{"id":221509,"date":"2019-07-04T19:32:32","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T23:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=221509"},"modified":"2019-07-04T19:32:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T23:32:32","slug":"palace-reiterates-stance-on-verbal-fishing-agreement-with-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/07\/04\/palace-reiterates-stance-on-verbal-fishing-agreement-with-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace reiterates stance on verbal fishing agreement with China"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Panelo said the position of the President on the issue has not changed, and that the verbal agreement is actually being enforced now, which is to observe peace in the area so that the Filipinos there can fish (File Photo: Screengrabbed from PCOO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Malaca\u00f1ang on Thursday reiterated its stand on the verbal fishing agreement with China following the remarks of Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles and Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng sinasabi ko kung ano ang sinabi ni Presidente. Kung iba ang interpretasyon ng mga kasama natin (What I\u2019ve been saying is what the President has said. If our colleagues have different interpretation), they are entitled to their own interpretation,\u201d said Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and Presidential Spokesperson Salvador S. Panelo to Palace reporters in a press briefing.<\/p>\n

Panelo said the position of the President on the issue has not changed, and that the verbal agreement is actually being enforced now, which is to observe peace in the area so that the Filipinos there can fish.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the position of the President remains the same. It has not changed. That is the position of the President, not my position. I am just echoing the position as a spokesman of the President,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Locsin said the supposed verbal fishing deal between Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping is not a policy while Nograles said the agreement is the commitment to talk and to \u201center into good working conditions\u201d.<\/p>\n

Panelo said the line of questioning on whether the government will allow China to fish in the West Philippine Sea was crafted on a wrong premise since the Chinese had already been there and had been claiming the disputed area as their own.<\/p>\n

\u201cAng problema kasi ang tanong na iyon, (The problem is the question) \u2018Will you allow Chinese fishermen to fish in the EEZ?\u2019 Ano bang \u2018allow\u2019 eh andoon na nga sila, (What \u2018allow\u2019 when in fact they are there already), they are there. As far as they are concerned, they own it,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cKaya nga kami nag-uusap na lang na pwede bang huwag istorbohin iyong mga [Pilipinong] mangingisda doon (That\u2019s why, we are talking that will you please do not disturb the Filipino fishermen there),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He maintained that aggressively forcing the application of the provision in Article 12 of the Constitution would only result in a worse situation for the Filipino fishermen.<\/p>\n

Panelo said Malaca\u00f1ang nonetheless remains positive that the issue triggered by Recto Bank incident involving Filipino fishing boat and a Chinese vessel will not affect the popularity of the President.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlam niyo, sinasabi nga ni Presidente, it doesn\u2019t matter kung popular siya or hindi (You know, what the President has said, it doesn\u2019t matter whether he is popular nor not). What he will do is he will perform his duty under the Constitution as directed to him. His prime duty being the head of the government is to serve and protect the people,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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