SAN ANTONIO, Zambales — A group of lawyers in this province facing the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Monday, May 17, urged President Rodrigo Duterte to “publicly uphold” the Constitution by retracting his “defeatist” statements on China’s illegal activities in the WPS.
In a statement of concern, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP)-Zambales chapter specifically called on Duterte to retract his public statement that China is in possession of the WPS.
The lawyers’ group also referred to the president’s recent remark that the Arbitral award “is a mere scrap of paper, and should be thrown in the wastebasket.”
It said such statements could be interpreted as an admission t…
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