{"id":153490,"date":"2018-02-19T05:53:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T10:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=153490"},"modified":"2018-02-19T05:53:54","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T10:53:54","slug":"ph-should-be-wary-of-chinas-words-on-disputed-waters-carpio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/19\/ph-should-be-wary-of-chinas-words-on-disputed-waters-carpio\/","title":{"rendered":"PH should be wary of China’s words on disputed waters\u2014Carpio"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio. (Photo<\/a> by Center for Strategic & International Studies\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA, Philippines\u2014Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Sunday said that the Philippine government must be cautious of trusting China over its promise not construct on uninhabited features in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n

Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday, February 17 said that this assurance was made by China during its bilateral consultative meeting with the Philippines on February 13.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s also a commitment by China and all other parties not to build on uninhabited features in accordance with the declaration of conduct in the South China Sea,\u201d Cayetano added, referring to the Declaration on the Conduct (DOC) of Parties in the South China Sea signed by China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 2002.<\/p>\n

Carpio, on the other hand, said the government should not be quick to count on China\u2019s recent promise as it has \u201crepeatedly stated that it can build anything on its national territory.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also hit the government for believing in China when no \u201clevel-headed observer\u201d will.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Duterte administration still believes in China\u2019s good faith, but any level-headed observer certainly will not,\u201d Carpio told Inquirer.net in an email.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, China is promising \u2026 Cayetano that China will not build anything on uninhabited features in the South China Sea even as China refuses to comply with the arbitral ruling,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

According to Carpio, China also continues to claim 80 percent of Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone as its national territory, and massively built islands in the Spratlys from 2014 to 2016, despite singing the DOC that prohibits \u201cinhabiting on the presently uninhabited islands, reefs, shoals, cays and other features.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Gains\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite China\u2019s activity in the South China Sea, Cayetano on Friday said the Philippines had made some \u201cgains\u201d from it. He said that China has transformed three reefs claimed by the Philippines into facilities that could accommodate military aircraft and vessels.<\/p>\n

He also noted that the Chinese has allowed Filipino fishermen to return fishing in Panatag Shoal, and stressed that the situation in the greater South China Sea has become stable than in past years.<\/p>\n

Cayetano reiterated that the Philippines strongly objects militarization of South China Sea by any country.<\/p>\n

“Not because we are not announcing diplomatic action, does not mean we are not taking it,” Cayetano said.<\/p>\n

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