Foreign Secretary Teodoro 'Teddyboy' Locsin Jr says the verbal fishing agreement between President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping 'cannot be enforced' and is not policy. PHNews
CLOSE TIES. President Rodrigo Duterte is accompanied by Chinese President Xi Jinping inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing prior to their bilateral meeting on April 25, 2019. Malacañang photo
MANILA, Philippines – Despite Malacañang asserting it is binding, Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro"Teddyboy" Locsin Jr said the verbal fishing agreement between Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping"cannot be enforced" and is not policy. "The verbal agreement cannot be enforced. It cannot be enforced on us, because it's verbal," Locsin said in an interview on ANC'sHe cited Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, his former boss in the law firm ACCRA, who said it"Exactly as Frank Drilon said, my boss in ACCRA, you need a document to prove an agreement, which is the way it is," Locsin said.
Locsin made these remarks after Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the deal was legally binding even if it was verbal, because it sought"to serve and to protect the Filipino people."Panelo said when asked on Monday, July 1, if the verbal agreement between Duterte and Xi was legally binding:"Alam mo, kahit sa batas, kahit na verbal eh valid and binding iyon basta mayroong mutual consent ang dalawang partido. Kaya nga agreement eh.
Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio refuted the Duterte government, however, and said itDuterte's statements come as he
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