MANILA, Philippines—Some senators are not laughing at President Rodrigo Duterte’s jet ski ride joke.
“I knew he was joking. I’m a jet skier and I knew then that it was not possible,” Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said in a text message when sought for comment on Duterte’s latest remark that his promise to ride a jet ski to the Spratly Islands and plant a Philippine flag there was just a “pure campaign joke.”
In a separate text message, Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa had this to say to Duterte’s campaign joke: “Well, that’s him plain and simple.”
“Joke or no joke, it is only China that could alter its own plans and intentions on the disputed WPS [West…
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