Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte has broken his silence and denied making any deal with China over the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
“Let me be very clear on this: We have not conceded anything to China,” Duterte said in a press conference in a hotel here on Thursday, April 11.
Duterte said there might have been an exchange of control over the South China Sea to those who are territorial, not involving the encroachment of China in the Exclusive Economic Zone.
READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2024/4/12/fprrd-denies-gentlemen-s-agreement-with-china-on-west-philippine-sea
“Let me be very clear on this: We have not conceded anything to China,” Duterte said in a press conference in a hotel here on Thursday, April 11.
Duterte said there might have been an exchange of control over the South China Sea to those who are territorial, not involving the encroachment of China in the Exclusive Economic Zone.
READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2024/4/12/fprrd-denies-gentlemen-s-agreement-with-china-on-west-philippine-sea
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00:00 Maraming, hindi naman na dia na sarti to any of the discussion at itong biglang gentleman's agreement with the Philippines.
00:17 Nobody but nobody in the Philippines today, either the Supreme Court, Presidency or Congress, can concede anything of what they report.
00:37 Hindi, hindi gawain ng Presidente. And ano ko lang is, even this stupid ex-Justice Carpio is arping on a gentleman's agreement of which certainly he was not there.
01:01 And is beginning to expound on the consequences of the resort or whatever wrong there was committed in the agreement.
01:14 Aside from the fact of having an anti-Presidente in the pin, the only thing I remember was that status quo.
01:28 That's the word, walang galawan, no movement, no armed patrols there as is where it is. Para walang, hindi tayo bakal.
01:48 Yan ang naalala ko. Wala akong... I do not even know the...
01:59 Ito si Carpio and the rest of the... well I think it's trying to be relevant, he's a retired gentleman. A not so brilliant one which he pretends to be. Nawala naman siya.
02:19 And I assure you that if it was a gentleman's agreement, it would always have been an agreement that would keep the peace in the South China Sea.
02:40 Wag mo kayong balawala, yung walang teknina, kasi hindi ganun ka ba ako.
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