VP bets Pangilinan, Sotto look to foreign partners to assert rights over West Phl Sea

Xave Gregorio – Philstar.com February 26, 2022 | 8:43pm MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Tito Sotto and Sen. Kiko Pangilinan said at the CNN Philippines vice presidential debate on Saturday that they will turn to foreign partners to help assert the country’s rights over the West Philippine Sea. Liberal Party vice presidential bet Pangilinan is counting on engagement with other Southeast Asian nations and countries with stakes in the South China Sea, while Nationalist People’s Coalition candidate Sotto is relying on the Philippines’ Mutual Defense Treaty with the United States. “We would …

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