National Maritime Council, naglatag ng rekomendasyon para hindi na maulit pa ang pag-atake ng China sa mga sundalong Pinoy sa Ayungin Shoal
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00:00The National Maritime Council discussed China's aggressive action
00:04in the Philippines' resupply mission in the West Philippine Sea.
00:08The government laid out different solutions.
00:11That's what surprised Kenneth Paciente.
00:16Following the last incident in the West Philippine Sea,
00:19the National Maritime Council took the lead in the presidential office for maritime concerns or PMOC.
00:28Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said
00:31the Executive Order No. 57 signed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. last March was discussed in the previous meeting.
00:38It is a far-reaching security and maritime domain of the country.
00:43The maritime challenges of the Philippines do not only concern our defense and foreign affairs institutions.
00:51They also affect different sectors such as agriculture, fisheries, environment, energy, local governance, transportation, and justice.
01:05Therefore, managing our maritime concerns requires effective cooperation among various government agencies.
01:14To ensure the proper arrangement of the next rotation and reprovision or raw remission in the BRP Serra Madre in Ayungin Shoal,
01:22the National Maritime Council agreed on policy recommendations regarding the EU that are awaiting the approval of the President.
01:29This includes the announcement of the next raw remission, which, according to the National Maritime Council, will continue regularly.
01:36We just don't know that if the reason for this is there was no prior knowledge on the part of China that we were resupplying.
01:49They knew that we had to resupply, that we were resupplying. It's just a normal, routinary matter.
01:55So, in the best interest of all parties, I think it was a wise decision for the President to accept our recommendation to publicize the schedule for activities without giving up anything.
02:12There's nothing wrong with that.
02:14They also expressed their concern about the so-called incident as a reason for them to form policy recommendations.
02:21However, the Executive said that they trusted the President.
02:25Immediately, he asked the concerned Cabinet Secretaries to discuss the matter with him.
02:35And that's also the imprimatur why we had this National Maritime Council convened today.
02:44The government still does not consider the issue brought to the higher international body,
02:50and the country is always prepared to go through it in diplomacy.
02:54But is it time to use the Mutual Defense Treaty of the country in the United States, especially when it is reported that the Philippines was injured?
03:02To be accurate with the status of our soldiers, there was only one who got injured.
03:11As earlier reported, there were like seven, but actually there's only one, Sgt. Facundo of the Philippine Navy.
03:20Your question about the invocation of the Mutual Defense Treaty, it has not been considered in our discussions.
03:34On the question of whether this could be considered an armed attack, the answer is no.
03:39Well, you know this was probably a misunderstanding or an accident.
03:44We are not yet ready to classify this as an armed attack.
03:48I don't know if what we saw were just bullets or axes, nothing beyond that.
04:01Despite the alleged incident, the PMOC insisted that the morale of the troops remains high,
04:06and affirmed that they are aware of the incident that happened this Monday.
04:11Kenneth Paciente for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.