After the Duterte administration appeased China, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. turns to the world, shoring up the Philippines' defense ties and focusing international attention on the dispute.
said a Chinese Navy vessel shone a laser at one of its Air Force planes over the Arafura Sea.
“That shows the Chinese side will keep escalating their measures when it comes to law enforcement or sovereignty and rights assertion in the South China Sea,” Koh said. According to former Supreme Court senior associate justice Antonio Carpio, the Philippines should make clear how it would view similar incidents should they take place again in the future.
The response is also one that the Philippines has long been urged to take up while it worked to strengthen its maritime presence in its waters. Stanislaw Pawlak, a judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, earlier stressed that the rule of law made all countries equal.: “This is a fact of life, you cannot change this, but if you are tall and I am short, it does not mean we are not equal. It is the same with countries.
In protesting the laser incident, the DFA had also highlighted the split in China’s words and actions. For relations to move forward, DFA Spokesperson Ma. Teresita Daza said China’s approach to the issue should be based on “facts and goodwill.” SUMMONED. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. meets with Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian in Malacañang.By resting on international law, experts say the Philippines occupied the moral high ground on the issue – one of the few advantages it has in the dispute.
The DFA’s diplomatic push was likewise complemented by the NTF-WPS’ commitment to publicize China’s aggression in the area through the PCG., a retired US Air Force officer, welcomed the approach, saying it would place repetitional costs on China’s growing incursions while strengthening the Philippines’ position and rule of law in the South China Sea.
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