FISHY: The Internet’s Wittiest Comebacks to Tito Sotto’s ‘Tongue-in-Cheek’ Statement
Jun 28, 2019 • Kyzia Maramara
The current Senate President on Thursday defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s pronouncement that Chinese fishers can fish in Philippine waters. Sotto was quoted as saying it’s difficult to determine exclusivity of natural resources, especially those underwater so the fish “could be coming from China and the fish from the Philippines could be going to China.”
After drawing flak (yet again), Sotto clarified that it was a tongue-in-cheek statement only a few people would understand. But the internet was already ripe with memes and comebacks. Here are the few best:
Fish Citizenship
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Lets ask the fish if they speak Chinese or Pangasinense! Is this the kind of “wisdom” we got from what they taxed us? Aren’t we shortchanged?
— Alex Enano (@magnuslex) June 27, 2019
Breaking news: Isda, nadismaya!
Our fishermen must be discerning
Here’s how you can differentiate Chinese fish from Filipino fish
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Exclusive type of fish found only in the Philippines. Charot! pic.twitter.com/hmM33b4Unk
— Ethel Booba (@IamEthylGabison) June 27, 2019
Have they been properly issued birth certificates?
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bakit, chinese ba nakalagay sa birth certificate nila https://t.co/cHrON6aB0U
— jared vincent? (@jaredlacaran) June 27, 2019
Here’s the passport they’re all looking for
The government is doing their best to accommodate the influx of foreign fish
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JUST IN: Following the remarks of Senate Pres. Tito Sotto, the Bureau of Immigration will head to West Philippine Sea to check the nationality of fishes out there. pic.twitter.com/uD8jPYPeSx
— Malacañang Events and Catering Services (@MalacananEvents) June 27, 2019
BREAKING: Fishermen caught fish that failed to show it’s immigration papers
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Immigration officers arrested two Chinese illegal fishes at Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea. (Colorized, 2019) pic.twitter.com/gjbySr6p45
— Malacañang Events and Catering Services (@MalacananEvents) June 27, 2019
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