A continuing quest for freedom — IBON
A continuing quest for freedom — IBON
By IBON Foundation
The 1987 Constitution says that the State shall pursue an independent foreign policy. Yet while no president will say that they are for dependent foreign policy, their actions always say something else.
Foreign policy is a powerful instrument for national development and self-determination. It should be wielded to secure the Philippines and develop its territory and people using all the resources within it. It should be shaped by our own political, economic, and diplomatic interests.
It is not a tool for ensuring our subservience to foreign powers. Too many Philippine governments just speak rhetorically while constantly failing to make the choices that assert sovereignty and independence, or that assert social and economic development.
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