The Philippine government has no plans of declaring Czech Ambassador Josef Rychtar a “persona non grata” over his accusations of extortion against some transportation officials.

“I think that is not in the horizon of DFA [Department of Foreign Affairs] to do so,” Palace spokesperson Edwin Lacierda told reporters.

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