It’s
a simple question.
Department
of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. continuos to ask the
former administration the very reason why sis the country’s ship in Scarborough
Shoal during the 2012 stand off with China.
"If you believe, your government at that time
believes that that is yours, why will you withdraw?" Locsin asked during
the Talk to the People of President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night.
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"[W]hy did we yield possession? And that’s, I
think, the first thing you must ask. Who gave the order to withdraw that ship?
Because it is from there that we start having the problems that are separate --
actually a separate issue from the arbitral award," he added.
In
2012 base on surveillance the Philippine Navy sent BRP Gregorio Del Pilar upon
spotting 8 Chinese vessels anchored inside the lagoon.
Upon
boarding and inspection, large amount of illegally collected corals, giant
clams, and live sharks are in the compartments.
At
the time, two Chinese maritime surveillance ships managed to position
themselves between the Philippine warship and the Chinese fishing vessels
preventing the navy from arresting the poachers -- the start of a tense
standoff over the shoal, which is well within the Philippine exclusive economic
zone. Eventually, the Philippine ship withdrew.
Former
Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario last week explained that the
United States brokered a deal for both nations to simultaneously pull out the
ships but Chinese President Xi Jinping "deceitfully breached" the
deal.
In his reply, Locsin said the act of the US was merely "to
try to stop people from attacking each other" because it cannot force the
Philippines nor China to withdraw in the first place.
"Now, if you believe, your government at that
time believes that is yours, why will you withdraw? These are only good offices
of the United States, it is a suggestion, 'I think you should both withdraw.'
So what you should have done --- I don’t want to say that like I know better
after the fact --- but the truth is, if I --- if I have UNCLOS on my side
saying we are within the exclusive economic zone and the Chinese ship is not,
from my point of view, then I would say, I’ll just look at the other side and say
go. When you go, I’ll go but you go first. Instead, our side withdrew," he
said.
"So what happens to our claim that this is
ours? You just gave it up," he added.
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