MANILA, Philippines — Is presidential spokesperson Harry Roque getting his salary from China?
Senator Francis Pangilinan raised this question on Wednesday after President Rodrigo Duterte’s official mouthpiece asserted that Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef had “never” been in the possession of the Philippines and is not within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
But the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has clearly debunked Roque’s claim and maintained that Julian Felipe Reef is well within the EEZ of the Philippines.
“Sa China ba sumasahod ng sweldo nya si Roque? Sa pagtatalo ng mga myembro ng Cabinet, walang in-charge ang ibig sabihin nito,” Pangilinan said in a te…
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