00:00Hindi ka tanggap-tangga para sa isang maritime law expert ng isang pahayag na isuko ang Kalayaan Island Group tungkol sa usapin ng tamang saklaw ng West Philippine Sea.
00:10Yan ang ulat ni Patrick De Jesus.
00:13Sir, being a member of the Armed Forces, we are voicing out the term, our sees, our rights, and our future.
00:28And we just stick to what is being dictated in our, what is legally ours, and what is stated in our law, sir.
00:41Ito ang inihayag ni Philippine Navy Captain Jess Pilara bilang kinatawa ng 35 bagong promote na opisyal ng Armed Forces of the Philippines nang sila ay humarap sa Commission on Appointments noong miyerkoles.
00:53Pero rito ay muling tinalakay ni Sen. Rodante Marcoleta ang pagkakaroon ng tamang saklaw ng West Philippine Sea.
01:02Ilanaan niya kasi sa mga okupadong features sa Kalayaan Island Group ay labas na sa 200 nautical miles exclusive economic zone o EEZ ng Pilipinas,
01:12gaya ng pag-asa island na nag-iisang may sibilyang populasyon sa West Philippine Sea.
01:18Ito po yung pag-asa, yung parola, yung kota, at yung lankyam. Captain alam po ninyo yan.
01:25Incidentally, Mr. Chairman, itong apat na features na occupied ng ating bansa, they are way, way beyond our EEC.
01:37Ano ba talaga ipagpapatayan natin dito?
01:41We will offer our lives, including the lives of our children, and to die for it, for something that is not even within our EEC?
01:48Kaya ang sugestyon ni Marcoleta.
01:50Ang gawin natin po para madali, i-give up natin yung KIG. Then, mako-coordinate na natin lahat.
01:58Mr. Chair, kaya po yun ang dahilan, hindi po tayo makagawa ng mapa para sana ma-submit na natin.
02:05And in our lifetime, we will be able to see doon sa entire stretch ng South China Sea, lalabas doon ang West Philippine Sea.
02:13May naging tugon naman dito, si Senate President Pro Tempore Ping Laksona, base sa kasaysayan.
02:19Yung Spratlys Island, di ba si Tomas Cloma yung nakadiscover nito?
02:24Tapos in-occupy niya.
02:26And this was formalized by the former president, the late President Marco Senior, by way of a presidential decree.
02:34Titinoon-over na ni Tomas Cloma yung ownership sa Philippine government.
02:39Although, nag-go-govern pa rin yung international law, di ba?
02:43May karagdagang paliwanag din si Maritime Law Expert, Atty. J. Batong Bakal,
02:48na nagsabing hindi katanggap-tanggap ang sinabi ni Marco Leta.
02:52We are not claiming the Kalan Island group on the basis of it being inside the EEZ.
03:02These are territorial claims, they are claims to land territory that are governed by customary international law.
03:09And the basis of the Philippines' rights over them is pure and simple, the fact that we have been exercising sovereignty over these areas.
03:20The senator is again also manifesting his lack of knowledge and understanding of the important legal nuances in these claims.
03:34Dagdag ni Prof. Batong Bakala, dapat na palakasin ang karapatan ng Pilipinas,
03:40imbes na magsabi ng mga pahayag na isuko ang ilang bahagi ng West Philippine Sea.
03:46After all, the disputes are still ongoing.
03:49What that is doing is directly undermining the position of the Philippines
03:54and strengthening and reinforcing the position of the other side.
03:59We'll be exposing them to the potential malign activities of other countries that would probably seek to gain more.
04:11We would be giving up an important vantage point to establish the security of our western coast.
04:22Patrick DeSus para sa Pambansang TV sa Bagong Pilipinas.
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