MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Vicente Sotto III lambasted on Tuesday the spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in the Philippines for supposedly wanting to silence the upper chamber. Sotto issued the remark after the spokesperson, Ji Lingpeng, labeled the Senate’s passage of a resolution condemning the statements made by the embassy which criticized Philippine officials and institutions for positions taken in defense of national sovereignty and maritime rights as a mere political stunt. According to Sotto, it seemed like the spokesperson wanted to silence the Senate by calling them hypocrites and ignorant by issuing their stand through the resolution. READ: […]... Keep on reading: Sotto says China embassy spokesperson ‘knows little about’ diplomacy