MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte fumed at Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday for likening to “extortion” his demand that the United States pay the Philippines to keep the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA).
“This Robredo is a lawyer. I can forgive [Sen. Panfilo] Lacson [for his remarks on the VFA] because he’s not. They should look at the Constitution. The foreign policy is vested in the president alone,” Duterte said in a pre-recorded speech that aired late on Monday.
“Every time she opens her mouth, she forgets that she is a lawyer. Being a lawyer, she should know that the Constitution says that that is my function. It is not their…
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