00:00 Former President Rodrigo Duterte refused to promise China to remove the BRP-Sierra Madre from the island.
00:09 In the statement of former Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea,
00:13 the former president did not make any promises related to the issue.
00:17 The BRP-Sierra Madre is a symbol of the country in the same place and Duterte did not deliberately remove it.
00:25 Before this, ACT Teachers Party list requested Duterte to remain silent on the issue.
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