Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson on Wednesday quoted a Chinese writing in dismissing the allegations made by Sen. Rodante Marcoleta in his privilege speech Tuesday.
Lacson said he chose not to respond to Marcoleta’s repeated accusations over a supposed spliced video, which he already denied.
“Yesterday, I was tempted but chose not to respond. I would have used a language that my colleague may better understand: ‘Xiao chong bu ke yu bing’. It means, ‘You cannot explain ice to a summer insect,’” he said in a post on his X account.
In Filipino: Lacson, Gumamit ng Kasabihang Tsino sa Pagbalewala sa mga Akusasyon ni Marcoleta
It means, “You cannot explain ice to a summer insect.”
“What is there to splice when his utterances during the Commission on Appointments confirmation hearing last February 4 could not have been interpreted any other way than ‘surrender the KIG’ that even a kindergarten pupil can fully comprehend?” Lacson added.
The saying quoted by Lacson is attributed to the Zhuangzi, an ancient Chinese text that consists of stories and maxims.
Earlier, Lacson had branded as “entirely baseless and constitute malicious imputation of wrongdoing” Marcoleta’s allegation that he supposedly “spliced” a recording of Marcoleta’s pronouncements suggesting that we “give up” the Kalayaan Island Group to China, saying the post merely replayed the statements with no such splicing involved.
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Lacson, Gumamit ng Kasabihang Tsino sa Pagbalewala sa mga Akusasyon ni Marcoleta
Ginamit ni Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson nitong Miyerkules ang isang kasabihang Tsino sa pagbabalewala sa mga alegasyong ibinato ni Sen. Rodante Marcoleta sa kanyang privilege speech noong Martes.
Ayon kay Lacson, pinili niyang huwag nang sagutin ang paulit-ulit na akusasyon ni Marcoleta tungkol sa diumano’y “spliced video,” na kanya na ring itinanggi noon pa man.
“Yesterday, I was tempted but chose not to respond. I would have used a language that my colleague may better understand: ‘Xiao chong bu ke yu bing’. It means, ‘You cannot explain ice to a summer insect,’” pahayag niya sa isang post sa kanyang X account.
“What is there to splice when his utterances during the Commission on Appointments confirmation hearing last February 4 could not have been interpreted any other way than ‘surrender the KIG’ that even a kindergarten pupil can fully comprehend?” dagdag ng mambabatas.
Ang nabanggit na kasabihan ay mula sa Zhuangzi, isang sinaunang tekstong Tsino na binubuo ng mga kuwento at talinghaga.
Bago ito, tinagurian na ni Lacson na “entirely baseless and constitute malicious imputation of wrongdoing” ang alegasyon ni Marcoleta na diumano’y “ini-splice” niya ang recording ng mga pahayag ni Marcoleta—kung saan iminungkahi nitong “isuko” na ang Kalayaan Island Group sa China. Giit ni Lacson, muling ipinalabas lamang sa post ang mga naturang pahayag at walang anumang manipulasyong naganap.
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