Repositioning at ‘di pag-abandona sa Escoda Shoal ang pag-alis doon ng barko

3 months ago

Hindi inabandona ang Escoda Shoal. ‘Yan ang pagdidiin ng Philippine Coast Guard kasunod ng pag-alis doon ng BRP Teresa Magbanua na tinawag ng China na pag-atras.

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00:00Escoda Shoal was not abandoned.

00:03That was the decision of the Philippine Coast Guard

00:06following the departure of BRP Teresa Magbanwa

00:09who was called by China to retreat.

00:12Chino Gaston was arrested.

00:16BRP Teresa Magbanwa returned yesterday

00:19after almost 5 months stay in Escoda Shoal

00:23to monitor any possible reclamation of China.

00:26The departure of Teresa Magbanwa

00:29was called by the China Coast Guard to withdraw.

00:32The China Coast Guard said in their statement

00:35that it was illegal for the ship to remain in Escoda Shoal.

00:39And in the remaining of the ship,

00:41they violated China's control measures

00:44against the repeated refueling of the supply.

00:48But the Philippine Coast Guard decided

00:50that the departure of the ship

00:52should not be seen as giving up, abandonment, and defeat.

00:55No, it's not a defeat.

00:57It's not also the Coast Guard abandoning our post in Escoda Shoal.

01:02We are just repositioning our own vessels.

01:05Escoda Shoal is very critical and strategic for us

01:09to sustain our resupply operations for BRP Sierra Madre.

01:13It is, once again, I would like to highlight,

01:16we have not lost anything.

01:18We can still patrol and maintain our presence in Escoda Shoal.

01:21According to the PCG, the ship had to leave

01:24because of the bad weather.

01:26The crew who were sick were hospitalized.

01:29And the ship was repaired

01:31after several times of violation and obstruction

01:34by the China Coast Guard.

01:36They only ate for almost 3 weeks,

01:40they even had to gather water

01:43in the air conditioning units

01:45that are being produced.

01:48And then they're just going to boil it.

01:50According to the National Maritime Council,

01:52the situation in Bajo de Masinloc in 2012

01:55will not be the same

01:57if the Philippine ship left

01:59while the Chinese ship remained there.

02:01And since then, the Chinese ship has not left

02:04and it is still fighting against the Filipino fishermen

02:07who are being let inside.

02:09At the end of the bilateral consultation mechanism last week,

02:12China in the Philippines said

02:14to remove the ships in Escoda Shoal.

02:17But according to the NMC,

02:19there was no agreement between BRP Teresa Magbanwa

02:22and the DFA

02:24that Escoda Shoal is in the EEZ of the Philippines.

02:27No, it's not a withdrawal.

02:29To make it clear, we did not withdraw.

02:32And this was not the agreement during the last BCM.

02:37Because our countrymen thought

02:40that we gave up.

02:43We insisted during the meeting in Beijing

02:48that our DFA stated that

02:51our presence will be maintained in the shoal.

02:55This is also the belief of Prof. J. Matumbakal.

02:58We shouldn't see it as a loss.

03:00It's not like we surrendered.

03:03It's simply that the vessel reached its limit.

03:05So that's how it is. We should look at it.

03:07It's involuntary.

03:09If it were not for that, we would still be in the West.

03:11The Armed Forces of the Philippines

03:13assured that even if BRP Teresa Magbanwa left,

03:16there would still be people guarding the Escoda Shoal.

03:19We have constant monitoring.

03:21We use different sensors in different ways.

03:24There are ships, airplanes,

03:26and others that I cannot mention.

03:28Rest assured, our features will remain.

03:32For GMA Integrated News,

03:34Chino Gaston, Nakatutok, 24 Hours.

03:46For GMA Integrated News, Chino Gaston, Nakatutok, 24 Hours.

Repositioning at ‘di pag-abandona sa Escoda Shoal ang pag-alis doon ng barko | 24 Oras

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