MANILA, Philippines—Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo took a jab at Senator Manny Pacquiao and told the boxer to stop criticizing President Rodrigo Duterte.
Speaking in his commentary show Counterpoint, Panelo alluded that Pacquiao is taking the same stand as opposition senators regarding the territorial dispute between the Philippines and China after Chinese vessels continue to encroach into the country’s exclusive economic zone near Palawan.
“Sabi mo si Presidente dapat ipanindigan nya posisyion nya sa West Philippine Sea, nakukulangan ka, yun din linya ng mga kasama mo na matagal na nating sinasabi pinipilit ho nila,” said Panelo.
(You said that the President sho…
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