Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Wednesday vowed to continue criticizing the aggressive behavior of China, one day after apologizing for telling it to “get the f**k out” of the West Philippine Sea. While acknowledging that he did not use “the right instrument” in delivering his message, he would remain uncompromising in his position that the Scarborough Shoal and the entirety of the West Philippine Sea belong to the Philippines “not by mere claim but by absolute right and legal victory.” “No megaphone; it was an outburst of temper under repeated provocations in close succession by China against its Philippine neighbor which has kept reaching out for a measure of respect. It won’t happen again. Many many ways to skin a cat; a cleaver is not the right instrument,” Locsin said, in response to the Chinese foreign ministry’s statement calling his tweeting habit “megaphone diplomacy.”

Requejo, R. E., & Ramos-Araneta, M. (2021, May 6). Locsin won't stop criticizing Chinese incursion in WPS. Manila Standard, pp. A1, A2.