Pagtindig ni PBBM sa soberanya ng Pilipinas sa WPS, umani ng papuri mula sa mga eksperto
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00:00 Experts have called the speech of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in the Shangri-La Dialogue
00:06 where he discussed the important issues in the region, including the West Philippine Sea.
00:11 This is what Bernard Ferrer has reported.
00:13 Strong and firm, this is how Dr. Renato De Castro,
00:20 Professor of the Department of International Studies at De La Salle University,
00:24 has called President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s speech in the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.
00:30 President Marcos Jr. has given a good example of the Philippines as an archipelagic state.
00:36 In the West Philippine Sea, especially in the area near China,
00:40 the 9-line claim is still in force in the whole of the waters.
00:43 The Philippines also acts in accordance with the Rules-Based International Order,
00:48 which is a 1945 San Francisco Treaty that was signed by the United Nations.
00:53 The 1967 Bangkok Declaration was signed in ASEAN.
00:57 And the 1982 Manila Declaration, which gave importance to the peace in the region.
01:03 The fact that he mentioned the elephant in the room without mentioning the name of that elephant.
01:09 So we have to give credit for the degree of sophistication in the speech of the President.
01:16 President Marcos Jr. also became comprehensive in his speech about Taiwan, which is sensitive to China.
01:23 Don McLean-Gill, Professor of the Department of International Studies at De La Salle,
01:28 also appreciated President Marcos Jr.'s importance in the Philippines' desire for what will happen in the Indo-Pacific region.
01:35 It was noted that the countries in Southeast Asia have their own views,
01:39 especially in the speech between the US and China.
01:43 And their lens is set on a binary US-China perspective.
01:47 And that was dismantled by our President.
01:51 He said that we have just as much a right as an individual actor with our own destiny in the region
01:59 as any other major or great power.
02:02 Rommel Jude Ong, Professor of Praxis at the Ateneo School of Government, also appreciated
02:06 President Marcos Jr.'s commitment to the Philippines' commitment to the West Philippine Sea
02:12 as it is anchored in its own interests and not that of other countries,
02:16 even if the equality of state does not look at the strength of a country's power.
02:21 Normal rules do not apply to them.
02:24 That is the concept of exceptionalism.
02:27 What the President is saying is that because your country is big and we are small,
02:32 by operation of international law, we are just equal.
02:35 For now, he should be the one to watch out for China's actions in the speeches of the President.
02:41 President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is the first leader of the country to be invited to speak
02:47 in the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore of the All the Security Forum in Southeast Asia.
02:52 Bernard Ferrer for Pambansang TV in the New Philippines.