How to defend Panatag Shoal
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Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, who contributed immensely to our winning our arbitration suit against China’s “nine-dash line” maritime claim, wants President Rodrigo Duterte to shut up. Justice Carpio asked the President to take care in speaking on territorial issues, to avoid explicitly or implicitly relinquishing sovereign claims and rights. As head of state, President Duterte speaks for the Republic. Hence, if he says, for instance, that the Philippines can do nothing about construction and other actions by China on Scarborough or Panatag Shoal, it could be construed as giving up our claim.
Citation
Saludo, R. (2017, March 23). How to defend Panatag Shoal. The Manila Times, pp. A1, A5.
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Territorial waters; Disputes; Law of the sea; International law; Exclusive rights; United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea; Continental shelves; Exclusive economic zone; Fishing; Governments; Environmental monitoring; Military operations; Submarines; United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS); Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA); Malampaya Natural Gas Project; Carpio, Antonio; Duterte, Rodrigo; Mendoza, Estelito; Abella, Ernesto; Trump, Donald; Golez, Roilo; Panatag Shoal; Philippines; China; Scarborough Shoal; United States; Vietnam; Tokyo
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