菲律賓總統大選:各陷泥淖的三位候選人

[ASEANSEA] 菲律賓總統大選:各陷泥淖的三位候選人

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菲律賓總統大選:各陷泥淖的三位候選人

經歷漫長的喊話階段,正式總統候選人們逐漸浮出檯面,其中主要三位為現任副總統傑約馬爾·比奈(Jejomar “Jojo” Binay),曾任內政部長的羅哈斯(Manuel “Mar” Roxas II)與現任參議員柏吾(Grace Poe)。

三位領先候選人皆希望保持菲律賓近年得來不易的經濟成長態勢,並持續現任總統艾奎諾 (Benigno Aquino)剛起步的改革步伐。

然三位主要總統候選人近來先後陷入泥淖:比奈急於擺脫其擔任馬卡蒂(Makati)市長任內的腐敗指控;羅哈斯雖獲總統艾奎諾及行政體系的支持,民調仍不見起色;而參議員柏吾雖然民調領先,仍深陷菲律賓國籍案的爭議之中。柏吾是否具備適當的國籍資格,將影響其是否有資格參與明年五月的大選。

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現任菲律賓副總統Jejomar Binay。(Photo Credit: International Institute of Social Science @Flickr CC BY 2.0)

馬來西亞:首相納吉的不信任案正式列入國會議程

一項針對馬來西亞首相納吉的不信任案,正式列入本周(19日起)的議程中。此項議案,是由反對陣營人民公正黨(PKR)旗下的國會議員Hee Loy Sian所提出。

納吉的貪污風暴是提出此案的主因,而經濟不振,解散調查馬來西亞發展公司(1MDB)的特別偵查組,停職檢察總長Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail,調動反貪官員,以及警方干預對反貪偵查等累積的不滿,也都是反對陣營提出不信任案之原因。

除反對陣營以外,馬來西亞前首相馬哈迪(Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad)也呼籲執政聯盟「國民陣線」(Barisan Nasional)的議員,支持免職納吉的議案。

Malaysia: Prime Minister Najib Razak “Malaysia has always stood by the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action… Malaysia has a long tradition of empowering women. … In Malaysia, we aim to achieve high-income nation status by 2020. But we cannot do this without women being equal partners, and we need them to be drivers of growth – growth that will bring prosperity to all our citizens. … In our last budget, we made upholding the role of women one of our main strategies. ... We set a target of increasing the female labour participation rate from 54 per cent as of last year to 59 per cent by 2020. And next year, all Malaysian public companies must disclose their level of gender diversity in their annual reports. … As we are aware that single mothers and female-headed households are often socially and economically disadvantaged, particularly in rural areas, my Government is going to launch a national action plan to empower single mothers next month.” World leaders convene at the United Nations on 27 September 2015 for the “Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: A Commitment to Action” to personally commit to ending discrimination against women by 2030 and announce concrete and measurable actions to kick-start rapid change in their countries. Read More: http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/9/press-release-global-leaders-meeting Read every country's committment from the event: http://beijing20.unwomen.org/en/step-it-up/commitments Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown
馬來西亞首相納吉。(Photo Credit: UN woman@ Flicr CC 2.0)

印尼:將成為世界第三大溫室氣體排放國

由於焚燒森林帶來的二氧化碳及霧霾,印尼今年恐超越印度成為世界第三的溫室氣體排放國。

諷刺的是,印尼行政當局剛釋出一詳盡的環境行動方案,希望能在十一月底於巴黎舉行的聯合國環保會議有所作為,並承諾印尼2030年前將降低經常性溫室氣體排放29%的目標。

這個目標恐將面臨跳票危機。印尼對森林地的快速開發,造成印尼高達75%的溫室氣體排放來自焚燒森林及泥炭蘊藏豐富之地。另一個同樣面臨類似問題的巴西,也才35%而已。快速擴張中的農耕用地,及印尼對棕梠油產業、造紙用樹種植地缺乏規劃,是造成此驚人數據的主要原因。雖然有許多專家提出產業政策轉型或優化的建議,然短時間內,印尼政府恐怕仍難以擺脫對現有經濟發展模式的依賴。

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從印尼KL大廈鳥瞰都市霾害的景象。(Photo Credit: Thomas Glavez @Flickr CC BY 2.0)

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