Lorenzana: West Philippine Sea was peaceful until Chinese incursion

MANILA, Philippines – The situation in the West Philippine Sea would have been tension – free if China did not launch aggressive actions in the disputed waters, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Wednesday.

Lorenzana was recounting the Shangri-La Dialogue in June where he raised doubts on China’s pronouncements that it does not bully other countries with overlapping claims in the area and that it follows international law.Asked on the reaction of representatives from other countries, the defense chief said they were delighted that someone spoke up against the statements of China.

“Natuwa sila dahil merong nagsalita. Medyo binabatikos din yung galaw ng China dyan sa West Philippine Sea. Dahil kung hindi sila nag-umpisa dyan ng ginagawa, aba tahimik tayo dito. Tahimik tayo kung hindi sila masyadong naging agresibo dyan sa West Philippine Sea, sa South China Sea. Wala sanang gulo ,” Lorenzana said in an interview with DZBB.

CGonzalesINQ Dept. Of Chinese Defense kamo..😂😂😂 Hayan nagmukha tuloy kayong TANGA...DNF.

CGonzalesINQ What can we expect from the chingchong folks, right? Pffft.

gregrf11 CGonzalesINQ Well, blame that to your commander-in-chief who’s a xi jinping ass-licker & who allowed & encouraged china’s aggressive actions in the disputed waters!

gregrf11 CGonzalesINQ duhh...coup na ba?!

CGonzalesINQ Very true sir, it was 9 years ago when China slowly started to do this by 2015 they have established there so called island if only previous administrations have forsee such things then the situation would be different. But pointing fingers would do us no good.

CGonzalesINQ Ano na naman itong tuno mo. Paiba iba. Wala ka prinsipiyo. Palibhasa traidor kayo.

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CGonzalesINQ Baka later mapagsabihan na naman yan si Lorenzana, bukas iba na naman ang sasabihin nyan.

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