Since China has not stopped its bullying in the West Philippine Sea, former foreign affairs chief Albert del Rosario said the Philippines needs to drum up international support to compel Beijing to comply with an arbitral court ruling on the South China Sea as well as “bring to fore” its threat of force to assert its maritime claim. “We need to seek the support of the UN General Assembly in compelling Beijing to abide by the arbitral tribunal ruling,” Del Rosario said. “At the UN and at other multilateral fora, we also need to bring to the fore China’s threat of force. “We are obviously no match for this Goliath who intends to have us for breakfast, lunch and dinner,” he said yesterday.

Lee-Brago, P. & Villanueva, R. E. (2019, August 2). Del Rosario: Take SCS ruling to UN General Assembly. The Philippine Star, p. 6.