalled and [the] Philippine ambassador (Renato Villa) being declared persona non grata,” Roque added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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