{"id":167379,"date":"2018-06-19T08:32:18","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T12:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=167379"},"modified":"2018-06-19T08:32:18","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T12:32:18","slug":"fish-taking-in-panatag-an-imperfect-barter-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/19\/fish-taking-in-panatag-an-imperfect-barter-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Fish-taking in Panatag an imperfect barter: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Tuesday echoed President Rodrigo R. Duterte\u2019s statement that the practice of Chinese Coast Guard personnel taking catch from Filipino fishermen in the Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal is barter, albeit an imperfect one. (Photo By NASA, Public Domain<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0— Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Tuesday echoed President Rodrigo R. Duterte\u2019s statement that the practice of Chinese Coast Guard personnel taking catch from Filipino fishermen in the Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal is barter, albeit an imperfect one.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng sabi nga (ng) Presidente, barter, pero walang pagkakasundo sa valuation. So hindi po siya talagang perfected contract of barter<\/em>\u00a0(The President said it was barter but there was no agreement on valuation. So, it\u2019s really not a perfected contract of barter),\u201d Roque said in a briefing in Cotabato City.<\/p>\n

He reiterated that it was Duterte himself who said that because there is no agreement on the valuation of Filipino fishermen\u2019s catch, it means that there is no contract.<\/p>\n

He also pointed out that a proper barter should involve a contract where both parties agree on an exchange of goods and services without the use of money.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresidente na rin ang nagsabi walang agreement sa valuation, so wala talagang kontrata ng barter kasi bago ka magkaroon ng barter, kinakailangan magkasundo sa lahat, including \u2018yung presyo<\/em>\u00a0(The President himself said that there\u2019s no agreement on the valuation, so there\u2019s no contract on barter because before there\u2019s a barter, there\u2019s a need to agree on all terms, including the price of the goods),\u201d Roque explained.<\/p>\n

He, meanwhile, denied that Duterte was preempting the investigation being conducted by the Chinese government in relation to its Coast Guard personnel forcibly taking fish from Filipino fishermen in the Panatag Shoal.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi naman po siguro<\/em>\u00a0(I don\u2019t think so),\u201d Roque said when asked by reporters.<\/p>\n

Lost in translation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Duterte earlier blamed the language barrier between Filipino fishermen and Chinese Coast Guard personnel for the barter\u2019s valuation problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a barter in exchange for the — \u2018yung isda<\/em>\u00a0(fish),\u201d Duterte said in a speech at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) during the agency\u2019s 120th anniversary celebration on Monday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cEh ang problema, ang valuation. Hindi tayo nagkakaintindihan dito<\/em>\u00a0(The problem is valuation. We don\u2019t understand each other),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Duterte also refused to call the act of the Chinese Coast Guard taking catch as a \u201cseizure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua has assured that if the Panatag incident is proven, the Chinese government will discipline erring coast guards in accordance with their own regulations.<\/p>\n

He said that as a rule, their government will not allow the Chinese Coast Guard \u201cto do anything that is harmful to the Filipino fishermen.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cfriendly arrangements\u201d between the Philippines and China currently allow Filipino fishermen to fish and \u201cthat will not be changed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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