Don't call West Philippine Sea 'disputed', says Carpio

MANILA - Antonio Carpio senior vice president said on Monday it was wrong to call the South China Sea region (which the Philippines and China had previously been controversial) as "controversial".

Carpio, a member of the team, claimed that the Philippines possesses ownership of these areas in front of the arbitral tribunal. It explained earlier that the Western Philippine Sea refers to a watershed consisting of Philippine territorial waters, exclusive economic zones, and extension shelves. Some areas of the area belong to nine rows of China

"Since legal ownership is no longer a controversy, we should not say that there is a conflict in the area.When you say that there is a conflict in that area, China said," You still have a controversy I am going to say "I am sorry." "

"We can not appeal just because the arbitral tribunal has finished the ruling.We are the owner of the resources there.I have no legal controversy over the ownership of oil, fish and natural gas, It is a problem in the Philippines to "he said

According to former president Benigno Aquino in 2016, the court dismissed Beijing's historical claim against the majority of the South China Sea in the Philippine naval vessel confrontation litigation with the Chinese Coast Guard and Scarborough Shawl. .

However, President Rodrigo Duterte put this decision aside, since he separated Manila from his traditional ally, the United States, and accepted China for financial and military aid.

The president's critics questioned his wisdom and effectiveness in the "quiet diplomacy" of the conflict over the South China Sea. The Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio is a frank maritime policy advocate who demanded the government to file a lawsuit against China on this issue.

Carpio, a member of the team, claimed that the Philippines possesses ownership of these areas in front of the arbitral tribunal. It explained earlier that the Western Philippine Sea refers to a watershed consisting of Philippine territorial waters, exclusive economic zones, and extension shelves. Some areas of the area belong to nine rows of China

In friendship relations between the Philippines and China, Duterte said China warned that China will participate in war if President Xi Jinping of China "resolves" the problem of South China Sea arbitration awards by President of China. Some senators doubt Duterte's tolerance for the threat of the Chinese War and South Carolina's senior deputy justice officer Antonio Carpio said that the Philippines could sue China for committing such a threat Stated.

This is the territory claimed by the People's Republic of China, Republic of China (Taiwan), the Philippines. Shallow's status is often discussed in other territorial disputes in the Nansha Sea, such as the conflict over the Spratly Islands and the conflict of the Scarborough Shallow in 2012. It was originally managed by the Philippines, but due to the conflict of the Scarborough herds in 2012, China sent warships to invade the herd and the management of the herd was taken by the People's Republic of China It was. Since the two countries signed the "Mutual Defense Treaty", the United States initially was expected to protect the territory of the Philippines during the conflict, but the United States picked up tension and chose to replace "the use of verbal protest" with China It is. This event also summarizes the philosophy of Chinese expansionism in the Asia-Pacific region.