Diplomatic Immunity

[Mguy]

Is this true ba that diplomats are immune to our road rules?

Recently kasi I saw a black 300C witn 1000 as its plate, cross thru a red light in Ayala nearly bumping into two cars. Just this morning, I saw a brown Jeep with plate 2307, made a daring U-turn on an intersection that has a no U-turn sign on it.

[shadow]

yes! I believe so....I think there is a case in the states wherein one diplomat hit and killed a pedestrian while driving intoxicated and hinde nakulongna deport lang siya...

and that car you saw was the ambassador....

[cutedoc]

imo they must also follow the rules and regulation, they arent exempted to abide by the law as we are all equal, they may be ambassador but they wouldnt be there if not for the common people.

[Lucius]

Wala tayo magawa ganyan sinet ng mga mambabatas natin eh. Kahit sa gitna pa ng EDSA sila magpark walang huli. Kahit sa Makati pa yan

[pup2]

AFAIK po, ang may diplomatic immunity ay ang DRIVER at hindi ang sasakyan. The embassies use local drivers also and if they violate laws and such, I believe they are not immune.

As for the diplomats themselves, yes, I believe they cannot go to jail -- just as our diplomats in other countries can not. Pero if they have a violation and/or commit a crime, puwede silang i-boot out of the country by being declared persona non-grata.

Unfortunately, extremely few of our enforcers know this -- let alone bother going through the process of booting out scalawag diplomats. Unless malakas din ang makabangga nila.

[Bogeyman]

they may be ambassador but they wouldnt be there if not for the common people.

Aren't diplomats appointed to their posts by their respective heads of state, not elected by the people?

[safeorigin]

hahaha, reminds me of Peter Griffin. "[SIZE=4]♪[/SIZE]can't touch this[SIZE=4]♪[/SIZE]"

[jundogg]

OT: ano ba ang mga diplomats?

[chilli]

OT: ano ba ang mga diplomats?

Diplomats by the word itself means anyone involved in diplomacy, or the conducting negotiations between representatives of nations.

but even if they are diplomats, they should follow the rules and regulations of our country.

[jundogg]

sorry noob question talaga:
still i dont get it. are they part of the US Embassy?
why are they here at puro foreigners lang ba sila?
bakit ang dami yata nila nagkalat dito sa pinas. nag migrate narin yata pati buong pamilya.

dami ko kasi nakikitang tsikot ng diplomat lalo na bandang ayala-forbes park. kadalasan naman, pinoy rin ang may dala, another style din ba ito para mkalusot sa traffic violations?