The
Philippines cannot afford a war with China.
President
Rodrigo Roa Duterte reiterates his stand regarding some quarters calls for a
more aggressive stand on China following the country’s win in the Permanent
Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Hague.
“What
do you want me to do, we’ll go to war tomorrow? If you want, then I will go for
it. I have many firearms. We can go to war tomorrow if you want, but we can
just probably go as far as Palawan. They can already hit us at that place,” the
President said in Cebuano during the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban ng
Bayan rally in Cagayan de Oro.
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The
President made this point again following the filing of former foreign
secretary Alberto del Rosario and former ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales
filed against Chinese President Xi Jinping for “crimes against humanity”
in the International Criminal Court.
“Manila
can be reached by the cruise missile of the Chinese in seven minutes. It will
be devastated. So, when the time comes for us to retreat, where will we go? We
can go to Palawan but that place has plenty of mosquitoes,” Duterte said.
The
complaint wanted the Chinese President to be accountable for the destruction of
some marine areas in the South China Sea, especially those parts that are also
claimed by the Philippines.
Political in nature
Malacanang
has categorized the complaint as maybe more of a “political in nature” on the
part of Del Rosario and “righteous indignation” on the part of Morales.?“They
may know that China is not a member state party. Philippines is not also a
state party so how can ICC assume jurisdiction?” Presidential spokesman Atty.
Salvador Panelo said.
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