“China has no right to make our own people feel threatened or unsafe in our own seas.”
Senator Risa Hontiveros issued the statement on Friday as she stood with Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana in his assertion that Chinese personnel taking pictures and videos of Philippine forces “is indeed an act of harassment and intimidation.”
“China’s foreign minister is also incorrect to say that Ayungin Shoal is part of China, when Ayungin is well within our Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) as ruled by the Permanent Court of Arbitration,” Hontiveros said.
“But China is trying to blockade us into submission,” the senator said.
“Our military personnel at Ayungin Shoal are practically under food blockade. China wants to starve us out, force our personnel to leave, then occupy Ayungin,” Hontiveros argued.
“It will be in the interest of all for China to cease its blockade of Ayungin immediately to avoid any incidents that risk the peace and stability in the region,” she said.
“We have the right to go anywhere we please in our EEZ, and the Philippines will fight for our right,” Hontiveros said.
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