MANILA, Philippines — “There is only one voice on what’s ours: mine. Period.”
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said this in reaction to presidential spokesperson Harry Roque’s claim that the Julian Felipe Reef is not part of the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
“There is only one voice on what’s ours: mine. Period. Not even the military has any say. I speak for the President on this subject,” Locsin said on Twitter Tuesday night.
In another tweet, Manila’s top diplomat also told the Palace spokesman to “drop the subject and leave it entirely to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) under ME, the only expert on the subject bar none.”
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