MANILA, May 26 — Philippine president-elect Ferdinand Marcos Junior said Thursday he would uphold an international ruling against Beijing over the disputed South China Sea,...
MANILA, May 26 — Philippine president-elect Ferdinand Marcos Junior said Thursday he would uphold an international ruling against Beijing over the disputed South China Sea, insisting he would not let China trample on Manila’s maritime rights.
“We have a very important ruling in our favour and we will use it to continue to assert our territorial rights. It is not a claim. It is already our territorial right,” Marcos said in an interview with selected local media. Beijing has ignored a 2016 decision by The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration that declared its historical claim over most of the South China Sea to be without basis.
Outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte set aside the ruling in exchange for promises of trade and investment, which critics said have not materialised. In his strongest comments yet on the sensitive issue, Marcos said he would not “allow a single millimetre of our maritime coastal rights to be trampled upon”.But he added: “We cannot go to war with them. That’s the last thing we need right now.” — AFP
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