Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said he will file on Monday a resolution that will recommend the end of bilateral talks with China and denounce the superpower’s harassment of Filipino vessels in the West Philippine Sea.
— Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said he will file on Monday a resolution that will recommend the end of bilateral talks with China and denounce the superpower’s harassment of Filipino vessels in the West Philippine Sea .
This comes after Sen. Risa Hontiveros filed a resolution urging the Department of Foreign Affairs toHe said his measure would express the Senate’s condemnation of Beijing’s incursions in Philippine waters and its continued rejection of the 2016 Hague ruling that nullified its claim over the South China Sea.
“Hindi naman po tayo executive. Ang pangulo talaga ang nagdidikta ng foreign policy ng ating bansa — kung gusto ba niyang makipagdiskusyon, gusto ba niya itong idulog sa UN General Assembly, o gusto niyang mas matindi pang ipaglaban ang ating mga stake dito sa mga lugar na ito,” he said. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. earlier commented on Hontiveros’ resolution, saying the country’s foreign policy was not defined by the legislature but by the executive.Marcos on Hontiveros' call to raise WPS incursions before UNGA: 'Foreign policy not set by legislature'
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