18 October 2016

News Story: Duterte reacts on impeachment over giving up Scarborough Shoal

Asked to react to Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio’s warning that conceding the Philippines’ sovereign rights in the disputed waters is a ground for the president’s impeachment, President Rodrigo Duterte said he agreed with him.

“He is correct. I would be impeached,” the president said at a news conference before leaving for Brunei and China.

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