Reject fishing deal with China, Carpio tells Senate

The Senate should make a move to reject President Rodrigo Duterte’s verbal fishing agreement that he made with China’s President Xi Jinping allowing Chinese access to the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, Carpio said. | FMangosingINQ

The senior magistrate, who was the guest speaker at a forum hosted by the National Youth Movement for the West Philippine Sea and UP Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea, said the President’s recent confirmation of the verbal agreement only shows the Senate should finally intervene.Duterte claimed early this month that he had struck a deal with Xi in 2016 allowing Chinese fishermen to have access within the Philippines’ 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone.

This became a source of debate on whether the deal was legally binding. But Duterte’s confirmation of the deal in his interview with Pastor Quiboloy aired on Wednesday meant it was binding, Carpio said.

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