In his speech in behalf of CALD Chairman Drilon at the International Democrats Meeting, Villa observed that “keeping democracy is harder than achieving it.” But he added, “This Rome meeting is a vindication of what CALD has been doing all along. That is, the dynamic, critical and sustained dialogue amongst democrats worldwide is essential in protecting democratic gains and even in helping open closed societies. For indeed, in the words of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi… ‘please use your liberty to promote ours’.”
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