MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte challenged on Wednesday former Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio to a debate on the West Philippine Sea, particularly on the 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague that favored the Philippines over China.
In his pre-recorded briefing that aired on Wednesday, Duterte said had only two or three questions for Carpio: Who made the Philippine Navy retreat from the area? What did the administration of then-President Benigno Aquino III do about it? You filed a case and we won. Can we enforce that?
“This Carpio, he keeps writing about the decision but it’s all for his own mind. He’s stupid [ug…
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