Pilipinas, dapat maghanda sa isyu sa West Philippine Sea – Gordon

By Jan Escosio July 10, 2019 - 07:10 PM

FILE – This July 20, 2011 file photo, captured through the window of a closed aircraft, shows an aerial view of Pag-asa Island, part of the disputed Spratly group of islands, in the South China Sea located off the coast of western Philippines. China’s ambiguous territorial claims have brought it into a tense, 14-day high seas standoff with the Philippines over the Scarborough Shoal, another disputed territory among numerous islands, reefs and coral outcrops in the South China Sea, with rich fishing grounds and other resources. The impasse has reignited concerns about potential conflict in the South China Sea, one of the world’s busiest seas lanes and home to a myriad of competing territorial claims, most notably the Spratly Islands, which are south of the shoal. (AP Photo/Rolex Dela Pena, Pool, File)

Inihayag ni Senator Richard Gordon na dapat ay regular ng magpulong ang National Security Council ukol sa mga isyu tungkol sa West Philippine Sea.

Aniya, dapat isama sa pulong ang mga kilalang eksperto sa foreign policy at defense.

Ayon kay Gordon, dapat ay pinaghahandaan na ng Pilipinas ang lahat ng mga posibilidad na mag-uugat sa agawan ng teritoryo.

Dagdag nito, dapat ay tinatalakay na ng security officials ang sitwasyon para mapaghandaan ang mga maaring mangyari.

Nag-ugat ang posisyon na ito ni Gordon sa insidente sa Recto Bank noong Hunyo 9 kung saan 22 Filipinong mangingisda ang inabandona sa karagatan ng mga sakay ng isang Chinese vessel.

Una nang sinabi ng senador na dapat tanging ang Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) at Department of National Defense (DND) lang ang maaring magsalita kapag may isyu ukol sa West Philippine Sea.

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