The country is making a stand.
Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary
Teddy Boy Locsin Jr. relayed via social media that the country can manage
without the loans from states that voted in favor of an Iceland-led resolution,
which sought a review of the human rights situation in the country.
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| Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Boy Locsin Jr. (photo credit to owner) |
"We don't need the money; we've more
than enough without turning to anyone outside except Japan of course whose
generosity is unconditional, quick; and whose motivation is honestly to help
the Philippines. The rest are tongue in cheek and negligible," Locsin said
on his official Twitter account.
An article that
was published in Inquirer last September 20mreported that the Office of the
President (OP) issued a so called “confidential memorandum” suspending the
negotiations or signing of all loans and grants, from the 18 nations that
backed the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution.
France and Sweden were among the non-members
that co-sponsored the resolution last July, while the 18 UNHRC member-states
that voted "yes" were Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Fiji, Iceland, Italy, Mexico, Peru,
Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine, the United Kingdom including Northern Ireland, and
Uruguay.
The country is not worried since the loans
and the grants is “nothing big” based from the information received by the
foreign secretary.
"If it is a memo it is in effect. The
amounts I hear from time, nothing big. Mostly DOF's (Department of Finance)
remit. Not new; long been turning down European grants with onerous or meddling
conditions," he noted.
In addition, Locsin reminded that foreign
grants to local non-government organizations (NGOs) now require clearance from
the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the National Intelligence
Coordinating Agency (NICA) as pre requisite for such grant.
"I have banned European grants to NGOs
unless cleared by DFA and NICA," he said.
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