Legal options sa West PH Sea pag-aaralan | News Night

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Handang makipagtulungan ang Foreign Affairs department sa Office of the Solicitor General para pag-aralan ang legal options ng bansa kaugnay ng malaking pinsala West Philippine Sea.

Pero sa mata ng Tsina, ang pagdawit sa kanila sa pagkawasak ng mga bahura roon ay isa lamang political drama.

Narito ang report ni Tristan Nodalo.

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00:00 [SPLASHING]
00:02 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:26 It is now right to this time around to ask for damages.
00:30 So going back to the environmental degradation,
00:35 we can use the decision and file a new case.
00:40 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:43 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
00:48 We go to UNCLOS again, but we ask for a new--
00:53 we call it an annex 7.
00:57 It has to be a new tribunal, Mischief Reef,
01:01 in occupied by China.
01:03 Now, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] because we cannot use force.
01:07 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:15 So that's a separate count.
01:22 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:28 The activity as we describe it now in [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:33 is a military exercise.
01:35 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:36 That's why they did not decide.
01:38 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:41 Now, we can file the case in the RTC.
01:44 And then we can invoke the treaty,
01:46 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
01:50 If we win, can we expect China to comply with the decision?
01:53 I think in both instances, China will take the same position.
01:58 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:03 I cannot tell you that we will win 100%.
02:07 There's always a possibility of a loss.
02:10 There are also calls to bring this issue on the West
02:13 Philippine Sea to the United Nations General Assembly.
02:17 Do you think this is a proper forum?
02:18 If we bring the case to the UN, [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:22 That's going to be so much propaganda points for China.
02:26 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:28 And then there's a legal objection.
02:32 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:34 And then [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:36 There is an additional ground [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:40 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:41 You brought it already to the court of public opinion.
02:44 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:46 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
02:50 Our relations should not be defined
02:53 by the South China Sea issue, the disputes of which
02:58 must be properly managed through friendly and peaceful
03:04 consultations.
03:05 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
03:06 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

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