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The final decision on deploying Navy vessels to "shadow" Philippine missions in the West Philippine Sea lies with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., the Philippine Coast Guard said Saturday.Commodore Jay Tarriela, PCG spokesperson on the WPS, said it is up to the Armed Forces of the Philippines to make a policy recommendation to Marcos "and the commander-in-chief, the President himself, has the full authority to decide on this.
"Tarriela said the Philippine Navy and the AFP, though continuously monitoring the situation in the WPS, do not interfere with the harassment being done by CCG and Chinese maritime militia against the PCG, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources , and Filipino fishermen."That's why I said that is the first time that a warship of the PLA Navy also interfered and participated in the harassment of a Philippine Coast Guard vessel," Tarriela said.
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