First Thing Last: IN DEFENCE OF DEMOCRACY: No Charges, Yet “Guilty” | East Timor denied Teves’ political asylum
DENIED! In Spite No Charges, Yet “Guilty” | Teves’ bid for political asylum in East Timor denied
First Things Last
By Kiddo Tadtad
IN DEFENCE OF DEMOCRACY
–Politically prosecuted persons are accepted as Asylum seeker in other Democratic countries.
- East Timor assumed itself as Democratic country when it separated from Indonesia.
- Teves has No Charges, Yet “Guilty” before trial and declared innocent.
- East Timor should have not asked the Philippine Government’s approval for his request for asylum being the oppressive country (Philippines) Teves is avoiding for political prosecution.
- Teves should have gone to a country more politically independent and democratically principled.
TIMOR-Leste or East Timor has “denied” Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves’ application for political asylum, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
The DFA said it has received information from the Philippine Embassy in Timor-Leste that Teves “is currently in Dili, where he submitted an application for political asylum.”
“Today, the Ministry of Interior of Timor-Leste confirmed that Representative Teves’ application for political asylum has been denied,” the DFA said in a statement late Tuesday evening.
It added that “in accordance with the decision of the Timor-Leste Government, Representative Teves has been granted a period of five days to depart Timor-Leste.”
“During this time, he also has the option to file an appeal regarding the decision,” the Foreign Affairs department said.
Teves’ presence in Timor Leste was relayed by Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo in a letter, dated April 29, 2023, to Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla.
In the letter, Manalo said based on confidential information he received from the Philippine ambassador to Timor Leste, “Congressman Arnolfo Teves Jr. is in the capital city of Dili where he applied for a protection visa with the intent of asylum.”
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