Dating Exec. Sec. ni FPRRD, iginiit na Defense Sec. ng Aquino admin ang may ipinangako sa China

7 months ago

Iginiit ng Dating Executive Secretary ng administrasyong Duterte na ang defense secretary ng Aquino Administration ang may ipinangako sa China noong 2013. Pero pagpunto ng isang kongresista, may Arbitral Ruling na noong 2016 kaya dapat ay hindi na ito itinuloy pagkatapos niyan.

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00:00Former Executive Secretary of the Duterte Administration, Defense Secretary of the Aquino Administration,

00:07insisted that there was an agreement with China in 2013,

00:10but when a congressman pointed it out,

00:12there was already an arbitral ruling in 2016,

00:15so it should not be continued after that.

00:19Jonathan Andat was the one who pointed it out.

00:22At the same time that there was no gentleman's agreement,

00:25former President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping

00:29insisted in the hearing of the former Executive Secretary of the Duterte,

00:33that the Defense Secretary of the Aquino Administration

00:36was the one who promised to go to China.

00:39It was only limited to food and water

00:42that was sent to the BRP Sierra Madre located in Ayungin Shoal.

00:46The status quo at Ayungin Shoal,

00:49or BRP Sierra Madre,

00:52was in a 2013 commitment of former Defense Secretary Gasmin

00:59to the Chinese Ambassador Ma Keqing

01:03that he would only deliver food and water to the marines stationed at the vessel.

01:10There was no gentleman's agreement.

01:12However, we maintained the position of status quo,

01:16so supposedly there was no repair whatsoever.

01:24There was no gentleman's agreement,

01:26but there was an agreement in public.

01:29There was a policy not to repair the BRP Sierra Madre.

01:35That is quite a revelation for me, Mr. Chair.

01:38That was not during our administration.

01:42It was the previous administration.

01:44However, that allegation was not confirmed by the next Defense Secretary of Gasmin,

01:48Delphine Lorenzana.

01:50There was no such thing transmitted to me by Secretary Gasmin.

01:56But it is not true that we did not do some repairs

02:01because in 2021, that was the start of the water cannon in China

02:07because they claimed that we are bringing repair materials to Sierra Madre.

02:13We did the repairs until I left office in 2022.

02:18So, those repairs were continuous by the Navy.

02:21We are still trying to get Gasmin's agreement.

02:24Some congressmen said that if the agreement was true in 2013,

02:27it should not be continued by the Duterte administration

02:30because in 2016, there was a clear arbitral ruling that the Philippines is claiming the Ayungin Shoal.

02:36I did not change my supposed status quo

02:39because I think if that were the case,

02:42we would have postured our foreign policy anchored on the PCA ruling.

02:48At the very least, by that time, the negotiation should have been revoked.

02:53Medialdea said that Duterte helped Xi eight times from October 2016 to August 2019.

03:00In some meetings with former National Security Advisor, Herbio Genes Esperon,

03:04he did not hear any agreement.

03:07What the president said was,

03:09Mr. President, I want to inform you again and make you aware that we have the arbitral ruling.

03:18We want to take advantage and explore and exploit what is in our sovereign rights insofar as the EEZ is concerned.

03:34And so they went to talk about fishing rights in Bajo Dimas in Lug,

03:39as well as the exploration and exploitation of resources under the sea, the seabed,

03:47more specifically on oil or natural gas.

03:52Next, we will invite Gazmin and the former presidential spokesman, Harry Roque,

03:57who signed an unauthorized gentleman's agreement, but not the former president.

04:02No need to invite the former president,

04:05as long as the information comes from the current policy makers as well as the former.

04:15For GMA Integrated News, Jonathan Andal, Katutok, 24 Hours.

04:27Transcription by ESO. Translation by —

Dating Exec. Sec. ni FPRRD, iginiit na Defense Sec. ng Aquino admin ang may ipinangako sa China | 24 Oras

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