Retired Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio on Friday urged Filipinos to “shout out” to President Rodrigo Duterte to wake him from his slumber and prod him to correct the narrative that China is in possession of the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the West Philippine Sea. “Shout out to President Duterte that China is not in possession of the West Philippine Sea. Shout out loud so that President Duterte will wake up from his sleep under the kulambo (mosquito net) and admit to the nation the truth — that China is not in possession of the West Philippine Sea,” Carpio said in an online forum hosted by the Philippine Bar Association. The retired magistrate said it is “grossly incorrect” for the President to repeatedly say that China is in possession of WPS. He noted that Duterte made these remarks in November 2018, during the State of the Nation Addresses in 2019 and 2020, and again in April this year.

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