▪ “The soaring price of oil, the increasing cost of living, . . . the shadow of economic recession . . . , and the recurrent natural disasters that highlight our vulnerability: we obviously have no appropriate short- or long-term responses to any of these serious issues.” —LLUÍS MARIA DE PUIG, PRESIDENT OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE.
▪ “Pataas nang pataas na presyo ng langis at mga bilihin, . . . banta ng pagbagsak ng ekonomiya . . . , at paulit-ulit na mga likas na kasakunaan na nagpapakitang wala tayong kalaban-laban: maliwanag na wala tayong panandalian at pangmatagalang solusyon sa alinman sa malalaking problemang ito.” —LLUÍS MARIA DE PUIG, PRESIDENTE NG PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE.jw2019 jw2019