May 10, 2021 Retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio said President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent remarks regarding the situation on the West Philippine Sea is considered a betrayal of public ttrust. Carpio also told ANC that Duterte’s statement that the arbitral ruling in favor of the Philippines is just a piece of paper that could be thrown away in the wastebasket is “dangerous.” “The head of state, the President, or even the foreign minister can bind the country with his pronouncements and if these pronouncements are adverse, admissions against interest, this will bind the country if accepted by the other party. And that’s why it’s very dangerous,” he said.