[Trending Now] Sen. Lacson Admits He's Tired of Duterte: "Nakakapagod na rin!"

"Nakakapagod na rin magbasa between the lines."

That's what Sen. Panfilo Lacson said last Sunday, admitting that he is fed up in interpreting controversial pronouncements and statements of President Rodrigo Duterte

When he was asked in radio dzBB about the president's latest remark on comparing his method of war against drugs to Adolf Hitler's genocide of six million Jews during World War II, He said it was really hard to interpret his statements specially because it always drew criticisms from international community.

"Nakakapagod na rin magbasa betwen the lines lalo na sa atin, sa labas ng bansa, international community, they take the words as they come out of the mouth of the President," Lacson said.

"Hindi naman puwede na ibu-burden mo pa sila na mag-interpret o magbasa between the lines,"  he added, saying that it was clear and not really open for interpretation that the President was trying to make a comparison with his now infamous "Hitler remark."

He added the he pities the president's chief executive communication team.

"Maski ano pa sabihin to the contrary, mahirap na i-cure na ang talagang tinututumbok din [ay] nagkaroon ng pagkukumpara at siya mismo ang gumawa ng pagkukumpara kahit ano pang explanation na gawin ng spokespersons niya," he said.

"Katunayan nakakaawa na sila kasi hirap na hirap mag- explain pero wala tayong magagawa. Nasabi na ng Pangulo iyon. Nag-react na ang buong mundo. Hindi natin masisi ang international community, lalo na ang Germany at Israel," the senator added.

On Sunday, Duterte apologized to the Jewish community for his remark at his speech in Negros Occidental. 

"I would like to make it here and now that there was never an intention on my part to derogate the memory of the six million Jews murdered by the Germans... I apologize profoundly and deeply to the Jewish [community]," he said during the opening ceremony of the Masskara Festival in Bacolod City.

Lacon hoped Duterte would be more cautious with his public pronouncements, since they could easily be construed as the country's policy statements.

"I just hope ang policy adviser ng Pangulo magkarooon ng masinsinang pag-uusap dito at sana mapakinggan sila na sana dapat maghinay-hinay dahil mahirap na bawiin," he said.

"Para iyang toothpaste na lumabas sa tube. Kapag nasabi mo na, mahirap nang bawiin, na puwede mong i-correct o i-clarify o ibahin ang meaning ng sinabi pero sa mga nakakarinig, malinaw eh," he added.

Source: TNP , GMA