MANILA, Philippines — Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque Thursday said there is no need to dare him to go to Scarborough Shoal (Panatag or Bajo de Masinloc to locals) because he intends to visit the shoal before President Rodrigo Duterte ends his term.
This was how Roque answered Filipino fishermen who dared him to join them in a trip to the shoal so he could personally see how they were being barred from entering the fishing ground.
“Hindi ko po kinakailangan ang kahit sino na humamon. Matagal ko na pong gustong pumunta ron,” Roque said in a Palace briefing.
(I don’t need anyone to challenge me. I’ve been wanting to go there for so long.)
“Can I ask unders…
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