Proposals to adopt federalism as the new system of government in the Philippines should also include the country’s claim to Sabah, former senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. told a Senate committee hearing on Thursday.

Pimentel, founder of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), which carried President Rodrigo Duterte during the May 2016 presidential elections, insisted that Sabah is part of the Philippines and there are documents that could support such claims.

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