There is nothing wrong with the sharing of information from other countries, Malacañang said Wednesday, as President Rodrigo Duterte bared that a foreign country provided evidence that his opponents and the communists are conspiring to oust him. “The gathering of intel has always been recognized as a function of diplomatic missions,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a Palace briefing. “We have regular reports from our own embassies, we also get intel information, that’s the nature of diplomatic relations nowadays,” he said. “Well, we have been beneficiaries of shared information from the United States about terrorist groups, nothing wrong with that,” he added. ImpeachmentRoque also downplayed warnings that Duterte’s admission of a foreign intelligence supplying him information about his critics was an impeachable offense.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 12, 2018 07:49 UTC