“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 w*ar 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 President Duterte was contradicted by Senator Lacson. The senator said, it seems that what the President is doing is ext0rtion.
Lacson's criticism was lambasted by Retired Journalist Sonza.
Sonza stressed out the reason why America should pay to the Philippines.
Read the reaction from the netizens on Retired Journalist Jay Sonza's post addressed to Senator Ping Lacson's comment to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA):
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