{"id":237626,"date":"2019-11-17T02:14:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T07:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=237626"},"modified":"2019-11-17T02:14:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T07:14:43","slug":"palace-distances-from-locsins-tirade-vs-valles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/11\/17\/palace-distances-from-locsins-tirade-vs-valles\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace distances from Locsin\u2019s tirade vs. Valles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Newly-appointed Foreign Affairs Secretary and concurrent Representative to the United Nations Teodoro Locsin Jr. at the 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit and EU-ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting in Brussels, Belgium on October 18 Central European Summer Time. PRESIDENTIAL PHOTOS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Malaca\u00f1ang distanced itself from the criticism made by Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. against Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) President Romulo Valles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s between the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and to those subject of his criticism.\u00a0Hindi na natin papasukin yun<\/em>\u00a0(We won\u2019t meddle into that),\u201d Panelo said in an interview over dzIQ on Sunday.<\/p>\n

In a Tweet, Locsin called CBCP President and Davao Archbishop Valles \u201cmoron in a white Mu-Mu\u201d after he called on the faithful to pray for Vice President Leni Robredo after she was appointed as the country’s drug czar.<\/p>\n

Panelo explained that Locsin must have been \u201ctriggered\u201d by what Valles said stressing that he would not react that way without basis.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng isang<\/em>\u00a0government official,\u00a0hindi naman magre-<\/em>react\u00a0kung walang basis ng kanyang<\/em>\u00a0reaction (A government official would not react without basis). There must be something that triggered the DFA (Department of Foreign Affairs) Secretary to say the things that he said,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo, however, said there would be no need for Palace to advise Locsin to watch his language.<\/p>\n

\u201cDFA Secretary Locsin is a man of substance. He is professional and he knows what he is doing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Commenting on an article about Valles\u2019 call to pray for Robredo, Locsin said the former should thank President Rodrigo Duterte for appointing Robredo as drug czar.<\/p>\n

Aside from calling him a moron, Locsin also called Valles “an ecclesiastical idiot” and questioned how he passed theology.<\/p>\n

Locsin further said Valles was “a disgrace to what is supposed to be the world’s most intellectual religion.”<\/p>\n

Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio, in a Facebook post, described Locsin’s remarks as “vitriolic and undiplomatic.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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