THE youth group Anakbayan called on President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III to declare U.S millionaire Donald Trump Jr., as well as all American military forces, ‘persona non grata’ after an offensive Twitter post from the former regarding the Tubbataha Reef.
Earlier today, Trump Jr., the son of U.S billionaire and TV personality Donald Trump, tweeted that the U.S.S Guardian, a U.S Navy minesweeper, was more ‘valuable’ than the Tubbataha Reef in which the former crashed into last January 17.
“ Trump Jr.’s attitude towards the Tubbataha Reef reflects that of the U.S military and government’s general view towards the Philippines: as a colony. Thus, their lack of respect for our sovereignty and national heritage” said Vencer Crisostomo, national chairperson of Anakbayan.
“This belies the claim that the U.S Navy, as well as the entire American government, respects the Philippines” added Atty. Terry Ridon, national president of Kabataan Partylist.
“In the entire duration of Philippine-American relations, we have been treated as a dumping ground of toxic wastes, a stockpile of nuclear weapons, a testing ground of torture methods, and a source of women for U.S soldiers to violate” said Crisostomo.
“We thus reiterate our call for a proactive approach to the issue of protecting our national sovereignty. An apology is not enough. To prevent similar incidents from happening again, we must scrap the Visiting Forces Agreement, the Mutual Defense Treaty, and expel the U.S military from our territory” asserted Ridon.