{"id":227769,"date":"2019-08-22T19:45:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T23:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=227769"},"modified":"2019-08-22T19:45:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T23:45:38","slug":"palace-asserts-requirement-for-foreign-vessels-to-get-clearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/08\/22\/palace-asserts-requirement-for-foreign-vessels-to-get-clearance\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace asserts requirement for foreign vessels to get clearance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Panelo said the Palace will leave it to China to respond to Duterte\u2019s latest statement. Duterte is scheduled to visit China for the fifth time from August 28 to September 2 this year. (Photo: Malaca\u00f1ang\/Website)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Malaca\u00f1ang maintained on Thursday that foreign vessels passing through the Philippines\u2019 territorial waters will be asked to get clearance even if it is not required under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).<\/p>\n

Under Article 24 of the UNCLOS, a coastal state should not “impose requirements on foreign ships which have the practical effect of denying or impairing the right of innocent passage.”<\/p>\n

On August 20, President Rodrigo Duterte instructed all foreign vessels to notify or get clearance from the Philippine government authority in advance of the actual passage \u201cto avoid misunderstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n

This comes after the Western Mindanao Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reported that five Chinese naval vessels passed through Sibutu Strait in the waters of Tawi-Tawi — four were recorded in July and the last on August 4.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the policy of asking foreign vessels passing through Philippine waters is also to allow government authorities to \u201csecure them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSabi nga ni<\/em>\u00a0Secretary Esperon (As mentioned by National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr.), we will maintain that position as initiated by the President,\u201d Panelo said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n

\u201cSabi nga ni Presidente<\/em>\u00a0(As said by the President), to avoid misunderstanding.\u00a0Ibig sabihin, mas maganda yung alam natin para<\/em>\u00a0(This means, it\u2019s better that we know so) we can secure them also,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Asked if there have been any foreign vessels complying with Duterte\u2019s instruction, Panelo said he has yet to receive of any report on the matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have not been told if the Office of the President received any report coming from the National Defense department,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Arbitral ruling<\/strong><\/p>\n

Panelo, meanwhile, confirmed that Duterte will indeed invoke the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ruling won by the Philippines against China in his next meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping by the end of the month.<\/p>\n

\u201cDi ba sabi ni Presidente<\/em>\u00a0(Didn\u2019t the President say), whether you like it, I\u2019m sorry but I have to raise it,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYun na ang<\/em>\u00a0decision\u00a0niya e<\/em>\u00a0(He has already made a decision). He will raise it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo said the Palace will leave it to China to respond to Duterte\u2019s latest statement. Duterte is scheduled to visit China for the fifth time from August 28 to September 2 this year.<\/p>\n

Aside from the arbitral ruling, the President will also raise the 60-40 sharing agreement and the June 9 Recto Bank (Reed Bank) maritime incident, where a Chinese vessel allegedly rammed and abandoned a Philippine fishing boat at sea.<\/p>\n

The President is also scheduled to watch a Gilas Pilipinas game in the 2019 FIBA World Cup at the International Sports and Cultural Arena in Foshan City and visit Fujian University to attend the inauguration of a building there that was built in honor of his late mother, Soledad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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