AbNoynoy’s version of diplomacy

Guess what? Another member of the P-AbNoynoy’s PCG family, Assistant Secretary Carmen ‘Mai’ Mislang, his speech writer caused major diplomatic blunder. Mislang went with P-AbNoynoy’s delegation to Vietnam. While she was there, she was of course invited to a state dinner sponsored by the Vietnamese government. Mislang, probably used to the taste of French wines did not like the Vietnamese made wine served to her. She then twitted her displeasure over the internet. That’s not all, she also twitted foul statements against the Vietnamese people and she was quoted as saying: “Crossing the speedy motorcycle-laden streets of Hanoi is the easiest ways to die. You think you’re safe on the sidewalk? Think again!”

Mislang’s arrogance is not just plain ignorance of diplomacy but a total disregard to the hospitality extended to her by the Vietnamese people. The Vietnamese government should consider her as persona non grata. P-AbNoynoy for his part should kick Mislang out of the Malacañang if he’s true to his calls of ‘Daang Matuwid’. Mislang is a classic prototype of a fly on the top of a Carabao. Just because, P-AbNoynoy’s trust rating is high, Mislang thinks that she can lay claim on the high trust ratings of the President and believe that she can also get away with everything.

Vietnam started producing grapes and they’re in their initial stage of producing wines. Their wines may not taste as good as that of the French made wines but at least they are trying to build an industry out of it. She should be ashamed since we (the Philippines) could not produce grapes and because of that we could not also produce our own wines. We’re still stuck with the cottage industry and the best we could do is to produce lambanog out of the coconut sap.

As for twitting the craziness of the streets in Vietnam, Mislang may have forgotten that our streets with our jeepney’s, tricycles and padyak are equally or crazier than in the streets of Vietnam. In fact, she should be ashamed not because she’s part of P-AbNoynoy’s government but because while Vietnam has consistent economic growth, we’re still in a third world country. Maybe it wasMai Mislang who wrote P-AbNoynoy’s speech claiming that the strengthening of the Philippine Peso is because of his ‘Daang Matuwid’. P-AbNoynoy, who has no mind of his own, just read the speech without checking the facts. Everyone knows that the strengthening of Peso is the result of the continuing US economic slump.

Mislang did the most unforgivable thing and embarrassed not just herself but the whole Filipino nation as well. She should’ve controlled herself because she’s part of P-AbNoynoy’s delegation. If she’s not thick skinned, she should just resign her post.