 Under British control, the Philippines would continue to be governed by the Real Audiencia, the expenses of which were to be paid by Spain.Anda refused to recognise any of the agreements signed by Rojo as valid, claiming that the Archbishop had been made to sign them by force, and therefore, according to the statutes of the Council of the Indies, they were invalid.He also refused to negotiate with the invaders until he was addressed as the legal Governor-General of the Philippines, returning to the British the letters that were not addressed to that effect.