WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND
*Akbayan Senator Risa Hontiveros on the proposed US travel ban on Philippine officials involved in the unjust detention of Senator Leila de Lima

What goes around, comes around.

Noong hindi pinapasok at hinold ng Chinese government sina dating Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario at dating Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales sa Hong Kong dahil sa kanilang pagtatanggol sa West Philippine Sea, imbes na suportahan ang mga kababayan, dinepensahan pa ng Malacañang ang Tsina. Pero ng pinaboran ng isang US Senate panel ang panukalang travel ban sa lahat ng responsable sa hindi makatarungang pagkakabilanggo kay Senator Leila de Lima bilang pakikiisa sa karapatang pantao sa ating bansa, abot hanggang langit ang galit at pag-protesta ng palasyo.

Talk about hypocrisy and selective outrage at their worst.

May I remind Malacañang that internationalism and solidarity in the face of human rights abuses do not constitute intrusion into one's sovereignty. They are in fact the consequences of being part of the international community where countries, respective of each other's sovereignty, help one another to uphold the principles of human rights and democracy.

This a stern warning to all those who rose to power in our country through killings and human rights abuses. The world is watching. And the world will act. There is a day of reckoning. Justice will eventually catch up with all of you.