MANILA, Philippines - President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he is now invoking the Philippines' Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) with the United States amid the country's maritime dispute with China in the West Philippine Sea. "I'm calling now America. I'm invoking the RP-US pact. I would like America to gather all their Seventh Fleet in front of China. I'm asking them now. And I will join them," Duterte said in an interview over Pastor Apollo Quiboloy's television program. The President added that he will drag the critics of his stance in the West Philippine Sea dispute, namely, Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, former Ombudsman Conchita C...
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