Macapagal and company ([Lorenzo] Tañada, [Jovito] Salonga, [Francisco] Rodrigo, [Eva] Estrada Kalaw, [Tecla] San Andres Ziga included) refused to attend the public hearings, reiterated their attacks on the “architects of the martial law administration,” but submitted their written position in the same letters, of opposition to the withdrawal of the claim to Sabah as such would cause “damage to the national honor,” recommending reference of the claim to arbitration and/or The International Court of Justice.
No reference whatsoever to the fighting and the loss of lives and property in the south caused by the filing of the claim.
Pompous self-righteousness! Blind egotism making up for a sense of insecurity.
So the National Security Council after listening to the senators (practically all including Mamintal Tamano), congressmen (including Speaker [Cornelio] Villareal and Speaker Pro Tempore Jose Aldeguer) constitutional convention delegates (including Arturo Pacificador of Antique, Tony [Antonio] Raquiza and Bibit [Gilberto] Duavit) the heirs represented by Princess Tarhata Kiram, the provisional government.
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