{"id":74691,"date":"2016-04-23T03:48:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T07:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=74691"},"modified":"2016-04-23T04:09:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T08:09:15","slug":"president-aquino-cutting-ties-u-s-australia-not-good-phl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/04\/23\/president-aquino-cutting-ties-u-s-australia-not-good-phl\/","title":{"rendered":"President Aquino: Cutting ties with U.S., Australia not good for PHL"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III at the AFP General Headquarters (GHQ) Grandstand of Camp Emilio Aguinaldo in Quezon City. (Photo by Benhur Arcayan\/Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LIPA CITY, Batangas \u2013 It would be difficult to imagine the Philippines cutting ties with the United States and Australia, as stated by a presidential aspirant, because they are major trading partners of the country, as well as aid donors, President Benigno S. Aquino III said here Thursday.<\/p>\n

Presidential candidate for the May 9 elections, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, has come under fire for saying that he is willing to sever ties with the U.S. and Australia if he gets elected. He made the remark after envoys of the two countries reacted against the mayor\u2019s controversial statement on the rape and killing of an Australian lay missionary.<\/p>\n

President Aquino acknowledged that he did not read or hear the comment himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cPero assuming ganun na ganun ang sinabi niya, ano ang pakinabang natin doon? America is a very big trading partner, always in the top three,\u201d he told reporters during a media interview here after the inauguration of the Lipa-Alaminos Road.<\/p>\n

\u201cAustralia has been helping us even in the peace process in Mindanao and he (Duterte) comes from Mindanao and I am sure he would want to have lasting peace in Mindanao,\u201d he said, adding that the country also extends help in terms of training for livelihood projects.<\/p>\n

One must ponder the value of severing ties with those countries, the President said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAno ang value? Ngayon kung walang value, bakit mo gagawin? At kung ang sagot sa dulo, \u2018Feel ko lang,\u2019 baka dapat maintindihan ng taumbayan \u2018yon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

President Aquino, however, said he trusts the discernment of Filipinos.<\/p>\n

\u201cSa dulo, ulitin ko lang, tiwala akong marunong mag-desisyon ang taumbayan. So, obligasyon natin siguraduhin na ang desisyon nila ang lumabas sa balota,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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