Sotto apologizes to Kennedys but denies plagiarizing

Senator Tito Sotto apologized to the Kennedy family during a privilege speech Tuesday, November 30 following the release of an open letter signed by Kerry Kennedy accusing Sotto of “flagrantly” and “deceptively” plagiarizing a 1966 speech by her father Robert F. Kennedy. In a September 5 speech the Senator used portions of Kennedy’s speech but translated them to Filipino. “If it upsets the Kennedy family, then I’m sorry.” The senator however insisted that he did not commit plagiarism. Also on Tuesday 37 members of the academe filed an ethics complaint against Sotto before the Senate Ethics Committee. Sotto called the complaint “persecution” and “obfuscation”. 

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