MANILA, Philippines — With two past presidents having already issued categorical denials, former president Rodrigo Duterte is “the only one left that may have made the promise to China” to remove the BRP Sierra Madre from Ayungin Shoal, House Deputy Minority Leader France Castro said yesterday.
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and two sons of Joseph Estrada have denied that the former presidents made any commitment to remove the vessel from Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal.
The late president Benigno Aquino III, she added, was unlikely to have made such a promise, as it was his administration that had successfully contested China’s massive maritime claim before the Permanent Court of Arbitration based in The Hague. She said even President Marcos has disowned such a move.
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