The planned countermeasures of the Philippines to China’s aggressive actions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) are not purely military, the National Task Force (NTF) for the WPS said on Monday.
The planned countermeasures of the Philippines to China’s aggressive actions in the West Philippine Sea are not purely military, the National Task Force for the WPS said on Monday.NTF WPS spokesperson Jonathan Malaya made the statement after President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said the Philippines will execute a “proportionate, deliberate, and reasonable” response to China.“Marami sa ating mga kababayan akala nila yung counter response natin or measures natin ay purely military, hindi po.
"Over the succeeding weeks there shall be, implemented by the relevant national government agencies and instrumentalities, a response and countermeasure package that is proportionate, deliberate, and reasonable in the face of the open, unabating, and illegal, coercive, aggressive, and dangerous attacks by agents of the China Coast Guard and the Chinese Maritime Militia," Marcos said.
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