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Updated Tuesday, February 15, 2011 11:48 pm TWN, The China Post news staff and CNA |
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DPP wants ban on Filipino workers over deportation disputeMeanwhile, President Benigno Aquino III of the Republic of the Philippines (R.P.) said in Manila that he will assign a retired senior government official as his special envoy to visit Taiwan to ease tensions caused by the dispute. DPP lawmakers held a press conference in the morning and stressed that there is no use for the Philippines to send any special envoy to Taipei before making an official apology. They criticized the weak stand taken by the administration of President Ma Ying-jeou, including a plan to welcome the envoy with open arms without demanding for an apology. They said the repatriation of Taiwanese to China is an international issue that should not fall in the category of affairs across the Taiwan Strait. The government still owes the public an explanation concerning who should be held accountable for the deportation of Chinese people to the Chinese mainland, said the DPP legislators. They said the government should also clarify what policies and measures it plans to take when similar incidents take place in the future. For the latest development in Manila, observers said it is generally believed that Manuel Roxas, a close friend of the Philippine president who once served as the Philippines' trade and industry minister, will be chosen to head the mission to be sent to Taiwan. Roxas has visited Taiwan several times and was recently described by Aquino as his government's “troubleshooter.” Aquino said his envoy will try to explain to Taiwan his government's stance on the incident, in which the 14 Taiwanese along with 10 Chinese suspects were sent to China by the Philippine authorities on Feb. 2. The move ignored requests from the government in Taiwan that its nationals be repatriated back home to face justice and was considered a violation of Taiwan's sovereignty and standard law enforcement practices. In addition to lodging protests against what it called “Manila's disrespect for its jurisdiction,” the administration of the ruling Kuomintang has also taken a series of retaliatory measures, including stricter screening of applications by Filipinos to work in Taiwan. Around 77,000 Philippine nationals work in Taiwan, mostly in the manufacturing sector. Philippine presidential deputy spokesman Abigail Valte said at a press conference earlier in the day that the envoy would try to discuss issues related to “trade and labor exchanges” with Taiwan's authorities but would not violate Manila's “one-China policy.” Comments February 15, 2011 the_alliance47@ It really makes no sense that these suspects from Taiwan were "repatriated" to the Mainland Area. The Republic of the Philippines definitely needs to make a formal apology, but Taipei should still work to resolve the situation in the meantime. It would be laughable to think that the Chinese Communist Party has any semblance of justice. February 15, 2011 hansi22352@ They should also deport illegal Filipinos and those who overstay to China :) February 16, 2011 carltanong@ The DPP politicians were too immature to pressure the gov't to ban the Filipinos worker entry to Taiwan. The Filipinos worker was innocence from this mess. It's the gov't of the Philippines should be blamed by deporting the Taiwanese Chinese criminal's to the Mainland. NOT the Filipino worker's. The DPP was unworthy to be politicians. How about if the Philippines gov't bans the entry of the innocence Taiwanese Chinese blue collar's worker to the Philippine. The DPP was too worthless that never considered case to case basis between criminals, innocence workers and gov't. The DPP was only using this untoward incidence to propagates their's election campaign in 2012. Does anybody believe that the DPP have the sincerity to serve our people or just wanted to win the next election by pretending to protect the criminals??? February 16, 2011 merelyn_aguirre@ In behalf of the Philippine Government, I would like to ask an apology to the Taiwanese people for the Philippine government's ignorance. We are very sorry. toi po che.... February 16, 2011 noname@ Why spend so much attention and Taiwan tax payer money on a bunch of Taiwanese perpetrators? Ridiculous. Those Filipinos working in Taiwan have nothing to do with these cheaters either. Let them be punished by Chinese government. It will make people think twice to go into the cheat business. February 19, 2011 fhc2436@ Do you smell something that stinks?!..... Oh! It’s just the DPP's bad breath. Every time the DPP opens their mouths it just pollutes the air we breathe. DPP shut the hell up! February 20, 2011 paul.tajit@ beware......it's a matter of days that Taiwan government will sell Taiwan to People's Republic of China...... February 22, 2011 lightcrusaderjr@ mordrake@ wrote: You are the ones that should be ashamed for taking it against innocent workers who have served your people well. I thought DPP is protector of the weak. Now it is showing that you are simply a protector of criminals. You want the world to believe that Taiwanese, even if criminals, should be right. We shall not wait for you to sent back our people; they will leave with their heads held up high. In the end, your pathetic decision makers will cry!!!SHAME SHAME SHAME on the Aquino Administration. You can cry all you like about having to respect the One China policy - but you know FULL WELL that in terms of legal jurisdictions, Taiwan & China are separate territories, and therefore if justice is to be served, suspects should be tried by the jurisdiction where they come from. All you have done is increase resentment towards innocent Filipinos here in Taiwan. And that means the ultimate losers will be your domestic workers, who already have a bad deal here. Shame on you for making their hard lives even harder, while you live in your Ivory tower with your head up your backside. You are really shooting yourselves in the foot. February 25, 2011 sunjade.charlie@ To be fair, this is really a stupidity for the Philippine’s government to send back Taiwanese fugitives to Mainland China. They should have known better that criminals from Taiwan should be sent back to Taiwan. And Criminals from China sent back to China. But I don't think it's fair for Taiwanese government to make threats regarding the Filipino blue collar workers here in Taiwan. They are not coming here to have fun. But to help the Taiwanese people who needs their help. Filipino worker's coming here are working for their wages. So I think the Philippine government should apologize for their stupidity, and Taiwanese government should not issue any Ban on Filipino worker because of this mistake. There’s always other way and it will come in due time. March 6, 2011 josemaricute@ Shame on DPP......they want to ban ofw from the Philippines...coz they have no sympathy and want to win election that will be held on 2012....also on our government shame on them. | |||||||||||||
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All you have done is increase resentment towards innocent Filipinos here in Taiwan. And that means the ultimate losers will be your domestic workers, who already have a bad deal here. Shame on you for making their hard lives even harder, while you live in your Ivory tower with your head up your backside. You are really shooting yourselves in the foot.