美因杜特尔特言论推迟对菲扶贫援助

The US has held back poverty aid to the Philippines and declared itself deeply troubled by President Rodrigo Duterte’s latest claim that he personally hunted for suspects to kill in his bloody war on drugs.

美国已推迟了对菲律宾的扶贫援助，并宣称，美国对该国总统罗德里戈•杜特尔特(Rodrigo Duterte)最近的言论——他曾在这场血腥的禁毒战中亲自追杀嫌疑分子——深感不安。

Manila dismissed Washington’s block on funding as insignificant, especially given investor interest in Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economy.

菲律宾认为美国停止援助无关紧要，特别是考虑到投资者对这个东南亚经济增速最快经济体的兴趣。

The spat highlights the souring of relations between two traditional allies. Mr Duterte has bridled at criticism over human rights by President Barack Obama’s administration and has forged closer ties with Beijing.

这场口角凸显了两个传统盟友之间正在恶化的关系。杜特尔特对于巴拉克•奥巴马(Barack Obama)政府对菲律宾人权状况的批评很生气，并与北京方面建立了更密切的关系。

The US government Millennium Challenge Corp said it had deferred a planned renewal of a poverty reduction programme in the Philippines “subject to a further review of concerns around rule of law and civil liberties”. The previous $434m five-year package expired in May, the month before Mr Duterte took office and launched an anti-narcotics campaign estimated to have led to more than 5,000 killings by police and vigilantes.

美国政府下属千年挑战公司(Millennium Challenge Corp)表示，它没有按原计划延续一项针对菲律宾的扶贫项目，“需要对围绕法治和公民自由的关切事项做出进一步审查”。此前，为期五年、规模为4.34亿美元的扶贫项目在今年5月份到期。当时，杜特尔特还没有上任和发起扫毒行动。据估计，该行动已造成逾5000人死于警察和联防队员之手。

Manila brushed off the announcement on the aid stoppage, as it forecast that the economy would grow at between 6.5 per cent and 7 per cent this year. The government also signed $13.5bn of trade and investment deals with China after Mr Duterte’s landmark visit there in October.

菲律宾对扶贫援助终止的消息不予理睬，因为据该国预测，今年其经济增长率将达到6.5%至7%。在杜特尔特于10月对中国进行了里程碑式访问之后，菲律宾政府还与中国签署了价值135亿美元的贸易和投资协议。

Ernesto Pernia, Philippine economic planning minister, told a briefing that the US poverty programme move was “not going to be anything of significance”, adding that “given the amount of investments that many countries are interested in putting in, I would not lose sleep over that”.

菲律宾经济规划部长埃内斯托•佩尼亚(Ernesto Pernia)在通报中表示，美国在扶贫项目上的动作“将不会产生任何重要影响”。他补充道，“鉴于许多国家有兴趣对我国投资的金额，我将不会为此事而失眠”。