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While some analysts agreed that now was the right time to “quickly develop” the maritime region’s resources, others warned that “political considerations” must be taken into account given Manila’s territorial disputes with Beijing and the failure of prior joint energy agreements.
The National Maritime Council, chaired by the president’s Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, issued a statement saying the Philippine vessel “was deliberately rammed three times”, which endangered lives and caused significant damage.
The first standing ovation to Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) came close to the end – after more than an hour of data presentation – when he declared in his native language: “The West Philippine Sea [WPS] is not just a figment of imagination. It is ours.”
A Philippine expert on international maritime law has urged Manila to invite Hanoi to join a new arbitration case, this time to question China’s unilaterally imposed fishing curbs in Scarborough Shoal.
The proposal is among several suggestions by Antonio Carpio, a former Supreme Court judge, following one of the most controversial clashes between Manila and Beijing in the Second Thomas Shoal, where Philippine troops are stationed on a grounded vessel in the disputed waters.
Former Philippine Supreme Court judge Antonio Carpio cited the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (Itlos) on Sunday as he proposed a counter to Chinese actions amid a growing war of words over the disputed waterway. Filipino lawmakers and officials echoed his suggestion.
Department of National Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jnr and the president’s national security adviser Eduardo M. Año in separate statements on Sunday denied that the Philippines made the agreement.