Juan Ponce Enrile Sr.
“Let the ax fall on the neck of the official or officials who caused us that loss. The Philippine Navy should know who ordered them to withdraw.
My Monday evening visit to Malacañang has evoked in my mind many more unanswered questions about the Scarborough loss to the Philippines.
If there was an agreement between the Philippines and China to withdraw from Scarborough, was the agreement in writing? Or was it simply a verbal understanding?
If it was written, was there a copy of that agreement in the official records of the national government? If there was, why was it kept a secret until now?
Who negotiated the agreement for the Philippines?
Was it Antonio Trillanes, the secret agent appointed by President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino?
Was it Jose Cuisia, who was then the Philippine Ambassador to Washington D.C.?
Was it Albert Del Rosario, who was then the Secretary of Foreign Affairs?
Or was it Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino himself, who was then the incumbent President of the country?
Who served as the mediator to bring about that agreement between the Philippines and China? And who selected that mediator? Was the mediator an Asian, an African, an American, a European or an ice man or ice woman?
And who of the four high officials of the country that I named ordered the withdrawal of the Philippine Navy from Scarborough?
With our standoff with China at the time, there was only one who could have ordered the pullout of the Philippine Navy from Scarborough. And that was the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
To stop the finger-pointing going on regarding the loss of Scarborough from us, I respectfully suggest that the official or officials who caused that loss be unmasked. Let the ax fall on the neck of the official or officials who caused us that loss. The Philippine Navy should know who ordered them to withdraw.
To be fair to everyone concerned, let us, once and for all, pinpoint who bears or bear the blame, and call “a spade a spade.” Otherwise, the Scarborough loss would again just be another unsolved mystery, like the Mamasapano massacre.
Republished from Daily Tribune 22-05-2021