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MANILA, Philippines – Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, April 16, said that the purported “gentleman’s agreement” between the Philippines and China over Ayungin Shoal during the administration of former president Rodrigo Duterte was just a Chinese propaganda.

“I really beleive so that this is plain propaganda by the Chinese government. Let’s not fall into their trap,” Villanueva said when he was asked to comment on the issue during a press briefing,

“[I] am humbly appealing to whoever they are, whether colleague in the Senate, whoever, to pause for a while and just think about how we can be united. We have a common denominator. No one could question our EEZ (exclusive economic zone), no one will question the arbitral ruling,” Villanueva added.

The majority …

Source:https://www.rappler.com/philippines/joel-villanuva-says-gentleman-agreement-chinese-propaganda/