A satirical and mocking “apology” of foreign affairs secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. to Vice President Leni Robredo does not exculpate him from baselessly insulting the Vice President who criticized his decision to cancel courtesy diplomatic passports issued to former Foreign Affairs Secretaries and ambassadors, instead of protecting a Filipino citizen’s right to travel like in the case of former DFA secretary Albert del Rosiario.

Locsin’s tirade calling the second highest official of the country “boba” was uncalled for, patently disrespectful and culpably crude.

EDCEL C. LAGMAN