President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is
weighing different things in the whole issue of the ramming of a Chinese trawler
Yuemaobinyu 42212 to the Filipino boat.
Duterte, a practicing lawyer then , is
a "very cautious person" and is "trained to listen to all sides
especially because there are adversarial claims," Presidential
Spokesperson Atty.Salvador Panelo said.
"He doesn't want this blown into
an international crisis given the fact na alam mo, matagal din na nabago yung
relasyon, from the time of the previous administration na masama ang relasyon
and na-nurture nga ito naayos ni Presidente. Inaalagaan niya ito," he
said.
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| Pres. Duterte (photo credit to owner) |
(It took a long time before the
relationship between the Philippines and China improved from the time of the
previous administration until the President nurtured it again. He is taking
care of it.)
Pres. Duterte called the weekend
encounter near Reed Bank in the South China Sea a "maritime
incident."
The Chinese Embassy also downplays
the incident, saying the crew of trawler Yuemaobinyu 42212 "bumped
into" the Filipino boat and then left due to safety fears.
It said the incident was not a
"hit and run," as some Philippine authorities had claimed, because the
Chinese crew "confirmed the fishermen from the Filipino boat were
rescued."
Panelo said the President is also
taking into account the plight of the Filipino workers in China and Filipino
fishermen in Reed Bank, called Recto Bank by the Philippines.
"We can understand of course the
outrage by our countrymen eh kasi lahat naman tayo na-outrage kasi nga yun ang
dating sa atin sinadya, binangga. Natural magrereact nga tayo," he said.
(We can understand of course the
outrage by our countrymen because all of us were really outraged because it
appeared as if the incident was intentional. Of course, we will react.)
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