Ret. SC Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio responds to Pres Duterte’s statement last night taunting him: “If you’re bright, why did we lose the West Philippine Sea?”
Carpio: Pres Aquino won South China Sea Arbitration; Pres Duterte set it aside.
Carpio: Pres Aquino won South China Sea Arbitration; Pres Duterte set it aside.
Carpio explained that he was still with the Judiciary when China grabbed Scarborough Shoal in 2012 (Executive determines foreign policy) but he pushed to fight China’s 9-dash line by enforcing UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. PH won arbitration in July 2016.
Carpio reminds Duterte that he “set aside” arbitration win in exchange for $22B loans and grants from China, of which not even 5% has materialized. Duterte allowed Chinese to fish in West PH Sea despite admitting fish there is not enough for PH.
Carpio highlights irony: PH now exporting galunggong or blue mackerel scad from China taken from our seas.
Carpio pointed out Malacañang was silent when China grabbed Sandy Cay in 2017 which is just 2 nautical miles from Pag-Asa Island in the Spratlys. Says we lost 1/3 of area equivalent to 3x as big as Quezon City.
Quotes Duterte: “I simply love Pres Xi Jinping.”
Quotes Duterte: “I simply love Pres Xi Jinping.”
Carpio says we need a president who will not hesitate to defend our sovereignty and sovereign rights in the West PH Sea.
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