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Duterte "fiercely protective" of PH sovereignty, says Palace @ 2019-09-15T08: Back Hot News
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“THE PROMPT CLARIFICATION BY FOREIGN AFFAIRS SECRETARY LOCSIN THAT THE PHILIPPINES WAS NOT SETTING ASIDE OR ABANDONING THE ARBITRAL RULING, BEFORE CHINA COULD ACCEPT THE PRESIDENT』S UNILATERAL DECLARATION SETTING ASIDE THE RULING, PREVENTED THE PHILIPPINES FROM BEING BOUND BY THE PRESIDENT』S UNILATERAL DECLARATION. WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL TO SECRETARY LOCSIN FOR HIS VIGILANCE IN PREVENTING A WAIVER OF OUR SOVEREIGN RIGHTS UNDER THE ARBITRAL RULING,” CARPIO SAID. /MUF
PRESIDENT DUTERTE WILL BE GIVING UP ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IF HE AGREES TO SHELVE THE ARBITRAL RULING IN EXCHANGE FOR AN OIL OR GAS DEAL WITH CHINA. HE WILL REALLY BE GIVING UP AN ARBITRAL RULING THAT DAMAGED OUR NATIONAL INTEREST. I JUST HOPE ALL ITS RULINGS THAT DAMAGED OUR NATIONAL INTEREST CAN BE LEGALLY REVERSED.
READ MORE: RODRIGO DUTERTE XI JINPING BEIJING CHINA ARBITRAL RULING HAGUE RULING SOUTH CHINA SEA WEST PHILIPPINE SEA BILATERAL MEETING
OR DID DUTERTE SIMPLY MENTION, OR CITE, NOTE, REFER OR ADVERT TO THE ARBITRAL RULING IN PASSING?
DUTERTE MADE THE STATEMENT AS HE REVEALED THERE ARE PEOPLE PREVENTING HIM FROM TALKING ABOUT THE RULING OF THE 2016 UN ARBITRAL RULING TO XI, WHOSE ADMINISTRATION INVALIDATED CHINA’S EXPANSIVE CLAIMS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.
ASKED WHAT HIS PLANS ARE FOLLOWING CHINA’S REJECTION OF THE ARBITRAL RULING, DUTERTE SAID: “QUO VADIS, PHILIPPINES?” (WHERE ARE YOU GOING, PHILIPPINES?)
PALACE: DUTERTE WILL NOT SET ASIDE ARBITRAL RULING ON JOINT OIL EXPLORATION WITH CHINA
RAID ABU-MANNEH, GLOBAL CO-HEAD OF THE INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION GROUP AT MAYER BROWN IN LONDON, CONSIDERS A RECENT ENGLISH COURT RULING AGAINST A ZAMBIAN STATE ENTITY THAT ADDRESSED THE PRINCIPLES BY WHICH AN ARBITRAL DECISION CAN BE CONSIDERED AN 「AWARD」 AND THEREFORE CAPABLE OF BEING ENFORCED OR CHALLENGED.
MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR THIS DISCUSSION, THE YELLOWS HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY QUIET OVER THE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL』S RULING MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE PHILIPPINES』 「SUBMISSION」 REGARDING REEFS OCCUPIED BY CHINA (「DISPOTIF,」 PARAGRAPH 1203, SECTION B (7):
A PROTESTER STANDS OUTSIDE THE CHINESE CONSULATE IN MAKATI CITY DURING A RALLY ON FRIDAY MARKING THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE HAGUE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL RULING THAT REJECTED BEIJING』S EXPANSIVE CLAIMS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, IN A LANDMARK CASE BROUGHT BY MANILA IN 2013. —LYN RILLON
THE EPISODE WOULD BE REALLY HILARIOUS IF NOT FOR ITS VERY SERIOUS IMPACT ON OUR REPUBLIC』S TERRITORY. THE BUNGLING DUO THOUGHT THEY COULD FORCE CHINA OUT OF OUR EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE (EEZ) BY FILING THE ARBITRATION CASE, INVOKING THE UNCLOS. INSTEAD, ONE CONSEQUENCE IS THAT IF WE COMPLY WITH THE ARBITRAL RULING, WE』D HAVE TO GIVE UP OUR KIG. AND WE ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH IT, AS CHINA REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE THE TRIBUNAL, AND ITS RULING DOESN』T APPLY TO ANY OTHER NATION.
LOCSIN SAID THE ARBITRAL RULING, WHICH VOIDED CHINA’S NINE-DASH LINE BASIS FOR CLAIMING OWNERSHIP OF MOST OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, HAS TIED THE HANDS OF ANY PRESIDENT FROM GIVING AWAY THE COUNTRY’S TERRITORY.
"OUR INDEPENDENT FOREIGN POLICY, SO CALLED, WHICH ALIENATED A LOT OF FRIENDS AND ALLIES, IN A WAY ISOLATED AND WEAKENED OUR POSITION BECAUSE NOW WE MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH SUPPORT FROM THOSE FRIENDS AND ALLIES WHEN IT COMES TO THE ARBITRAL RULING. ALSO, IN TERMS OF CREDIBILITY, IT DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE SUFFERED SOME BECAUSE WE WERE SO STRONG IN TRYING TO BUILD UP SUPPORT PRIOR TO 2016 AND THEN AFTERWARD, WE SUDDENLY DROPPED IT. THAT MAKES IT HARDER TO USE THE ARBITRAL RULING AS LEVERAGE."
CARPIO, WHO HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO ASSERT THE ARBITRAL AWARD, SAID THAT IN LAW, TO “SET ASIDE” A RULING IS TO ABANDON, OVERRULE, REVERSE OR ANNUL THE RULING.

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