During the meeting of Pres. Obama with the ASEAN leaders in New York, it was noticed that the Philippine flag flown upside down, meaning the red stripe was on top and the blue stripe was at the bottom.
Regulations dictate that flags are flown inverted only in times of distress or as a sign of protest. Or in time of war. Hmm.
The US Embassy has since issued an apology saying it was “an honest mistake” and the DFA spokesperson Ed Malaya said that the incident should not “detract from the true significance of the summit”.
But still. Utmost care should have been undertaken by the organizers such as checking more than once if flags to be flown during the meeting are in correct position. Had it been the other way around and the US flag was done the mistreatment, what would have happened? I can only imagine.
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