Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Friday urged Malacañang to condemn in the “strongest terms” the continuing aggression of China in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Friday urged Malacañang to condemn in the “strongest terms” the continuing aggression of China in the West Philippine Sea .Chinese coast guard ship cut off a Philippine patrol vesselThe BRP Malapascua and BRP Malabrigo were shadowed by Chinese navy and coast guard ships, and ordered to leave the waters several times during the six-day journey.
The legislator also said the government “should not wait for an even worse incident in order to finally put its foot down and tell Beijing to cease and desist in this kind of aggressive action”.Hontiveros further reiterated the need for the Philippines to actively pursue “bigger alliances” and pushed for a “bigger coalition of countries who are against China’s misbehavior, who uphold our victory at The Hague, and who want to preserve peace and stability in the region”.
China claims almost all of the resource-rich waterway, through which trillions of dollars in trade pass annually, with competing claims from the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel said the countries staking claims in the highly-disputed territory should establish a “code of conduct” to avoid a repeat of the “unfortunate incident”.
“We really cannot fight them. We really cannot afford to enter into a war against them. With their sophisticated military equipment as against us, hindi tayo mananalo. We have to seek help from our allies like the US,” Estrada, chairperson of the Senate defense panel, told reporters in an interview.
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