MANILA, Philippines — The victory of the Philippines over China at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague is just a “piece of paper,” trash to be thrown away, President Rodrigo Duterte said in his pre-recorded briefing that aired on Wednesday night.
“They filed a cased. We won. That paper, in real life, between nations, is nothing,” Duterte said in Filipino.
“In the language of hoodlums, I will tell you, give it to me and I will tell you: [CURSES]. That’s just paper. I will throw that away in the wastebasket.”
[Original statement: “Sa usapang bugoy, sabihin ko sa’yo, ibigay mo sa akin, sabihin ko sa’yo: ‘P**ang in,* papel lang ‘yan. Itatapon ko ‘yan sa waste baske…
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