OPINION: Why the Archipelagic Sea Lanes Passage bill should be passed

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Following reports by the military two weeks ago about five Chinese warships passing through Philippine waters, President Duterte last Tuesday issued a statement requiring all foreign vessels to notify

Philippine authorities and to get clearance ahead of their passage.

Maybe Duterte and his advisers want to show the public that he is standing up to China. He is instead showing his ignorance. What the Philippine government should do, Carpio said, “is to pass the Archipelagic Sea Lanes Passage bill so the President can designate the sea lanes where foreign merchant ships and warships could pass. The law can require foreign ships exercising the right to archipelagic sea lane passage to turn on their Automatic Identification System and for submarines to surface and show their flag. The bill has been pending in Congress for several years now.

For us to be able to assert our rights, it is important that the public, especially members of media who write about the issue, understand the maritime zones. We have sovereignty over our territorial sea, which extends 12-nautical miles from our archipelagic baselines.

 

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