{"id":225868,"date":"2019-08-06T18:56:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T22:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=225868"},"modified":"2019-08-06T18:57:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T22:57:01","slug":"duterte-says-time-has-come-to-invoke-arbitral-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/08\/06\/duterte-says-time-has-come-to-invoke-arbitral-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte says \u2018time has come\u2019 to invoke \u2018arbitral ruling\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech during the business forum at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan on May 29, 2019. KARL NORMAN ALONZO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo will finally invoke the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ruling won by the Philippines against China during his next visit to China by the end of August, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

After temporarily shelving the arbitral ruling in 2016 to give way to friendlier relations between Philippines and China, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte felt that it was about time to do so during the middle of his six-year term.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe (Duterte) said, \u2018Remember that I said before that there will be a time when I will invoke the arbitral ruling? This is the time that\u2019s why I\u2019m going there,\u2019\u201d Panelo said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe precisely said that that is pursuant to what he said the first time we visited China and he said \u2018There will be a time that I will raise this issue and talk about it but not now\u2026the time has come,\u2019\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo also bared that Duterte is also interested to bring up the 60-40 sharing arrangement on the proposed joint exploration for oil and gas in the West Philippine Sea in his upcoming \u2018one-on-one- meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Panelo assured that government will always consider what is beneficial to the Philippines in so far as the terms of reference on the proposed joint oil exploration.<\/p>\n

Duterte will also raise the June 9 Recto Bank (Reed Bank) maritime incident where a Chinese vessel allegedly rammed and abandoned a Philippine fishing boat at sea, Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Panelo said it will be a one-on-one discussion between Duterte and Xi.<\/p>\n

He pointed out that the two leaders both agreed to meet in China.<\/p>\n

\u201cI asked the President last night like you were asking me, under whose initiative? And I asked him, sabi ko, ang sagot niya sa\u2019kin, \u2018That was our agreement with the President of China,\u2019\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Asked if there would be an agreement to be signed between Philippines and China on the joint oil exploration, Panelo said: \u201cLet\u2019s see. Whatever agreement they enter into, that will be reduced into writing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite Xi\u2019s earlier warning to Duterte that there would be \u201ctrouble\u201d if the Philippines would undertake oil explorations in the disputed sea, Panelo said Duterte is ready to face it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIbig sabihin, ready na siyang humarap (That means, he\u2019s ready to face it),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

On July 12, 2016, the PCA released its verdict on the Philippines\u2019 arbitration case filed against China in 2013.<\/p>\n

The arbitral ruling nullified a nine-dash line being used by China for the claims of nearly the entire WPS or South China Sea including part of the Philippines\u2019 exclusive economic zone (EEZ).<\/p>\n

The PCA concluded that there was \u201cno legal basis\u201d for China to claim historic rights to resources within the sea areas falling within the \u2018nine-dash line.\u201d<\/p>\n

It also found that China had violated the Philippines\u2019 sovereign rights in its EEZ by interfering with Philippine fishing and petroleum exploration, constructing artificial islands and failing to prevent Chinese fishermen from fishing in the zone.<\/p>\n

China did not participate throughout the proceedings as it refused to recognize the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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