File protest vs China – Carpio

ACTING Chief Justice Antonio Carpio has called on the Duterte goverment to take diplomatic actions against China’s increasing militarization of the South China Sea, also known as the West Philippine Sea.

“Failure to formally protest means the Philippines is acquiescing or consenting to the militarization, and worse, to the claim of China that all the islands, waters and resources within the nine-dashed line form part of Chinese territory,” said Carpio in a two-page statement.