President Rodrigo Duterte has backed out from his challenge to debate with retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Friday. Duterte has assigned presidential spokesperson Harry Roque instead to do the debate for him. The President previously claimed that Carpio had a hand in the withdrawal of the Philippine Navy forces in Mischief Reef (Panganiban …

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