THE HISTORIC BATTLE - WEST PHILIPPINE SEA
"It is a duty we owe to ourselves, and to future generations of Filipinos."
Wow, mka inspire jud cya ug tarong. Just want to share the words of Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio to everyone.
The Philippines today is engage in a historic battle to defend over 531,000 square kilometers of its maritime space (EEZ and ECS) in the West Philippine Sea, an area larger than the total land area of the Philippines of 300,000 square kilometres. This huge maritime space is part of Philippine national territory since the constitution defines the “national territory” to include “the seabed, subsoil, and other submarine areas” over which the Philippines has “sovereignty or jurisdiction”. Under UNCLOS, the Philippines has "jurisdiction with regard to the establishment and use of artificial islands, installations and structures” within this huge maritime space.
So can the Philippines prevent China from gobbling up this huge maritime space? All citizens of the Philippines – both government personnel and private individuals – have a solemn duty to prevent the loss of this huge maritime space. It is a duty we owe to ourselves, and to future generations of Filipinos.
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