President Duterte (Malacañang Photo)
The hashtag #DuterteDuwag (Duterte is a coward) trended on Twitter on Friday afternoon immediately after Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque announced that the Chief Executive will no longer engage in a debate with Carpio on issues related to the disputed waters.
#DuterteDuwag got 27.8 thousand tweets as of 6 p.m. on May 7 while Carpio got 23.5 thousand tweets.
The tweets that contained the hashtag #DuterteDuwag poked fun at the President with most tweets pointing out that he was the one who initiated the debate challenge with the retired magistrate.
#DuterteDuwag trends on Twitter after President Duterte backed out from his debate challenge to Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on issues surrounding the West Philippine Sea.
‘National tragedy’ to call 2016 arbitral ruling as scrap of paper Del Rosario
Published May 6, 2021 7:28pm Former Philippine top diplomat Albert del Rosario on Thursday lamented the President s pronouncement that the 2016 arbitral ruling is a scrap of paper, stressing the international tribunal s decision is valid and binding and must be enforced against China. China, the illegal occupant in the West Philippine Sea, believes that the arbitral ruling is a mere scrap of paper. The Philippines is the country which won the arbitral ruling against China, del Rosario said in a press statement as shared by GMA News reporter JP Soriano. It is, therefore, a national tragedy that the President of the Philippines takes the side of China and believes that the Arbitral ruling is a scrap of paper meant to be thrown in the waste basket, to the severe prejudice of the Filipino people, the former foreign affairs chief added.
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