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Senator Robin Padilla describes the Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines as educated and gentlemanly based on their personal interaction.


The statement draw criticism from Coast Guard Rear Admiral Jay Tarriela, who views the ambassador’s remark that China could easily defeat the Philippines by force as a threat.


Ian Cruz reports.


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00:00Personal niyang nakausap kaya raw tinawag ni Sen. Robin Padilla na edukado at gentleman ang Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines.
00:08Pinalagan niya ni Coast Guard Rear Admiral J. Tariela dahil pananakot umano ang pahayag ng Ambassador na madaling matatalo ang
00:16Pilipinas kung gagamitan ang pwersa.
00:19Nakatutok si Ian Cruz.
00:23Sa 2026 ASEAN Chinese Business Leader Summit kahapon, nagkaharap si na Sen. Robin Padilla at Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines,
00:33Jing Kuan.
00:34Sa kanyang social media post, pinuri niya ang ambasador bilang edukado, gentleman at derechong kausap.
00:41Sa gitna ito ng World War, sa pagitan ni Jing at ilang opisyal ng Pilipinas, kasabay ng panawagang ideklarang persona
00:49ng grata ang ambasador dahil sa kanyang umano ang mapanghamo na salita.
00:54Kaya sabi ni Coast Guard Rear Admiral J. Tariela.
00:57Di ko alam kung anong naging basihan ni Sen. Robin Padilla para i-describe niya ang Chinese Ambassador na edukado,
01:05maayos na tao,
01:06hap-direchong kausap because for the past months, since she became the ambassador,
01:13kakita natin kung ano na ang mga nasabi niya na post to social media and of course the most recent,
01:18ang takuti ng ating mga kababayang Pilipino na kapag gumamit sila ng use of force,
01:25ay madali silang mananalo at matatalo ang Pilipinas.
01:28Anong basihan ko?
01:30Hapa.
01:31Kakausap ko si...
01:33Kakausap ko ng personan.
01:34Yun ang pinagkakaiba pagka nagkakausap tayo ng personal.
01:39Hindi yung nag-uusap tayo na puro pa sa kalye, puro komento, walang madadali doon.
01:48Kailangan ko kung may issue ka sa tao, kausapin mo ng personal para makilala mo.
01:53Kailangan kausapin ng tao, ano bang pinagkaiba ng interview ng media kay Chinese Ambassador nung tinakot niya ang mga Pilipino.
02:02Hindi ba personal yun?
02:04Hindi ba?
02:05Secondly, anything that is written by the Chinese Embassy sa social media, hindi ba ito lahat inaprubahan ng Chinese Ambassador?
02:15You can see how he mocked those people na nag-call out sa kanya, mga senador, mga kongresista, and even
02:24members of the media.
02:26Does this kind of personality represent yung sinasabing isa ito, Robin Padilla, na maayos na tao?
02:32It depends sa level of closeness nyo.
02:36Maka siya, the reason why he has this kind of conversation with the Chinese Ambassador ay dahil close talaga sila
02:43on a personal level.
02:44Tinanong din si Padilla kung nilinaw na rin ba niya sa ambasador, ang pahayag nitong kung gagamitan ng pwersa, madali
02:52nilang matatalo ang Pilipinas.
02:54Hindi raw natapos ang kanilang pag-uusap ukol dito pero naniniwala si Padilla na hindi nagbanta ang ambasador.
03:01Never silang nagbanta. Walang ganun. Tayo lang na yung mga, ang advice ko na lang sa mga sobrang tapang na
03:12mga kababayan natin.
03:13Uusapin ko ng personal, matutal matapang kayo eh. Putaan ninyo o makipagkita kayo kesa yung puro dada.
03:21Ilang resolusyon ang inihain sa Senado at Kamara para ideklarang persona ng grata si Jing.
03:27Sagot ng Chinese Embassy, kung hindi sila welcome, hindi rin tayo welcome sa kanila para patas.
03:33Nauna ng sinabi ng Malacanang na hindi gugustuhin ng Pangulo ang ganitong deklarasyon laban sa sino mang kinatawan ng ibang
03:40bansa sa Pilipinas.
03:42Ian Cruz Nakatutok, 24 Horas

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