00:00Hindi nagpapa-apekto ang Armed Forces of the Philippines sa bangayaan hinggil sa West Philippine Sea.
00:05Anilang malinaw ang mandato ng sandatahang lakas na protektahan nito kahit isakripisyo ang kanilang buhay.
00:12Samantala, nais ng kalayaan, Palawan LGU nagawin sa Pag-asa Island ang hamong debate ni Sen. Rodante Marculeta.
00:20May report si Patrick De Jesus.
00:22Paborang Armed Forces of the Philippines sa inisyatibang imbitahan ang mga opisyal ng gobyerno na bisitahin ang West Philippine Sea.
00:33Kaugnay na rin ito ng naging imbitasyon ni Philippine Coast Guard Spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea, Commodore J. Tariela,
00:40sa mag-amang Sen. Rodante at Congressman Paolo Marculeta na magpunta sa Kalayaan Island Group kasunod ng kanilang mga naging pahayag.
00:49We support the Philippine Coast and the move to invite officials. Case-to-case basis, we invite government officials to visit the island.
00:57Una naman nang sinabi ni Sen. Marculeta na nais muna niya ng friendly debate,
01:02kina-retire Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, UP Professor Atty. J. Batong Bakal at Commodore Tariela.
01:10Para naman kay Tariela, hindi na kailangang pagtalunan ang West Philippine Sea
01:15dahil pinagtibay na ito ng 2016 Arbitral Award maging ng konstitusyon at domestic laws ng bansa.
01:22Nananatili rin daw na bukas ang kanyang imbitasyon sa mag-amang Marculeta
01:26na sumama sa Maritime Domain Awareness Flight o kahit Sovereign Patrol lula ng barko ng PCG.
01:33Pero si Carpio, kumasa sa hamong debate ni Marculeta
01:37at ang dapat niya maging paksa ay ang legal na depenisyon sa pagkakaroon ng West Philippine Sea
01:43kasama na ang Kalayaan Island Group.
01:45Handa ako. We can debate on that.
01:49My goal is the people will be educated, everybody,
01:54that there is already a definition of West Philippine Sea.
02:00Nasa batas na natin yan eh.
02:01So you cannot say, hindi natin alam kung saan yan.
02:05Nais naman ang Kalayaan Palawan LGU
02:08na gawin sa pag-asa island ang debate
02:11at sila mismo ay handang mag-host nito.
02:14Our secretariat will be working together to conceptualize,
02:18to sit down and to explore what kind of setup that we'll be having
02:22dahil gusto po namin na,
02:25I mean, para po maramdaman po namin na
02:29kung pinag-de-debatehan man yung aming existence,
02:32at least nandun po kami.
02:34It's not really a challenge but an invitation.
02:37It's with sincerity and wholeheartedly we will let him feel
02:43how loving our constituents in pag-asa islands are.
02:49Sa gitna ng umiinit na bangayan,
02:51hindi nagpapa-apekto rito ang AFP
02:54at malinaw sa kanila ang mandatong protektahan
02:57ng West Philippine Sea,
02:59kahit ba isakripisyo ang kanilang buhay.
03:01The mere fact that we wear the uniform,
03:04we swore to protect this country from all threats,
03:07domestic and foreign,
03:09it goes without saying,
03:11if and when the ultimate sacrifice is necessary,
03:15we expect the AFP to perform its mandate,
03:17regardless of the cost.
03:18Hindi rin daw dapat na maligaw sa totoong issue
03:20at kinaarap na hamon ng bansa sa West Philippine Sea.
03:24The objective of foreign malign influence and intervention
03:27is to divide Philippine society,
03:30to divide Philippine leaders,
03:32to cause us to debate among ourselves,
03:35and to forget that a bigger issue
03:36ay yung nanghimasok sa ating EEZ
03:39ang PLA Navy, Chinese Coast Guard,
03:42and the Maritime Militia,
03:43their illegal presence.
03:45Patrick De Jesus para sa Bambansang TV
03:48sa Bagong Pilipinas.
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