‘Dapat tayo pumanig sa kapwa natin’: Adiong slams China ‘apologists, mouthpieces’

Manila Bulletin

Assistant Majority Leader and Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong denounced on Monday, May 6, certain citizens of the country who have chosen to side with China on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) issue.  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/5/6/pumanig-sa-kapwa-natin-adiong-slams-china-apologists-mouthpieces  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00 The Chinese are resorting to different kinds of tactics.

00:05 There's bullying.

00:06 They understand the importance of propaganda.

00:10 It puts legitimacy to their illegal claim.

00:15 They say, "We're already agreeing with the Philippines, so why are you acting this way?

00:21 Why are you changing our agreement?"

00:23 That's what they're showing, so that at least there's a semblance of "We've already talked about this.

00:30 Why do we have the right to push back all your resupply missions there?"

00:38 You know, forwarding their illegal claim.

00:41 What's painful here, as a citizen of this country,

00:45 there are portions in our society that also double down on the wrong narrative of China.

00:54 It's like they act as the mouthpiece of China.

00:58 That's where I get angry.

01:01 I think it's very clear, the position of our government, that we have to fight for our claim.

01:09 This is not just arbitrarily claimed by the Philippines. The basis for this is the ruling of the UNCLOS.

01:16 Internationally, we have the moral high ground to claim these areas in the West Philippine Sea.

01:24 That's where I get hurt, because we have our fellow citizens, segments in our society,

01:31 who are also becoming apologists for China, becoming the mouthpieces.

01:39 The worst is they become mouthpieces of China.

01:41 They double down on all the illegal claims of China.

01:46 We have to side with our own.

01:50 We have to side with anybody whose position really is to protect our national interest.

02:00 We have to side with our fellow citizens.

02:02 We have to side with the people whose interest is to protect our territory and sovereignty.

02:09 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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