“I would like to put on notice if there’s an American agent here, that from now on, you want the Visiting Forces Agreement done? Well, they have to pay. It’s a shared responsibility, but your share of responsibility does not come free. Because after all, when the wa*r breaks out, we all pay. You, kami, we are nearest to the garrison there where there are a lot of arsenals of the Chinese armed forces. Kaya tandaan nila ‘yan. I hope they would understand that we are a nearest to a theater of wa*r. Ang banatan diyan it could be submarines and aircraft carriers and all. Madadamay talaga tayo. I do not want to participate in any adventure of that kind, if I can help it. I am not against the Chinese, neither am I a — ako, hindi ako pro-American. I am just a Filipino government worker working for the interest of my country,” explained President Duterte.
This statement by the President was quoted by Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson. According to the senator, the Philippines is not a country of ext0rtionists and what the President said is emba*rrassing.
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