Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario said that the ranking Chinese officials have showed off while claiming that they had been part of the reason for the outcome of the Philippines’ elections in 2016, where President Rodrigo Duterte rose in power.

The source has not been cited but according to him, the information came from the most reliable international entity.

In a forum held on Monday which was hosted by Stratbase ADR Institute, in time for the 5th anniversary of the UN-backed court South China Sea ruling that favored the Philippines where Del Rosario said that they received an information last February 22, 2019 from a most reliable international entity that the high officials of China were bragging that they had been able to shape the 2016 Philippine elections outcome which made Duterte to become the president.

https://www.theasianaffairs.com/chinese-high-ranking-officials-brags-to-have-made-duterte-president-says-del-rosario/