MANILA - Sen. Manny Pacquiao should educate himself first before making comments on the Philippines' approach towards China amid tensions between the two countries, President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday.
In an interview with channel SMNI, Duterte said the boxer-senator should familiarize himself first with foreign policy before criticizing the President's stance on Beijing over the West Philippine Sea.
"It's about foreign policy. I would not want to degrade him but next time he should ... mag-aral ka muna ng husto ," Duterte said after reading a question regarding the senator's statement.Pacquiao criticized the Duterte administration's foreign policy after the President reiterated his personal view that the Philippines cannot do anything about China's claim in the disputed territories in the South China Sea, as he feared for a possibility of war.
Pacquiao, president of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan , earlier urged its members to ignore Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi's call for an assembly. But it was revealed that it was Duterte, the party's chairman, who instructed Cusi to lead the meeting.
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