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Former Duterte spokesman Harry Roque welcomed Duterte-Carpio’s resignation as education secretary, proclaiming in a Facebook post on Wednesday she had “just become the leader of the opposition” and declaring that the Duterte-Marcos Uniteam had “formally been dissolved”.
Free from a cabinet portfolio, Sara will most likely use her time to consolidate her support while aiming to field her own congressional candidates to challenge Marcos-backed politicians, according to Ramon Beleno, a political analyst and former professor from Davao City, the Dutertes’ bailiwick.
The comments by Salvador Medialdea, Duterte’s former executive secretary, were meant to shift the blame to late leader Benigno Aquino III who could “no longer defend himself”, observers told This Week in Asia, adding that this would allow Beijing to strengthen its claims of a deal being in place.
Antonio Carpio, a former associate justice of the Supreme Court, told reporters on Friday that Duterte’s “status quo deal” has in effect given China control over the Second Thomas Shoal – a maritime landmark in the South China Sea where Manila grounded a WWII-era vessel, the BRP Sierra Madre, to strengthen its claims over the surrounding waters.
Francis Tolentino, vice-chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, said a resolution filed in the senate was based on former presidential spokesman Harry Roque’s statement that Manila was only allowed to deliver essentials, not reinforcement supplies, to its troops stationed on a rusty old warship.