Tatlong taon na ang nakalipas, inilabas ng Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ang makasaysayang desisyon nito na pumabor sa Pilipinas laban sa China tungkol sa pinagtatalunang teritoryo sa South China Sea.
Mali si Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III sa pahayag na "napakahirap" matukoy ang sovereign rights ng Pilipinas sa exclusive economic zone (EEZ) nito.
One thinks his political allegiances made Sen. Tolentino forget his public international law, which was his major as a graduate student at the University of London. Or perhaps, he simply forgot.
Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo’s explanation of the President’s declaration of his helplessness about the situation in the West Philippine Sea because China is “in possession” of disputed geographical features in the area has made the mess messier.
There are no reports from legitimate news organizations reflecting the Facebook page’s claim.
Riding on an 85 percent approval rating, President Duterte probably thought he could convince Filipinos about the wisdom of his much-criticized policy towards China in the matter of the country’s territorial claim in the South China Sea. He devoted a lot of time on the issue of West Philippine Sea in his State of the Nation address Monday.
Watch how the Palace’s position on the issue evolved.
Labag sa 1987 Konstitusyon at sa hindi bababa sa dalawang lokal na batas ang sinabi ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na "siyempre" papayagan ang mga mangingisda ng China na mangisda sa exclusive economic zone (EEZ) ng Pilipinas.
The law establishes the country’s baselines, which were used to map out its EEZ.
Duterte’s proposition directly violates the Philippine Charter, the Fisheries Code, and the archipelagic baselines law.