EDITORIALS–CARTOONS: MANILA – MASSIVE VOTE-BUYING
EDITORIAL – Ugly traditions must end
Vote buying, according to President Duterte, is an “integral part” of Philippine elections. Having spent much of his adult life as a politician, the President must know whereof he speaks.
He issued the statement in a chance interview yesterday, near the end of voting, when the Philippine National Police had arrested hundreds of people, including candidates and supporters, on charges of buying and selling votes.
The President did say that vote buying is an election offense and violators would be prosecuted. But he said all candidates engage in some form of vote buying. Last week he said he saw nothing wrong with giving voters P50 each for their transport fare to and from the polling centers.
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https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2019/05/14/1917614/editorial-ugly-traditions-must-end
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SINGAPORE’S The Straits Times
The Straits Times says
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Hard lines crowding out a trade deal
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The year-long trade war between the United States and China has now slipped into the tricky terrain where bad politics threatens to crowd out good economics. If tariffs of 25 per cent were levied on all trade between the US and China, up to 0.6 percentage point will be trimmed off the United States’ gross domestic product and up to 1.5 percentage points will be lost off China’s. Whether President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping find this deterring enough to resist escalating their trade war is unclear. Mr Trump is facing re-election next year and a pitch that he is holding the line on “trade cheat” China could help rouse voters and ward off challengers. He also claims the tariffs are hurting China more than the US and confer at least two other gains: a windfall to the US Treasury and an incentive for American enterprise and jobs to return to the heartland.
Among his advisers, some believe China will give up neither its illicit pursuit of US technology nor its quest to supplant the US as the sole superpower. Across the Pacific, an influential section of nationalists in Beijing believes America’s real intent in this trade war is to suppress China’s rise, and that because core interests are at stake, to give in to US demands for reforms is an unacceptable surrender of dignity. If both sides give way to hardliners and make decisions believing the worst of each other, years may roll by before an accord is reached. That would be a pity as trade has delivered bounties for both: for China, prosperity through access to US capital, markets and technology; and for the US, cheap goods and hundreds of billions in profits for its firms and shareholders.
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https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/st-editorial/the-straits-times-says-hard-lines-crowding-out-a-trade-deal
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THAILAND’S BANGKOK POST
EDITORIAL : Activists need protection
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Thailand’s already battered human rights record has fallen another notch following reports of the mysterious disappearance of three activists accused of lese majeste while in exile in Vietnam.
Last week, Human Rights Watch raised concerns over the fate of Chucheep Chiwasut, who is known by the nom de guerre of “Loong [uncle] Sanam Luang”, and fellow activists Siam Theerawut and Kritsana Thapthai, who were reportedly turned over to Thai authorities by Vietnam on Wednesday. There are reports that the three had been detained in Vietnam for a month before being deported to Thailand.
Human Rights Watch Asia director Brad Adams said in a statement: “Vietnam’s alleged secret forced return to Thailand of three prominent activists should set off alarm bells in the international community.”
It was the US-based Thai Alliance for Human Rights which broke the news of the disappearances. Chucheep, who has long faced lese majeste charges, kept broadcasting political and anti-monarchy commentary…
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https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1677136/activists-need-protection
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PHILIPPINES’ EDITORIAL CARTOONS:
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MANILA STANDARD
> Never all right
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MANILA TIMES
< MASSIVE VOTE-BUYING
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P.D.INQUIRER
> Panelo’s flimflammery
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PHILSTAR
> Ugly traditions must end
PILIPINO STAR NGAYON
> Mabagal at mahinang justice system
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CAMPUS PRESS
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