Piece-meal sale of RP: PART 2

In the next decade, analysts predict China overturning the US as the world's foremost superpower. However, for China to supplant the US in that enviable position, it would have to address one basic problem: energy.

China needs to satisfy its energy requirements to power those turbines, those sweat factories and those facilities which comprise the entire Chinese economy. As things stand now, China is unable to adequately supply power to these critical sectors. With rising crude prices and increasing population, China needs to find two things: build alternative energy sources or rely on traditional sources to sustain the momentum of its economic growth. Relying on Middle Eastern countries might work, but, as energy analysts know, its non-sustaining. Oil mines are drying up in some parts of the world, hence, the rising prices of world crude. Oil companies are on the lookout for other areas to mine. The steady depletion of coal and oil presents a very scary scenario for world governments. And China is not spared from all these.

So, on the doctrine of economic specialization, it is to the best interest of China to not only explore but CONTROL potential oil mines. In order to control these mines, they need to control governments, especially weak ones like ours. Chinese strategy is very simple--control the economy, you control the government. That's why China is an ardent supporter of globalization because it affords them access to hitherto closed economies. China needs energy resources that they can buy cheap or even get for free.

Unexplored areas such as those of the Philippines present a viable, if not, a very rich resource for the Chinese. As I study some executive agreements entered by this government with China, I was shocked to learn that the Spratlys deal is not only the deal that effectively surrendered national patrimony over not only natural resources, but there are some other executive agreements involving thousands of hectares of prime agricultural lands. And we already negotiated not only our lands, but our aquamarine and forest resources!

I am not at liberty to expose these agreements now because I am still studying them. At this early stage though, I am telling you, my dear readers, that these agreements are very, very disturbing. These agreements are all in the guise of commercial tieups but the effects are totally jarring to us and compromises not only our patrimony, our freedom, but also our rights as a people.

These agreements are very, very deceptive and very partial to Chinese interests. For example, there is an agreement which effectively surrendered 3 million hectares of prime Philippine agricultural lands to the Chinese in the name of "economic cooperation"! I would agree with UP Prof. Carlos on the concept of de-nationalization of nation-states, and deep within me, I am an advocate of the destruction of the concept of nation-state and the propagation of open economies or what we now call regional or sub-regional supra-states (conglomeration of states into one). Yet, I am still not prepared to accept the merging of Chinese and Philippine interests since at this point when the Philippine nation-state is very weak and fragile, the Philippines is in no position to negotiate. We are in a position of weakness (wracked by internal politics and unstable economy) and therefore, instead of negotiating for more foreign intervention in our affairs, we should instead, fortify our economic foundations and political structures so that we can effectively enter into deals that promote our interests instead of subverting them for foreign interests, like China's.

What we are seeing right now is the slow and effective conquest of this country in the name of globalization and economic cooperation. Economic cooperation, don't get me wrong, is best when both countries are equal. However, if we negotiate with the purview of getting more loans, these are not equitable negotiations. These are lopsided ones which calls for closer scrutiny by the People.

In the next few days, I will be exposing these agreements. Read them please. Judge for yourself how this administration sold our patrimony for a few billions of dollars. And decide if these sales are worth it.

But, I assure you, if you love this country, if you treasure your Motherland and take pride in your roots as a Filipino, you will rise up and call for the sacking of this administration. Being a Filipino is not just a name. Its just not the one you write in a space devoted to "citizenship". It means more than that. I pray to my God that, in the near foreseeable future, everyone living in this country would realize how valuable being called a Filipino is.