{"id":231133,"date":"2019-09-16T19:45:14","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T23:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=231133"},"modified":"2019-09-16T19:45:14","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T23:45:14","slug":"opposition-always-finds-fault-in-presidents-language-panelo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/09\/16\/opposition-always-finds-fault-in-presidents-language-panelo\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition always finds fault in President\u2019s language: Panelo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This after Vice President Leni Robredo asked Presidential Spokesperson and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador S. Panelo to talk first with the Chief Executive before issuing official statements from the Palace. (File photo:<\/a> Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Members of the political opposition always find fault in the language of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday said.<\/p>\n

This after Vice President Leni Robredo asked Presidential Spokesperson and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador S. Panelo to talk first with the Chief Executive before issuing official statements from the Palace.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirstly, we [President Duterte] talk before I issue statements. Secondly, the problem with them is that they do not listen to official statements issued by this office,\u201d Panelo said in a Palace press briefing.<\/p>\n

Panelo clarified that he read first the transcript containing the language used by Duterte when the President conveyed his message on the arbitral ruling to Chinese President Xi Jinping when the two leaders met in Beijing last August 29.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, that was read again by Mr. (Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro) Locsin in the Senate. It\u2019s the same message. They are always finding fault to what the President says. When he makes an official statement, that is the statement,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He also reiterated that what Duterte meant with \u2018setting aside\u2019 the arbitral ruling was that aside from the maritime or territorial dispute, there are other concerns that may first be discussed that would be beneficial to the Philippines and China.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow he [Duterte] speaks of setting aside. What he really meant was just lay it aside for a while. As he said repeatedly, there was an agreement to peacefully negotiate, but we have to talk about other concerns that are mutually beneficial to both countries,\u201d Panelo explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are always finding fault in the language of the President. They are not listening to what he has made officially in his many statements after the [China] visit,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Last Friday, Panelo said Duterte would never abandon the Permanent Court of Arbitration\u2019s verdict favoring the Philippines\u2019 arbitration case against China\u2019s nine-dash line map which covers nearly the entire South China Sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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