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MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s stance on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) problem stays agency and unchanged, sustaining that “what’s ours is ours,” Malacañang stated on Saturday.
Presidential Communications Workplace (PCO) Undersecretary and Palace Press Officer Claire Castro stated Marcos’ WPS coverage is much totally different from the submissive method 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 stated ‘sure’),” Castro stated through 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 combat for what our rights are within the West Philippine Sea, within the EEZ, what we’ve).”
Castro lamented that when Duterte apparently bowed right down to China throughout his watch, he allowed Beijing to manage the Philippine waters, together with Sandy Cay the place Chinese language vessels have been seen patrolling beneath the previous administration.
“So, nasaan na yung pagiging unbiased na nation natin? Yung soberenya natin? Eh hindi naman tayo probinsya. At not like 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 change into a province. We now have not change into a province. If we may have been made a province of China, we’d have adopted swimsuit),” she stated.
Castro stated Duterte had even ordered to cease the development of Sandy Cay due to robust opposition from China.
She stated PBBM stance on WPS can be unyielding relating 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 despite the fact that former president Duterte wished it to be. The President is doing the correct factor. His stance is): Depart our territory. Take away your declare doon sa (over our) maritime rights natin. So, take away the whole lot. What’s ours is ours,” Castro stated.
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 varied Chinese language social media platforms, akin to Weibo.
A put up 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 put up additionally claimed that the island’s authentic identify was “Zheng He Island” after a well-known 14th Chinese language explorer.
“The put up falsely states that the island of Palawan was as soon as theirs they usually have ruled it for 1,000 years, however the Philippines claims jurisdiction and has named it Palawan,” the NHCP stated.
“It’s mandatory to notice that exploration doesn’t equate to sovereign possession. There exists no proof to assist 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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