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The President raised doubts that China would give up its territorial claims believing the area is theirs even if the country gets help from the United Nations.
Duterte posed a question to the retired SC justice during his late-night pre-recorded address to the nation Monday, April 19.
“Ito naman si Carpio, daldal nang daldal wala namang… Ano bang gusto mo? Sige ka punta doon sa… (This Carpio keeps on talking but he doesn’t… What do you like? Right, go there to…) Do you think China will obey the United Nations? I’ll ask you a question: If the United Nations will ask China to surrender because of that award given to us, ibibigay ba ng China ‘yan? (will China give that back?),” Duterte asked Carpio.
Published April 20, 2021, 9:20 PM
Asserting a country’s sovereignty does not equate to declaring a war against another country who claims ownership over its territory, Senator Grace Poe said on Tuesday, April 20.
Poe shared the view that the Philippines cannot afford to give in to China’s aggression in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), saying: “We must protect what rightfully belongs to our people.”
“Asserting our sovereignty, protecting our fisherfolk, and managing our natural resources are not a declaration of war,” she added.
The senator issued the statement after President Duterte conceded that “nothing will happen” if the Philippines would counter the patrols of Chinese military vessels in the WPS, “because we are not in possession of the area”.