By Cedelf P. Tupas
Philippine Daily Inquirer
KATHMANDU�Calling their statements as �racist, libelous and discriminatory,� the Philippine Football Federation yesterday lodged a complaint against GMA Network�s Arnold Clavio and Rhea Santos for their comments against the men�s national team.
In a strongly worded four-page letter to GMA president and COO Gilberto Duavit Jr., PFF president Mariano Araneta demanded that �Clavio be sanctioned for his�assertions that members of the men�s football team are not Filipinos� during the March 13 episode of the morning show �Unang Hirit.�
Araneta also asked for a written apology from Clavio to the PFF and men�s national team currently seeing action in the semifinals of the AFC Challenge Cup here.
Clavio and Santos� comments came after the show aired a news report on the sexual harassment complaint filed by AFC match commissioner against national team members Angel Guirado and Lexton Moy.
�You are not Filipinos. You are only pretending to be brown. You did not grow up here,� said Clavio in Filipino.
The PFF took Santos to task for sexist remarks, demeaning Filipino women and the Filipino women supporters of the national team.
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