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WALA maski isang manggagawang Pinoy na nakabase sa Taiwan ang gustong bumalik sa Pilipinas sa kabila pa ng namumuong tensyon bunsod ng nakaambang opensiba ng China sa naturang bansa.
Ayon kay Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo dela Vega, nakalatag na ang contingency measures sakaling kailanganing uwi sa Pilipinas ang mga OFWs sa Taiwan.
“As far as the Filipinos are concerned, we haven’t heard of anyone wishing to go home,” ani De Vega sa isang pulong-balitaan, matapos atasan ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ang Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) na tiyakin ang kaligtasan ng mga OFW sa Taiwan.
“He has given a general order to always watch out for the safety and welfare of all OFWs, including in Taiwan,” wika pa ni De Vega.
“We wish to assure our senators and public that there is a contingency plan, it’s long been in place. It’s a thick book. It’s there at the Manila Economic Cultural Office and labor offices,” dagdag pa niya.
Kamakailan lang, inulan ng batikos si Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian matapos sabihan ang pamahalaan ng Pilipinas na maglabas ng pahayag ng pagtutol sa kalayaang giit ng Taiwan – kung may malasakit ang gobyerno sa mga OFWs na nagtatrabaho sa tinawag niyang ‘probinsya ng China.’
Samantala, nanawagan si Sen. Risa Hontiveros na pauwiin sa kanilang bansa ang Chinese ambassador.
“Huang’s arrogance is completely out of place. So I still stand by my call to the Palace to recall Ambassador Huang because what he said is really shameful and it’s clear as for what he said, there was no translation or the parts he said were incomprehensible.”
“Before any contingency plan is carried out, we, as a country, must again first communicate to Beijing that their representative should not be making statements threatening our people. We heard the Chinese Ambassador’s speech very clearly, so I hope he stops making excuses for his ill-advised pronouncements. My statement asking for the Palace to recall the ambassador still stands,” ani Hontiveros.
