Adrenaline Rushes in Malacanyang!

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The media packed in the small press room in Malacanyang Palace yesterday. Word has it that the international community leaders are bullish about a contention made by President Aquino at the ASEAN in Myanmar. To quote the media briefing, it was inevitable that the President raise his hand, while the Cambodian Minister was delivering a speech, because our President had to clarify that there was no consensus made, as far as talks about territorial claims are concerned. Points the President stressed: 1. That there is no consensus, as claimed by China and Cambodia, that the ASEAN had agreed to talk about the territorial claim on the shoal at the West Philippine Sea on the ASEAN level. The majority vote, on such matters, does not rule here, it has got to be unanimous or no deal at all. 2. That territorial claims can be elevated to the United Nations, wherein all exploratory talks must adhere to a code of conduct, and as such, claiming nations can avoid power play at the seas. It was only because of time constraint that only five nations were able to deliver responses on the Aquino intervention, all of which agreed with and commended the Philippine leader on such a strong stance. That was why the adrenaline was rushing in Malacanyang, the world never expected that the lesson on principle would come from such a tiny nation. I have not commented on the President for a long time, sort of allowing him work on his job as president without senseless criticisms from the people he serves. I think I am right on that, now we know that we have a President not only honest and sincere, we have a courageous President who would not hesitate to point out what is erring, uphold a principle when others would not dare challenge, and one brave enough to fight for these islands and the people he so loves.