PH should revive claim on Sabah – INQUIRER.net poll
By Jamie Marie Elona
The Philippines’ claim on Sabah should be revived, most respondents of the recently concluded INQUIRER.net poll said.
The Philippines’ claim on Sabah should be revived, most respondents of the recently concluded INQUIRER.net poll said.
The manner by how the administration handles the dispute over Sabah will most likely affect President Benigno Aquino III’s endorsement power for Team PNoy, an opposition senatorial candidate said Thursday.
President Benigno Aquino III displayed “pride and arrogance” for sending an emissary to hold talks with the Kiram family in behalf of the government on the deadly Sabah standoff, a United Nationalist Alliance senatorial candidate said Wednesday.
No matter how strong Malacañang protests the abuses committed against Filipinos in Sabah in the aftermath of the gunbattle between Malaysian security forces and men of the Sulu sultan, it will just fall on deaf ears.
Why doesn’t President Benigno Aquino III follow the advice of former President Fidel V. Ramos for him to meet face-to- face with Sultan Jamalul Kiram III to resolve the Sabah crisis?
Malaysia ordered air strikes and mortar attacks against 200 men sent by the Sultan of Sulu to occupy a coastal village in Sabah.
President Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday joined the campaign trail of Team PNoy senatorial bets here despite the ongoing tension in Sabah.
President Benigno Aquino III should ask for advice from our senior leaders like former President Ramos and former Senators Teofisto Guingona, Nene Pimentel and Jovito Salonga. —UP Institute of Muslim Studies dean Julkipli Wadi, on the fighting that has killed several Filipinos in Sabah, Malaysia
The friendship between former national security adviser Norberto Gonzales and Sulu Sultan Jamalul III dates back to the time of the Marcos regime, a former police intelligence officer told Radyo INQUIRER 990 AM on Tuesday.
Team PNoy expressed confidence Tuesday that President Benigno Aquino III’s handling of the Sabah conflict would not affect its candidates’ poll chances, saying his administration had no “full control” of the situation there.
Last week, the Malaysian police took drastic action against the followers of the Sultan of Sulu who are holed up Lahad town, Sabah. After they attacked last Saturday, 12 of his men and two policemen died. President Aquino and the Malaysian Prime Minister said that the sultan’s followers have no option left but to surrender but they are steadfast on their position not leave the place that they believe to be their own.
I apologize to Justice Secretary Leila de Lima for my outburst in this space on Saturday where I used harsh words in criticizing her on the Sabah issue.
After I read the report that the Department of Justice (DOJ) was preparing to file charges against Sultan Jamalul Kiram III and his men for the Sabah standoff, I laughed out loud till my belly ached.
