Former
foreign affairs secretary and Stratbase ADR Institute chairperson, former
foreign affairs secretary Albert del Rosario has slammed the President.
One
of the fiercest critic of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte as regards the West
Philippine Sea (WPS) issue when the former said that a stronger and more
strategic leadership from President Rodrigo Duterte, as the Commander-in-Chief
of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), is needed in dealing with
the Asian giant’s aggression.
“We
respectfully submit that the President follow the recent initiative of the WPS
National Task Force, DND Secretary Lorenzana, DFA Secretary Locsin and some of
our patriotic soldiers in asserting our country’s rights in the West Philippine
Sea,” del Rosario said in a statement April 20.
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“In
the face of continuing aggression by China, we would like to see a stronger and
more strategic leadership in our President, as Commander-in-Chief of our armed
forces, to stand up for what is ours,” the former foreign affairs chief said.
Del Rosario
said “We respectfully urged President Duterte to reject “Chinese
narrative of war, because it is intended to scare countries to submit to
China’s will of illegally occupying the South China Sea.”
“We
also have not exhausted the options available to our country such as (1)
raising the Arbitral Ruling again at the UN General Assembly this September
2021 to gather more support from other countries; and (2) under a multilateral
approach, taking other concrete steps to consolidate support from our allies,
which includes engaging in joint patrols in the West Philippine Sea to protect
our waters,” he added.
“The
President has already invoked the Arbitral Ruling that we won in The Hague at
the 75th UNGA and the 37th ASEAN Summit last year. We do not see a war being
waged by China against us. This should have put to rest the utterly inane
notion that invoking the Arbitral Ruling and standing up for our rights are
equivalent to waging war against China,” del Rosario said.
“Because
we asserted our rights against China in Julian Felipe Reef, our allies in the
world like the US and Japan supported our position against the massing of
Chinese vessels. Moreover, the US, UK, France, Germany, Japan, and Australia
have already formally supported the Arbitral Ruling,” he noted.
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