Coloma won’t apologize for undiplomatic statement
By Aytch S. dela Cruz 08/28/2010 Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) chief Herminio “Sonny” Coloma yesterday isn’t about to apologize for his tactless statement he aired Thursday where he categorically denied the assertion made by Hong Kong Special Administrative Region chief executive Donald Tsang that President Aquino was inaccessible during the crucial hours of the bloody hostage taking incident last Monday. Coloma’s statement earned him flak as this as held being tantamount to calling Tsang a liar which the PCOO chief only dismissed this, claiming that “lost translation” was at fault while he was trying to get his message across the public. In a radio interview, Coloma explained that he was asked the question in the vernacular and he answered it in Filipino which he said he sought to clarify Tsang’s allegation that he was not able to contact Aquino during the time. “The question that was delivered in Filipino was: Why Chief Executive Donald Tsang is claiming that he was not able to contact the President? That was very clear, why was he unable to contact, so I answered that this was hard to believe. My statement points to his assertion that he wasn’t able to contact (the President),” Coloma said. Coloma further claimed that the clarification issued by his counterpart, Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Secretary Ricky Carandang, regarding the matter was in response to a hypothetical question forwarded by one of the resident reporters covering Malacañang.... MORE Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20100828nat1.html |
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