Acts akin to treason

Roque wanted to paint Marcos as the culprit for giving China a reason to retaliate against the Philippines because of his alleged failure to honor an agreement that Duterte had with President Xi Jinping.Instead, what came out clearly in the eyes of the Filipino people was the betrayal by Duterte of our national interest, an act that is akin to treason.It is a given fact. Presidents are the chief architects of foreign policy, but this could never be construed as an absolute, unbounded power.

Documents will show that the Philippines sought from the PCA an award that would a) declare that the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea governs the rights and obligations of the parties with regard to the waters, seabeds, and maritime features of the SCS such that China's 'nine-dash line' is invalid; b) determine under Article 121 of Unclos whether certain maritime features claimed by both China and the Philippines are islands, low tide elevations, or submerged banks,...

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