We condemn in the strongest possible terms the Philippine government abstaining on the UN General Assembly resolution last Friday calling for an immediate and sustained humanitarian truce in Gaza.
This abstention is effectively an opposition to this humanitarian truce, given the situation in Gaza today with the bombing of Gaza by Israel, which is genocide. It is shameful that the Philippine government has voted against the UN resolution.
It is shameful that the Philippines is the only country in ASEAN that opposed this resolution.
It also shows that the Marcos regime does not care about the lives of the OFWs in Gaza and in the entire region, such as in Lebanon, and other countries in the Middle East.
The Marcos regime is all the way with the USA in its foreign policy. It is also preparing to drag us into a war with China.
We demand that the government immediately changes its position and calls for an immediate ceasefire by Israel in Gaza.
October 28, 2023