MANILA, Philippines --Senator Manuel "Mar" Roxas has refused to apologize for cursing at an anti-Charter change rally, saying he was just expressing the sentiment of the people.

"Sabihin ko lang huwag na silang maghantay [ng public apology] at hindi darating," he told "Punto por Punto," a public service segment of ABS-CBN's morning show, "Umagang Kay Ganda."

"Ito yung totoo. Hindi ako plastic. Ito yung damdamin ng taumbayan at talaga namag dapat ilagay nila sa tama ang kanilang ginagawa," he said.

At Friday's interfaith rally against Charter change in Makati City, Roxas shouted, "P_____ ina! Ano ba to?...Patayin ang Gloria-forever Cha-cha," referring to the contentious issue by its popular tag.

But the senator clarified that he was not cursing at the present situation in the country, not at President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

"Hindi naman. Meron naman tayong decorum," he said in the same interview.

"Ang punto ko dito, nakamura ako dahilan sa napakasama talaga ng ating sitwatsyon. Yung sitwasyon natin. Yung kalagayan natin ang ating minura," he said.

Instead of Charter change, he said, the government should be focusing on the impact to the people of the global financial crisis.

But Roxas wondered why until now, the President has not stopped her allies in the House of Representatives from pursuing their moves to amend the 1987 Constitution.

He also doubts some congressmen's pronouncements that they would go slow on the issue.

"Well, itong gobyernong ito, one step back two steps foreward. Mga taktika lang itong lahat," he said.

"Dahilan sa pag nagsasabi ang ibang kaalyado na itigil muna, yung iba naman nagsasabi magkaroon tayo ng inter-chamber dialogue at mukhang pursigido pa rin ang ibang kaalyado," he further said.