MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has raised questions over the previous administration’s action of being the first to pull out from Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal during a standoff with the Chinese if it really believed the country owns the area.
In a pre-recorded address of President Rodrigo Duterte aired Monday night, Locsin echoed and reiterated his boss’s viewpoint that the islands in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) were lost due to the Aquino administration’s decision to withdraw from that tense impasse.
Both Locsin and Duterte were referring to the 2012 incident where Chinese fishing boats were anchored at the Panatag Shoal, also known as Ba…
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