CHINA-PHILIPPINE ALLIANCE IS INSANE

By Bayawanon

The Philippines is actually crossing her Rubicon by way of the representation of probably the most popular Filipino president in Philippine history, His Excellency Rodrigo Duterte when the latter has declared that he is going to leave the United States of America, the Philippines' biggest ally to the limbo of oblivion, because of this there will be a realignment of international political alliances between America, the Philippines and China which I believe would be catastrophic on the Philippine side, since I believe the Philippines' decision to leave her alliance with U. S. and side with China wold be inimical to the interest of the Philippines.

I believe that the new China-Philippine Alliance has five disadvantages to the Philippine side to wit:

1) The DRUG PROBLEM the Philippines is facing may not be solved since most of the exporters of drugs to the Philippines are usually Chinese who may have easy access to the Philippine soil if the China-Philippine Alliance would soon be finalized;

2) The territorial claims of the Philippines regarding the Spratlys may probably be abandoned by the same since the Philippines would then be under the Chinese influence,and for the former to continue good relations with China the same may probably give way to the latter in order for the Philippines to secure good favors from China;

3) Chinese businessmen may proliferate in the Philippines if the alliance between China and Philippines would push through, and that would result to the disadvantage of the Filipino entrepreneurs since the Chinese businessmen can easily come to the Philippines and be a competitor against the Filipinos in the field of commerce which would clearly contravene to the FILIPINO FIRST POLICY an economic policy of the then President Carlos P. Garcia;

4) China as a communist country may transform the Philippines as its satellite state and may transform the Philippines as a communist country in the future. As we all know COMMUNISM prohibits free enterprise, freedom to travel, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, private ownership, etc. and these factors would probably affect our ideals and aspirations as a democratic country and people.

5) The United States of America our biggest ally may abandon the Philippines, because of this the Mutual Defense Treaty between the U.S. and the Philippines may be abrogated by the former and the latter may not received military or economic succor from the U.S. Just imagine that the long standing relations of the United States and the Philippines has been strong through the test of tough times for the past (118) one hundred eighteen years and this friendship may be averted because of the impending entente between China and the Philippines.

In conjunction to these, I am appealing to the supreme leader of the Republic of the Philippines the President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to reconsider his decision to abandon the Philippines' friendship with the United States of America and coalesce with China for the disadvantages of the same outweigh its advantages. I hope and pray that he would heed this appeal for the greater glory of the greatest number of people who inhabit the "Pearl of the Orient", the Republic of the Philippines. So be it.