That's a load of crap, if you bother to dig out the list of transgressions which took place since late 2016. Crying victim and blame-push in order to justify asking Americans to pay to keep VFA? Want to have your cake and eat it, I suppose. cnnphilippines.com/news/2021/2/16…
Exhibit 1: “It is not enough that China now gives the impression that it is giving ‘permission’ to our fisherfolk to fish in the waters around the shoal… giving permission is an act of ownership, it should not stop our claim of ownership over the shoal.” philstar.com/headlines/2016…
Exhibit 2: "He told us we should not be overly celebrating, because we might offend China," Lorenzana. gmanetwork.com/news/news/nati…
Exhibit 3: "When asked if this arrangement would apply to areas within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone, where the country should have sovereign rights, Duterte said it would not matter whether the site is part of this area or not." cnnphilippines.com/news/2019/9/11…
Exhibit 4: “As far as I’m concerned, I’m the owner, and I’m just giving the fishing rights,” Duterte. globalnation.inquirer.net/178052/duterte…
Exhibit 5: Filipino fishermen have been watching the Chinese giant clam extraction go on for years at Scarborough Shoal... Speed boats of the China Coast Guard that visit trollers drive away Filipino and other fishing vessels trying to enter the shoal. news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/15/19/…
Exhibit 6: "My question to you is, what can we do when they have control as of now, right? They have forces there," PRRD spox Panelo in 2019. rappler.com/nation/panelo-…
Exhibit 7: President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Monday refused to describe the Chinese Coast Guard personnel’s practice of taking catch from Filipino fishermen in the Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal as “seizure” saying the better term to describe it was “barter." pna.gov.ph/articles/10386…
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