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Just when I thought that the Senate inquiry about the supposed  “gentleman’s agreement” with China on the maritime conduct in Ayungin Shoal couldn’t get any murkier, here comes former executive secretary Salvador Medialdea claiming that the supposed agreement was made in 2013, halfway into the presidency of the late of Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. His allegation – an obvious defense of former president Rodrigo Duterte, his boss – has dragged the issue further down the gutter.

On May 21, Medialdea told the joint House committees on national defense and security that it was then-defense secretary Voltaire Gazmin who made the agreement with then-Chinese ambassador to Manila Ma Keqing. He offered no solid evidence, however, saying that he had unintendedly heard about it from someon…

Source:https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/vantage-point-the-manchurian-candidates-philippines/