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Study and Information Program

German Members of Parliament visit the Philippines

A program of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Regional Programme on Political Dialogue Asia

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Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung brought Mr. David James McAllister, Chairman of Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Lower Saxony, Mr. Dirk Toepffer, CDU Member of State Parliament of Lower Saxony, Ms Swantje Hartmann, CDU Member of State Parliament of Lower Saxony, and Ms Aline Fiedler, Cultural Speaker of CDU Saxony States to Asian countries from March 20-27 for a Political Information and Dialogue Program in the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore.

In the Philippine leg from March 21-24, Mr. McAlllister, expressed appreciation for the hospitality and exposure to Philippine circumstances and challenges. He expressed, during a dinner with KAS Manila partners on March 23 at the Hyatt Hotel, forseeing the possibility of working closer in the future.

The four delegates, accompanied by Dr. Peter Köppinger, Resident Representative of KAS Manila, also met with Honorable Cecilia Rachel Quisumbing, Commissioner of the Commission of Human Rights to discuss the reality of violence, killings, missing persons and impunity in the Philippines.

In a dinner discussion on March 22 in Davao city, the German politicians shared ideas and experiences with young Filipino leaders of the Centrist/Christian Democratic Movement in the Philippines.

The delegation, accompanied by Regional Project Director Wilhelm Hofmeister of the KAS Political Dialogue Program in Asia, met with the second batch of the Konrad Adenauer School for Young Politicians (KASYP). This training is for young politicians from the region supported by the KAS Regional Political Dialogue Program Asia. The dinner on March 21 at the La Cocina de Tita Moning allowed a dialogue on politics and the development of political parties in Germany between the German and regional delegates.

The German delegation also discussed the situation in Mindanao, its impact and the efforts of KAS Philippines in this area with Lt. General Raymundo Ferrer, Commanding General of the Philippine Military of Eastern Mindanao and with KAS Mindanao partners in addition to Mindanao key civil society leaders.

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Dr. Peter Köppinger

Representative of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in the Philippines

Deutsche Parlamentarier besuchen die Philippinen

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