Lawmakers condemn latest China's harassment in WPS

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00:00 Swift and singular. Exactly how senators of the Republic received the latest

00:04 harrassive and overly aggressive reaction by China on BIFAR's resupply

00:09 mission to dozens of marginalized Filipino fishermen in Scarborough Shoal.

00:13 A number of senators didn't mind the proposal to send China's envoy to the

00:18 country home for good, which a prominent House Solon seconded and also sought to

00:22 have our ambassador in Beijing return immediately as our Daniel Manalastas

00:27 once more hashes over in this report.

00:31 The patience of the country's lawmakers is steering to wear thin following

00:37 another water cannon incident in the West Philippine Sea where bigger Chinese

00:41 vessels blasted Filipino fishermen and resupply mission vessels with powerful

00:47 water cannon shots. Hence more and more lawmakers are now appealing to

00:52 recall the Chinese ambassador and send him back to China.

00:58 "He should be the diplomatic line, he should be the line to ease the tension because of the

01:04 current circumstances. But what's happening is he's the one pouring gasoline.

01:08 My message to Ambassador Wei Chala of Puhao is go home, you're not good here."

01:15 House Deputy Majority Leader Erwin Tulfo also echoed the same plea and he wants

01:21 our Philippine ambassador to China to come home too.

01:25 "I have no account of their ambassador being used by all the ambassadors assigned to us.

01:31 This ambassador is being used and he's still lying.

01:34 I'm laughing at the political functions, official functions of the government there.

01:40 If that's me, I'll be ashamed. So I should go home.

01:43 Just tell them, go home. You're being used.

01:46 And then for us, we should go home."

01:49 Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said the Chinese ambassador has done nothing to

01:54 address the continued attacks of his government to our government troops.

01:59 Zubiri also called out China saying they have no heart.

02:03 Senator Bato de la Rosa once again suggested to armed our vessels with water cannon too.

02:09 "Let's give our ships water cannons so they can fight.

02:15 Maybe so they can feel that we're fighting.

02:19 Let's fight water to water.

02:21 If we're going to use lasers, we should equip our ships with lasers so we can fight.

02:28 We can't be like this forever, like a cat that's avoiding its owner."

02:35 Senate Majority Leader Joven Villanueva said China has neither the right to host down

02:41 Filipino vessels with powerful water cannon blasts nor engage in dangerous maneuvers on

02:47 the high seas to stop the humanitarian missions to soldiers guarding the country's sovereignty.

02:53 Senator Grace Po said the intentional attack is a violation of the international law.

02:59 Senator Jingo Estrada called out China Coast Guard saying their action is a clear transgression

03:05 against human rights, laws of the sea, and shows disrespect to our sovereignty.

03:11 Daniel Manalastas, For The Nation.