Dimaporo says there's no need for Duterte to attend West Philippine Sea deal probe; here's why

Manila Bulletin

Lanao del Norte 1st district Rep. Khalid Dimaporo says former president Rodrigo Duterte's presence isn't needed by congressmen to confirm whether the latter had a "gentleman’s agreement" or not with China on the West Philippine Sea (WPS).   READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/4/30/dimaporo-says-there-s-no-need-for-duterte-to-attend-west-philippine-sea-deal-probe-here-s-why  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00 "Personally for me I don't believe that we need the president to determine or not

00:03 whether there was a gentleman's agreement.

00:06 Because the agreement could have been made between our former president and CGP, but

00:14 the implementing arms are the ones that are providing the action.

00:17 So if there was an agreement being honored, then it would be the DND secretary that would

00:22 implement that.

00:24 If there was an agreement that was honored, then the DFA secretary would be implementing

00:28 that.

00:29 Personally for me, I don't believe that you need the former president to be there

00:34 just to say you really did an agreement.

00:37 You can see, we can determine that based on the conduct of the DFA, the DND, and our armed

00:48 forces when it comes to the West Philippine Sea."

00:51 -CGP-

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