Oppositionist Sen. Risa Hontiveroson Wednesdaycalled the Duterte administration's plan to pursue joint oil and gas exploration with China "preposterous and treacherous" as it would surrender the country's sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea. "It is preposterous and treacherous," Hontiveros said in a statement. "It reverses our historic victory at The Hague and signs away Philippine sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea." Hontiveros was referring to the 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague affirming the rights of the Philippines over its 370-km exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea, which it said China had violated. READ:Philippine...
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