MANILA, Philippines — Special envoy to China Ramon Tulfo should resign if he cannot stop his offensive and baseless statements against Filipino workers, Senator Leila de Lima said Saturday. ADVERTISEMENTLast week, Tulfo defended the influx of Chinese workers in the Philippines even comparing them to their Filipino counterparts. When Filipino workers go to a job site, that’s only when they will start preparing their tools, whereas Chinese workers are already prepared. Filipino workers always smoke and keep talking,” he said in an interview with CNN Philippines’ On The Record. On Monday, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Tulfo’s remark against Filipino workers was “freedom of expression.”He added that “everyone is entitled” to make an opinion “on any matter” about “the country” or “anybody.” /mufREAD: Palace: Tulfo’s ‘lazy’ Filipino workers remark ‘freedom of expression’Read NextLATEST STORIESMOST READ

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 16, 2019 06:22 UTC