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Group wants PNoy aide fired for anti-Viet tweets
As cyberspace bristles with negative reactions to palace speechwriter Carmen âMai" Mislangâs controversial tweets about Vietnam, a leftist group has urged President Benigno âNoynoy" Aquino III to fire Mislang for her conduct. Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) said that Mislangâs statements on Twitter were âarrogant, insensitive and disrespectful of other people." Mislang reportedly tweeted that the wine at a state banquet âsucked," that there were âno handsome men" in Vietnam, and that it would be easy to die in the âmotorcycle laden streets of Hanoi."
Mislang is part of Aquinoâs presidential delegation to the Asean Summit in Vietnam. According to Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office Undersecretary Manuel Quezon III, Mislang has apologized. "I apologize for my comments. If I offended anybody, please know that was never the intention. I feel extremely blessed to be in a beautiful country blessed with warm hospitable people," Mislang was quoted as saying on her Facebook page. Pamalakaya slammed Mislang for having âno sense of history at all," reminding Aquino that Vietnam has a rich culture and long tradition, like Filipinos, of resisting foreign colonizers like the United States. âNow we know why Mislang was picked as Aquinoâs speechwriter. They belong to the same league of arrogant people and political wannabes. [Her] grave misbehavior in Vietnam is a product of this administrationâs poor appreciation of the Vietnamese people," said Pamalakaya in a statement. âWe believe [her] ugly manners and wrong conduct reflects the political attitude of current occupants in Malacañang, led by no other than President Aquino himself," Pamalakaya said. Malacañang, however, continues to downplay the incident. Mislang has been a âhardworking" member of Aquinoâs staff since he was a senator, deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said on state-run dzRB radio station. The case is a âclosed book" as Mislang has already been advised by Communications Secretary Ramon Carandang to be âmore circumspect" in the future, Valte added. â LRS/VS, GMANews.TV
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