‘Asia’s best year’ iginawad ng Japan Times kay Duterte

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Nagpahayag ng pagkagalak ang Malacañang sa pagkakalathala ng Japan Times sa artikulo ng CNN na nagsasabi na ang “Asia’s Best Year” ay iginagawad kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.

“It’s heartening to know that certain media agencies are able to notice the good things the President is doing,” saad ni Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella sa isang pahayag.

Inilathala ng Japan Times ang artikulo noong Enero 2 na may titulong “Sayonara to the year that was” kung saan nanguna si Duterte sa kategorya “by winning his nation’s presidency in a landslide last May and subsequently upending, rethinking and reshaping the state of affairs — for good or for bad — at home and abroad.”

Magugunitang unang inilathala ang artikulo sa CNN noong Disyembre 23 sa ilalim ng titulong “The winners and losers in Asia in 2016” kung saan itinanghal na “big winner” ang pangulo ng mga manunulat na sina Curtis S. Chin at Jose B. Collazo.

“In early December, the Social Weather Stations survey firm had Duterte enjoying a 77 percent approval rating as Filipinos continue to put their trust in their controversial president. For now, the Philippine leader’s unconventional moves seem a harbinger of things to come,” saad sa artikulo.

“Duterte ended 2016 seeking to rebalance his nation’s ties, improve the life of the average Filipino and make the Philippines — a one-time economic and trade powerhouse — great again. And for that, Asia’s best year goes to Duterte,” ayon pa rito.

Ang Japan Times ang pinakamalawak na English newspaper sa bansang Hapon.