Former President Fidel V. Ramos was the former president of the Republic of the Philippines. He served as the head of state from June 30, 1992 to June 30, 1998. Ramos succeeded President Corazon Aquino who was the first female president of the Philippines, succeeding former President Ferdinand Marcos. President Fidel Ramos was responsible for initiating "Philippines 2000", which is an economic-based platform that seeks to rejuvenate the economic acceleration of the Philippines in order to become a competitive and sustainable nation before 2000.
On July of 2016, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed former Fidel V. Ramos as the new special envoy to further strengthen diplomatic ties with China. President Ramos. But on October of 2016 right after president returned from the Philippines, the Presidential Communications Group confirmed that former President Fidel V. Ramos' resignation was accepted by the Office of the President. The resignation of Fidel V. Ramos sparked concerns about his relationship with the current Duterte administration. Political analysts revealed that Ramos is slowly revealing his political differences that can be analyzed from his political ideologies that are different from the Duterte administration.
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| former president Fidel V. Ramos on left and President Rodrigo Duterte on the right |
Fidel V. Ramos played a significant role for easing diplomatic differences between the Philippines and People's Republic of China. He was responsible for bridging the gap between the Philippines and China due to several island disputes in South China Sea. After Ramos negotiated with other Chinese government when he went to Hong Kong, there were significant milestones that was applied that meant to ease diplomatic tensions between the two countries. When President Rodrigo Duterte went to Beijing, China, he was greeted with a green carpet ceremony by the Chinese government headed by President Xi Jinping. When Duterte went back to the Philippines, he instantly brought a whopping $24 Billion worth of investments to the Philippines.
After President Ramos' resignation as the former envoy to China, the Philippines is now looking for another leader who will continue the legacy for having a continuous improving relationship between China and the Philippines. President Duterte's recent move to bridge the gap between China and the Philippines is regarded as a balancing of power with other nations around the world. The move aims to provide more opporunities for other countries from other parts of the world to help the Philippines look for a more balancing powers to ensure that bilateral relationships with other foreign countries will be established in the future.
5 political reasons why President Fidel V. Ramos resigned as envoy to China
2. Rodrigo Duterte's Blabbing in public: Every press conference events, Rodrigo Duterte attracts various local and international media. This is due to his unexpected terms being used that are inappropriate for young viewers. Fidel V. Ramos instigated that the way President Duterte address his views and comments to the public are scandalous. Resigning is the only way for the former president to stop defending previous statements made by Duterte every time that he is caught using inappropriate words against the western forces around the world.
3. Shifting to second world countries: Duterte has been vocal on allowing his administration on supporting the second world countries. These are countries that practices communist, socialist, totalitarian, and autocratic political leadership styles. Ramos is in favor of easing bilateral ties with China because it will bring a significant benefit to the Philippines in terms of economic, political, and security gains. China is one of the most important countries that helps the Philippines to both outsource its products and service to maintain its competitive strategy in terms of political and economic issues.
4. Breaking away from the Western countries: Ramos is now concerned that President Duterte wants to totally split from the United States and its allied forces. They are the European Union, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. This means that Duterte will shift the Philippine government with China and Russia. It is so concerning that Ramos is believed to turn as a critic against the Duterte administration even though he was the former president of the Philippines. His efforts during his presidency could be vanished due to the consequences that President has been lamenting against the western forces that was once our former allies.
5. Paris Agreement on Climate Change: Fidel V. Ramos is an advocate of Climate Change awareness to help preserve our environment through preservation of natural resources. However, President Duterte does not support the Climate change initiative because he is too focused on his campaign against the war on illegal narcotics trade in the country. Climate Change initiative is an important environmental issue because the Philippines has already been suffering from its consequences. One major incident was when Super typhoon Haiyan or Yolanda slammed the central parts of the Philippines that greately affected its Gross Domestic Product.
Ramos was the head of the Philippine National Police under the administration of former President Marcos. He was one of the leading personalities who broke away their support from Marcos to initiate the People Power Revolution.
