Having been sworn to uphold the law, the President has to enforce it. That Duterte is scared of possible retaliation by China should not deter him from performing his sworn duties as Chief Executive. If Filipinos in China run afoul of the law in that country, sorry na lang sa kanila. In Biñan, Laguna, he said last Saturday there are 300,000 Filipino workers in China whose jobs will be jeopardized if illegal Chinese workers here are deported as mandated by law. We have 300,000 Filipinos in China.”He sounded like he was willing, for the reason that he gave, to suspend the law for illegal Chinese workers stealing jobs from Filipinos.

Source: Philippine Star February 27, 2019 16:00 UTC