Department of Foreign
Affairs (DFA) Secretary Teodoro Locsin , Jr. has the backing of the Senate of
the President with respect to the rich island of Sabah.
Senate President
Vicente “Tito” Sotto III is backing up the statements of the DFA secretary when
he posted in Twitter that Sabah is a Philippine authority.
“Sabah is not in
Malaysia if you want to have anything to do with the Philippines,” Locsin
tweeted, in reaction to the US State Department about its donated hygiene kits
to Filipinos repatriated from Sabah which is supposedly part of the Malaysia.
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| DFA Secretary Teddy Locsin and Senate President Tito Sotto (photo credit to owner) |
To which his Malaysian
counterpart said he will immediately summoned the Philippine ambassador in
Kuala Lumpur to explain over the supposed irresponsible remarks.
The Senate President
find nothing wrong with the DFA’s pronouncement.
“As far as i know, even until recently, the
heirs of the Sultanate of Sulu had been receiving rental payments for the
occupancy of Sabah. Sulu is PH! DFA has details,” he tweeted.
“You better edit that announcement if you know
what’s good for you,” he added.
Locsin stood by his Twitter rant, saying it is
“historically factual” that Sabah is part of the Philippine territory.
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