Duterte also hit back at Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio who called out the administration’s hands-off approach to Chinese fishing in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone.
,” Duterte said at the 122nd anniversary of the Presidential Security Group in Malacañang on Monday.
[Translation: Will you allow the Chinese to fish? Of course. That’s what we talked about before, that’s why we talked. And that was why we were allowed to fish again. It was a mutual agreement. Let’s give and take. You can fish here, and I can fish there.] Duterte had discussed fishing rights in Scarborough Shoal with Xi during his state visit to China in 2016.
The President, in his speech, also argued that enforcing a ban on Chinese fishing in Philippine waters would cause a problem.apos ako pa ang ipusta nila? Gusto talaga nila mapasubo ako[Translation: If I prohibit, how do I enforce. America is scared. It does not want to confront. And then they will have me face it? They really want me to receive the blow.]
Duterte then hit back at Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio — along with opposition senators — who called out the administration’s hands-off approach to Chinese fishing in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone.
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