'I am horrified by the idea that we have compromised, through a secret agreement, the territory, the sovereignty, and the sovereign rights of the Filipinos,' says President Marcos
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MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said his administration has no idea about a supposed gentleman’s agreement between the administration of his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte and China on the West Philippine Sea conflict, but asserted that the thought of it was appalling. Another Duterte-era official, former chief presidential legal counsel Salvador Panelo, denied that then-president Rodrigo Duterte had entered into a gentleman’s agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Marcos said he will still have to clarify details of the supposed deal with Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian, and added that his administration is having conversations with former officials of the Duterte administration.
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