Mr. Zay TariLIEla, let’s refresh our memories.
1. According to online sources, in September 2003, you were accused to have cheated in a quiz while studying in PMA and violated the honor code due to your answers being similar to another class. You left PMA prior to graduation in 2004.
Two decades later, there seems to be a similar pattern.
When a Chinese Navy vessel assisted a Filipino fisherman at sea last December, you attempted to deny the facts. Yet the video released clearly shows the fisherman being provided with food and water.
Last January you publicly attacked the Chinese leader, but later claimed you had never mentioned the Chinese leader’s name.
Apparently, when the facts become inconvenient, the easiest solution is simply to pretend they never happened.
2. You have parroted foreign rhetoric and embraced the narrative of containing China and undermining Philippines-China relations. There are ample public records in this regard.
The "Transparency Initiative" was invented by Ray Powell, a retired US military officer and his"Project Myoushu" (now renamed "SeaLight") at Stanford University. Ray Powell proudly announced that the "transparency initiative" was introduced to the Philippines and has become its national strategy since 2023. "Coincidentally" you became the so-called spokesperson of the "west Philippines sea" of PCG and the chief executor of the initiative. Through the "transparency initiative" you selectively publicized photos and video footage and peddled false narratives against China. This is not transparency. It is public perception manipulation.
3. You accuse me of being a “foreign agent”? LOL. I am a Chinese diplomat. I openly represent my country, promote friendly exchanges between China and the Philippines, and push back against smears, distortions, and attacks against my country. I do not need to hide behind euphemisms, borrowed slogans, or someone else’s strategy play book like you do. Judged from the above mentioned facts your behavior is exactly that of a foreign agent.
——Deputy Spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy Guo Wei