The United Kingdom's ambassador to Manila yesterday admitted meeting with some members of the opposition, but denied speculations the group is asking Britain to back its call for a change in government.
Ambassador Peter Beckingham said he met a number of times with opposition lawmakers from the Senate and the House of Representatives, among them House Minority Floor Leader and opposition spokesman Francis Escudero.
“It's a role for a diplomat to do that and the (Philippine) government understands. I had a meeting recently with opposition congressmen and senators certainly not supporting the government. It's not conspiracy talking to members of the opposition,” Beckingham told a press conference during the signing of a P30-million development grant to Mindanao.
He stressed what took place were merely “consultations” and that it is only normal to “get in touch with the opposition” as part of a diplomat's job.
Beckingham said Britain has no business interfering in the domestic affairs of the Philippines.
Beckingham said they would continue to monitor the political situation in the country.
The article also has comments from the US side re meeting with the political opposition.
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