00:00I am not just a ship. I am a sentinel, a scar, a symbol.
00:05I am BRP Sierra Madre, grounded in Iyungan Shoal, anchored not by rust, but by resolve.
00:12They say the 2016 arbitral ruling is a mockery, but the truth?
00:16It was lawful, binding, and historic, rendered under UNCLOS Annex 7, a system China ratified in 1996.
00:25The tribunal did not rule on sovereignty. It ruled on rights.
00:29It was not a U.S. plot. Over 30 nations and the E.U. recognize its authority.
00:35The nine-dash line? Fiction, not fact.
00:38This ruling is not a weapon. It is a shield. For small nations. For peace.
00:44To twist the law is the real betrayal. Not to stand by it.
00:48I may stand alone, but I am not isolated.
00:51This is not just Iyungan. It is the line between law and force.
00:55You are the reason I remain. I am BRP Sierra Madre.
00:59I was grounded to hold the line. I remain to remind the world the sea has rules, and I will not be moved.
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