“I felt that we lost our dignity,” artist Jonas Roces said of the covert removal of the comfort woman statue on Roxas Boulevard, Manila, by government personnel on Friday evening last week. City administrators said the statue was removed to pave the way for a flood control project by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). The President had said that he would not have objected to the statue had it been placed in a private space. ADVERTISEMENTThe statue, which Roces said took him three months to complete in 2015, has a lot of symbolisms in its design. “The blindfold symbolizes injustice or the continuous desire for justice,” he said, referring to the demands of surviving comfort women for an official apology and compensation from Japan, both of which have remained ignored.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 05, 2018 23:26 UTC