Former foreign secretary Albert del Rosario welcomes Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s words but says the president-elect's remarks must be backed by consistent action to protect Filipinos' rights.
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vowed to uphold the country’s landmark arbitral award that validated its rights in the West Philippine Sea, marking a shift in his position on the 2016 Hague ruling that he earlier appeared ready to cast aside., Marcos described the ruling as “very important,” adding it would be a tool his government would use “to assert our territorial rights.
“We are left only with a bilateral agreement, and that’s where we should, what we should pursue,” Marcos said inNow bound for Malacañang, Marcos on Thursday said, “Considering in the West Philippine Sea, there have been these conflicts, we will not allow a single square – make it smaller a single square millimeter – of our maritime coastal and up to your 200-kilometer [nautical-mile] rights to be trampled upon.
But while Marcos’ early words were welcomed, his statements must be backed by consistent and substantial action.
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