Fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) sees nothing wrong in showing “Barbie” film in the country despite a scene in the movie showing China’s nine-dash line on the world map. ManilaBulletin READ:
China used the nine-dash line to illustrate claims to the West Philippine Sea . In 2016, an arbitral tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration rejected China's nine-dash line claim in the West Philippine Sea in a case brought by the Philippines in 2013 based on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea .
“The Philippine government should instead popularize in different venues the 2016 arbitral ruling, as a way to uphold our national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” it added. “The Marcos administration would appear much tougher if it directly confronts China every time the latter causes an untoward incident in our territorial waters, rather than picking on a fictional film. For instance, Marcos should protest the recent harassment of Chinese vessel against Philippine Coast Guard in Ayungin Shoal,” Pamalakaya Chairperson Fernando Hicap said in a statement.
Hicap noted that Marcos should garner international support to pressure China to abide by the 2016-arbitral ruling and ultimately give up its claim over the almost-entire West Philippine Sea, which includes our 370-nautical mile exclusive economic zone .
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