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MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s stance on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) situation stays agency and unchanged, sustaining that “what’s ours is ours,” Malacañang mentioned on Saturday.
Presidential Communications Workplace (PCO) Undersecretary and Palace Press Officer Claire Castro mentioned Marcos’ WPS coverage is much completely different from the submissive strategy of his predecessor, former president Rodrigo Duterte who was reluctant to confront China over its claims within the WPS.
“Panahon ni courting pangulong Duterte, wala talagang gulo kasi umo-oo tayo (In the course of the time of former president Duterte, there was actually no battle as a result of we simply mentioned ‘sure’),” Castro mentioned throughout the Radyo Pilipinas’ Prangkahan Na! Program. She claimed that is removed from PBBM stance on WPS.
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“Hindi ganoon si Pangulo, si Pangulong Marcos. Hindi ganoon. Ipaglalaban niya kung ano ang rights natin sa West Philippine Sea, sa EEZ (unique financial zone), kung anong meron tayo (The President just isn’t like that, President Marcos. He’s not like that. He’ll battle for what our rights are within the West Philippine Sea, within the EEZ, what we now have).”
Castro lamented that when Duterte apparently bowed all the way down to China throughout his watch, he allowed Beijing to regulate the Philippine waters, together with Sandy Cay the place Chinese language vessels have been seen patrolling underneath the previous administration.
“So, nasaan na yung pagiging impartial na nation natin? Yung soberenya natin? Eh hindi naman tayo probinsya. At in contrast to earlier than, the previous president wished na maging probinsya tayo. Eh hindi tayo naging probinsya. Kung napagawa siguro tayo na probinsya ng China, susunod tayo (So, the place is our independence as a rustic? Our sovereignty? We aren’t a province. And in contrast to earlier than, the previous president wished that we’d develop into a province. Now we have not develop into a province. If we may have been made a province of China, we’d have adopted go well with),” she mentioned.
Castro mentioned Duterte had even ordered to cease the development of Sandy Cay due to sturdy opposition from China.
She mentioned PBBM stance on WPS could be unyielding with regards to defending the Philippines’ sovereign rights over the WPS.
“Let’s face it. Hindi tayo probinsya ng China kahit ito’y ginusto ni courting pangulong Duterte. Tama lang po ang ginagawa ng Pangulo. Nandun po ang kaniyang stance (We aren’t a province of China though former president Duterte wished it to be. The President is doing the precise factor. His stance is): Go away our territory. Take away your declare doon sa (over our) maritime rights natin. So, take away every part. What’s ours is ours,” Castro mentioned.
On Friday, the Nationwide Historic Fee of the Philippines (NHCP) additionally denounced and refuted China’s latest claims over Palawan Island, which has unfold on numerous Chinese language social media platforms, akin to Weibo.
A publish from Rednote app, which is analogous to Tiktok, falsely claimed that Palawan Island was as soon as a Chinese language territory purportedly ruled by China for a couple of millennium.
The publish additionally claimed that the island’s unique identify was “Zheng He Island” after a well-known 14th Chinese language explorer.
“The publish falsely states that the island of Palawan was as soon as theirs and so they have ruled it for 1,000 years, however the Philippines claims jurisdiction and has named it Palawan,” the NHCP mentioned.
“It’s crucial to notice that exploration doesn’t equate to sovereign possession. There exists no proof to help the settlement of a everlasting Chinese language inhabitants in Palawan, which has been constantly populated since 50,000 years in the past by means of archeological knowledge.” (PNA)
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