The House of Representatives will push through with its probe into former President Rodrigo Duterte's secret deal with China that supposedly gave up Philippine sovereignty over a part of the West Philippine Sea, with lawmakers saying that even mere allegations of the agreement have diplomatic repercussions.
This frame grab from handout video footage taken and released on April 30, 2024 by the Philippine Coast Guard shows the Philippine Coast Guard ship BRP Bagacay being hit by water cannon from Chinese coast guard vessels near the chinese-controlled Scarborough shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. The Philippines said the China Coast Guard fired water cannon on April 30 at two of its vessels, causing damage to one of them, during a patrol near a reef off the Southeast Asian country.
The Chinese embassy bared this alleged secret deal after another round of water cannon attacks by Chinese Coast Guard vessels at the Panatag Shoal on April 30. "It is better to investigate this so we can find out the truth. We also give importance to words as these have value. While the gentleman's agreement is not binding, this has diplomatic repurcussions," Khongun added.
Similarly, Rep. Margarita Nograles said that the Rep. Rodge Gutierrez said that widespread speculation online about the contents of the unconfirmed agreement is "because we haven't had a conversation backed by facts." Echoing the Department of National Defense, Gutierrez said that "anyone who repeats the narrative that there was a gentleman's agreement" is a "mouthpiece for China."
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