PBBM, tutol sa panukalang maglagay din ng water cannon sa mga barko ng Pilipinas sa West Philippine Sea; diplomatikong hakbang ng gobyerno, iginiit
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00:00 President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has stated that the Philippines will not take offensive action
00:07 against China's aggressive moves within our territory.
00:11 According to the President, instead of attacking, the Philippines is more likely to lower tensions in the region.
00:18 Alan Francisco is in the center of the news.
00:24 There are plans to install water cannons on our vessels that are crossing.
00:30 Will you give the go signal on that, sir?
00:34 No.
00:34 That is the answer of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on the plans of some
00:39 to install water cannons on the Philippine ships in the West Philippine Sea.
00:44 According to some, this is what China is doing, so the Philippines should comply.
00:50 But President Marcos is not a fan of this. He said it's appropriate in an ambush interview of the media
00:55 in the event of Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations Day in Pasay City.
01:00 We have no intention of attacking anyone with water cannons or any other such offensive,
01:07 I would have to call them weapons because they are already damaged.
01:10 So no, that is not something that's in the plan.
01:13 According to President Marcos, what the country is doing is protecting the sovereignty of the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea.
01:20 What we are doing is defending our sovereign rights and our sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea.
01:30 The President is adamant that the government will not imitate what the Chinese vessels are doing to the Philippine ships.
01:37 We will not follow the Chinese Coast Guard and the Chinese vessels down that road
01:44 because it's simply, it is not the mission of our Navy, our Coast Guard to start or to increase tensions.
01:56 Their mission is precisely the opposite, is to lower tensions.
02:01 Instead, President Marcos is claiming that he is a diplomat in the government's interest.
02:06 All we do is, when it happens, we know our ships are using water cannons,
02:11 we send out demarches, we send out letters to China and other stakeholders.
02:21 So that would be the opposite of what we are trying to achieve.
02:24 Alan Francisco for Pabansang TV in the new Philippines.