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Duterte Orders End to Military Pact With US, Despite Looming China ThreatBy James Patterson 02/08/20 AT 5:58 AMPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte, communicating via his spokesperson Salvador Panelo, has ordered that the government’s notice to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) be sent to the United States government. China, with naval forces often seen in the Philippine waters, will be watching how this develops with much interest. Duterte’s move is a “retaliation†of sorts that could cost his own country P10 billion ($200 million) in aid, including military assistance and financial grants from the U.S., should the termination push through. Recently, the president referred to the VFA as “that son of a b***h†that he would terminate if the U.S. did not “correct†the revoked diplomatic visa of Senator Bato Dela Rosa, a former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief who oversaw the most brutal phase of Duterte’s drug war.Panelo added that Duterte will soon speak to U.S. President Donald Trump who is charging toward a November re-election fresh off an impeachment acquittal and a rousing State of the Union Address.Read more at: https://www.ibtimes.com/duterte-orders-end-military-pact-us-despite-looming-china-threat-2918257
It kind of sounds like Duterte called our bluff....and this is what we get, right or wrong, per pushing the human rights issue. All of a sudden we are faced with a real crisis. https://www.philstar.com/ PhilStar news, others exist from over there, I might look around.
