Manila would not let Beijing run roughshod over its maritime rights in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as affirmed by a 2016 decision by The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Thursday said he shall not “allow a single square millimeter of our maritime coastal rights to be trampled upon.” “We have a very important ruling in our favor and we will use it to continue to assert our territorial rights. It is not a claim. It is already our territorial right,” Marcos told members of media.

'Manila talking firmly over WPS' (2022, May 27). Daily Tribune, p. A1, A2.