{"id":56661,"date":"2015-07-22T16:02:34","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T08:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=56661"},"modified":"2015-07-22T16:02:34","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T08:02:34","slug":"ph-delegation-hopes-to-survive-jurisdictional-phase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/22\/ph-delegation-hopes-to-survive-jurisdictional-phase\/","title":{"rendered":"PH delegation hopes to ‘survive jurisdictional phase’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA — The Philippine delegation is hoping to return to the United Nations arbitral tribunal and continue the case against China’s claims in the disputed West Philippine Sea.<\/p>\n

The country aims to nullify China’s\u00a0\u201cnine-dash line\u201d claim which includes the Philippines’\u00a0exclusive economic zone.<\/p>\n

In an interview with reporters on Tuesday,\u00a0Solicitor General Florin Hilbay said the Philippines “presented the best forms of the argument” and is now hoping to “survive the jurisdictional phase” and return to The Hague.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are confident that we presented the best forms of the argument. How the arbitrators, how the members of the arbitral tribunal received them, we don\u2019t know,\u201d Hilbay said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we believe, based on our understanding of the case, that we have presented, and the answers we have given are the best forms of argument possible,\u201d he\u00a0added.<\/p>\n

During the first round of arguments, the country\u2019s delegates presented justification for the tribunal\u2019s jurisdiction over the its claims under the\u00a0United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.<\/p>\n

Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary\u00a0Albert del Rosario also explained the case\u2019s importance\u00a0\u201cnot only to the region but to the entire world, and its impact on the application of the rule of law in maritime disputes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte earlier said that the United Nations Arbitral Tribunal will deliberate on the presentations made by the Philippines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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