Arbitral ruling sa West Philippine Sea, hindi maaring balewalain – Malakanyang

By Jan Escosio September 13, 2019 - 06:52 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)

Inamin ng Palasyo ng Malakanyang na hindi naman maaring isantabi ang pagpabor noong 2016 ng International Arbitral Tribunal sa Pilipinas kaugnay sa agawan ng teritoryo sa pagitan ng Pilipinas at China.

Ito ay sa kabila nang hindi pagkilala ng China sa naturang desisyon na pabor sa Pilipinas.

Ayon kay Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo, ‘final, binding at unappealable’ ang desisyon.

Aniya, hindi maisasantabi ang desisyon kasabay ng negosasyon sa pagitan ng dalawang bansa para sa joint oil and gas exploration sa West Philippine Sea.

Dagdag pa ni Panelo, ang problema ng gobyerno ay kung paano ipapatupad ang desisyon dahil hindi nga ito kinikilala ng China.

At habang pinag-uusapan pa ito, ayon pa rin kay Panelo, may mga pag-uusap pa rin sa ibang bagay o isyu na kapwa magiging kapaki-pakinabang sa dalawang bansa tulad ng joint exploration.

Noong nakaraang Martes, sinabi ni Pangulong Duterte na handa siyang balewalain ang desisyon sa ngalan ng ‘economic activity’ sa loob ng exclusive economic zone ng Pilipinas.

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