The
Vice President would really like to know the true status of the bilateral
relations that exist between the country and the Philippines.
Vice
President Leni Robredo in her weekly radio program questions the relationship
that exist between the two nations as China continues its aggressive expansion in
the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
The
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) last week filed two diplomatic protest
against the Asian giant, 1. For its declaration of two new districts in the disputed
area making it part of the Hainan province and the 2, pointing of its radar gun
against a Philippine Navy vessel BRP Conrado Yap while patrolling inside territorial
waters.
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| Vice President Maria Leonor "Leni" Robredo (photo credit to owner) |
Amid
the health crisis brought about by the novel coronavirus 2019 or COVID-19, the
Chinese aggressions in the WPS have caused the Vice President to cause doubts
on China’s true intentions.
“Sinasabi
natin na kaibigan natin, pero ‘di ba kapag magkaibigan kayo, nagrerespetuhan?
Marami silang ginagawa na disrespect sa sovereignty ng bansa natin. So iyong
tanong: Iyan ba ang kaibigan?” Robredo said.
(We’re saying that they are our friends. But friends respect each
other, right? They are doing plenty of disrespectful actions violating our
sovereignty. The question is: Is that what you call a friend?)
“Sana mas maging consistent tayo, mas maging consistent na kung may kasalanan na ginagawa sa atin, iparamdam natin. iparamdam natin iyong pagprotesta natin, para respetuhin tayo. Kasi kung… kung… parang sinasantabi lang natin, lalo tayong hindi rerespetuhin,” Robredo said.
(I hope we’ll be more consistent. If they did something wrong to
us, we should make our protest felt, so that we will gain their respect. Because
if we downplay it, they would disrespect us even more.)
While the Vice President said the Duterte government is not entirely transparent with is relationship with China, she commends the diplomatic protests filed by the DFA.
“Mabuti
naman na mayroong diplomatic protest, kasi ito iyong naging isyu for some time
noong mga nakaraan, ‘di ba? Na ang daming violation sa sovereignty, parang
hindi nagpoprotesta,” she said.
(It’s good that a diplomatic protest was filed because this had
been an issue for some time. That there were so many violations of our
sovereignty, but it seemed protests were not sent to them.)
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