Philippine Consul General Jose Ampeso may be forced to retire early after a video of him being rude and disrespectful to a Filipino passport applicant in Canada went viral on the Internet.

“That could be an option. If there is probable cause, then we’ll have to see where that proceeds,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said when asked of the possibility of forcing the consul to file for an early retirement.

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