PBBM, ipinag-utos sa AFP na pahupain ang tensiyon sa West Philippine Sea
PBBM, ipinag-utos sa AFP na pahupain ang tensiyon sa West Philippine Sea
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00:00President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines to slow down the tension in the West Philippine Sea after the latest incident in Ayuninshol.
00:12AFP is paying China for their damaged equipment and returning the stolen weapons.
00:20Ryan Lesigues is in the center of the news.
00:24BINANGGA!
00:26Rubber boats were emptied,
00:28guns were fired,
00:30and most of all,
00:31weapons were stolen,
00:33and a finger was cut.
00:35This is what the soldiers caught in the middle of the rotation and resupply mission in Ayuninshol on June 17.
00:42More than two weeks after the incident,
00:45President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. headed to Camp Aguinaldo yesterday
00:50to lead the First Semester Command Conference.
00:54Here, AFP assigned President Marcos their next steps in the midst of rising tensions in the West Philippine Sea.
01:04Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief General Romeo Bronner did not deny
01:09their plans for the next RORI missions.
01:14But the rules of engagement were one of the things he emphasized,
01:18where and how the soldiers will respond to the various situations they might face.
01:25He said, what you are doing is really hard,
01:29because while you are defending our country,
01:34you are also practicing restraint.
01:37They are restraining themselves.
01:40Even if they really want to fight, they cannot do it.
01:46But what is President Marcos' directive to the Armed Forces of the Philippines
01:51in the midst of rising tensions in the sea?
01:54The instruction of our President is to de-escalate.
01:57The objective really, even for us, is to prevent war.
02:03Despite this, Bronner insisted that they will not allow the same harassment of the CCG
02:11to the Filipino soldiers in the last RORI.
02:14We will not allow it.
02:16We will not.
02:17We will not allow it to happen to us again.
02:20That is not allowed.
02:22Thank you very much, sir.
02:24We are Filipinos.
02:26Yes, sir.
02:27We will show them our seas, our rights, and our future.
02:37The official insisted that they cannot overlook and forget
02:42what happened in the last resupply mission,
02:45and that they will make a move to chase or retaliate against China.
02:49The AFP wanted to return to China their stolen weapons.
02:55The AFP is also paying the price for the misdeeds of the soldiers,
03:00as well as for ordering the first-class underwater operator,
03:05Geoffrey Facundo, to undergo surgery.
03:08In my letter, I demanded the return of seven firearms.
03:13Those firearms were taken by the Chinese Coast Guard.
03:18Those firearms were in a box.
03:22That's why they took the seven firearms
03:27and destroyed our equipment.
03:30And when we estimated the cost of the damage,
03:35it's 60 million pesos.
03:37Ryan Lizigas for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
03:47The current administration is only being practical.
03:51This is what Professor Antonio Contreras, a political analyst,
03:55thinks about the maximization of the Philippines in the U.S.
03:59where the country has a mutual defense treaty,
04:02and the expansion of alliances with other countries
04:06such as Japan, Australia, and the European Union.
04:09Is this an effective way to bully or be aggressive with China?
04:15Meanwhile, the next thing that the Philippines and China talked about
04:19to ease tensions,
04:21according to Contreras, is the continuation of the Philippines'
04:24incitement to its rights in the territory of China.
04:28Contreras also defended the diplomacy
04:32because the country showed resistance against China.
04:37When we say to China that we are a small country,
04:42but we will not be defeated easily,
04:45or that we will be taken seriously,
04:47we will just go ahead.
04:49It's like bullying.
04:51When you show to the bully that even though you are small,
04:55you know how to assert your rights,
04:59and you have stronger allies that you can face,
05:04you will just go ahead.