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Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez on Tuesday urged China to accept the declaration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on the West Philippine Sea in his third State of the Nation Address on Monday.
He lauded Marcos’ statement that the Philippines cannot yield or waver on the WPS, saying no country in the world can accept another nation’s extension of its territory. “We are entitled to our EEZ under international law. The President is asserting our rights over areas that are legally ours. We are claiming what the law entitles us, no more no less. China can claim what rightfully belongs to it, and we will respect that,” Rodriguez said.
Meanwhile, Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada welcomed reports on the recent arrangement between the Philippine government and China for resupply missions to BRP Sierra Madre stationed at Ayungin Shoal.
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