Senator Imee Marcos expressed concerns over a move in the Senate to raise China’s harassments in the West Philippine Sea before the United Nations General Assembly. | MAgerINQ
, opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros is urging the Philippine government to bring to the UNGA China’s incursions in the West Philippines Sea.
Some senators, however, raised questions when Hontiveros presented her resolution for Senate approval on Wednesday.“Do we have the actual headcount in hand? Are we certain of victory in the General Assembly? Also, what will the practical effect of a general assembly resolution be?” “Di ba expressing the sense, parang resolution ng Senate yan di ba? Anong mangyayari e meron na nga tayong judgment, meron na nga tayong pinal na arbitral award, di ba? Malinawag na yun, enforceable. Ito bang General Assembly resolution, enforceable ba yan? Hindi,” she pointed out.Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri remained confident, however, that the resolution would get the Senate approval next week.
“While the senators differ on how to go about this, we are united in the desire to condemn the harassment and bullying of our fisherfolk and Coast Guard in the West Philippine Sea and ultimately, to enforce the 2016 arbitral award,” Zubiri said in a statement. “That said, the Senate is a deliberative body whose members are open to discussion and reasonable compromise. We are confident that we can come up with a wording of the resolution that will meet our common desire while addressing the concerns of all the members of the Senate,” he said., while Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda, Senators Alan Peter Cayetano and Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa raised questions during plenary debates.Your subscription has been successful.
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