Duterte, Lee Kuan Yew are nothing alike: Singapore newspaper
Despite both ruling with an iron fist, the late Singapore founder Lee Kuan Yew is extremely different from Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Singapore's biggest newspaper said Friday.
In a strongly-worded opinion piece, the Straits Times scoffed at commentaries that Lee and Duterte had similar administrative styles and nation-building approaches.
The analogy would have been interesting except that it is laughably inappropriate," wrote Global Affairs associate editor Ravi Velloor.
The first big difference between them, said the piece, was that
Lee "was not a man to have a person's life taken away without absolute attention to due process."
Aside from this, the piece said
Lee would never back away from a territorial claim "for the elusive promise of a few bags of silver in development aid."
The Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled last July that China's economic claim on the South China Sea was without basis.
The Duterte administration, however, has been*careful not to bring up*the matter in international fora or with China, saying it wants to work with the rising superpower in resolving the issue.
"The Duterte-ordered extrajudicial killings, and his gyrations on the maritime dispute with China, have raised a stench for the Philippines that is far more perverse than the haze that used to spread out from Indonesia. If it goes on for too long, it could potentially be a bone in ASEAN's throat," said the Straits Times.
It also warned against signs that Duterte may be endangering the Philippines' once promising economic future.
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Duterte, Lee Kuan Yew are nothing alike: Singapore newspaper | ABS-CBN News
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Kanang article sa ibabaw para na sa mga nagdamgo nga mapareha ang Pinas sa Singapore ilalom sa liderato ni Duterte.
