Senators clashed on Wednesday over a proposed resolution prodding the Executive to raise before the UNGA the “continued harassment” by Chinese forces of Philippine security units and fishermen in the West Philippine Sea. Know more:
In this file photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard , a Chinese coast guard ship sails near a PCG vessel during its patrol at Bajo de Masinloc, 124 nautical miles west of Zambales province, northwestern Philippines on March 2, 2022.
Senators will invite DFA Secretary Enrique Manalo, the National Intelligence Coordination Agency , and the Task Force on the West Philippine Sea for the closed-door briefing before their caucus. Cayetano explained he simply wanted his peers to draw from his experience in dealing with China when he was DFA secretary in the first half of the Duterte administration.
Zubiri said the intent of the resolution was primarily to express “the outrage” over Beijing’s continued bullying in waters covered by the Philippine exclusive economic zone , because from all indications, its naval forces were poised to take over as much of the Philippine-claimed islands and maritime features as they can.
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