00:00The Filipinos should not be afraid.
00:03This is the intention of the former Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio in arresting China
00:07for their alleged involvement in our territory.
00:11Especially now, there are fishermen who are hesitating to go abroad
00:14because of the fear of being arrested by China.
00:16Jonathan Andal is on the scene.
00:22Yesterday, a group of fishermen in Zambales did not go abroad to Panatagshol or Bajo de Masinloc.
00:28They are afraid to go abroad.
00:30Especially effective yesterday, the police of China arrested non-Chinese
00:34for entering their alleged territory in the West Philippine Sea.
00:44They usually take a break if they stay there long
00:47because they are hesitating to catch fish.
00:49The Philippine Coast Guard should accompany them.
00:58According to the PCG, they have added forces in the West Philippine Sea.
01:01The Philippine Air Force is still patrolling there.
01:04A group of fishermen still went abroad yesterday
01:07but they did not reach Bajo de Masinloc because it is dangerous
01:10and there are Chinese vessels.
01:12They went abroad in groups to be safe.
01:15A minimum of five to ten fishermen should accompany them.
01:19Because if there is an attack, they might be in a group to respond.
01:24Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said
01:28that Filipinos should not be afraid.
01:31Continue with your right because that's the only way you can assert your right.
01:35If you are afraid, you will lose.
01:37If they arrest you, let's go to the tribunal.
01:40If they lose, they will definitely lose. They will not win.
01:44Bajo de Masinloc is in the EEZ or Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines.
01:48That's why Carpio said that China has no right to arrest them.
01:51The Philippine Coast Guard should not be afraid of tensions in the West Philippine Sea
01:57so that it can expand its continental shelf in the West Philippine Sea
02:01beyond the EEZ or 200 nautical miles from the coastline.
02:05This is a legal barrier and is the right of any coastal nation.
02:09There is no action on the ground at this point
02:12because it is not yet final.
02:15So if other countries react badly, it will be an overreaction.
02:20Nobody can say that you are provoking a crisis.
02:24No, because that's your right. It's legal.
02:26The territory that the Philippines wants to expand is not a territory, but a maritime zone
02:30so that its sovereign rights can be expanded to the part of the sea
02:33where it can obtain natural resources.
02:36But it is limited to non-living resources
02:38such as oil, gas, minerals, and sedentary species or non-living things such as giant clams.
02:44For GMA Integrated News, Jonathan Andal, for 24 Hours.
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