See how the Supreme Court's senior associate justice corrected part of President Duterte's SONA2019 when he referred to China's historical claims
, we will investigate and you investigate, and when you are ready, we should meet and compare notes, and let us determine who pays for what damage.”
He also recognized “traditional fishing rights” in the South China Sea, allowing China to operate in the area.traditional fishing rights. It is in that arbitral ruling. Ayaw lang“It is mentioned there that even before countries were in existence, people around an ocean or a lake had already been fishing there for generations.”
He also claimed that the Chinese “have been there fishing since time immemorial,” which can be understood as an articulation of China’s position of historical rights, which the UNCLOS arbitral tribunal in 2016 invalidated.stressed that traditional fishing “applies only in the territorial sea and archipelagic waters.”
Carpio has been outspoken about the Philippines’ historical and legal entitlements in the West Philippine Sea.
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