Sa halip na tanggalin ang BRP Sierra Madre sa Ayungin Shoal, bakit di nalang ito ayusin at dagdagan pa?

Ito ang binigyang diin ni Senador Ping Lacson nitong Huwebes kasabay ng kanyang pagtutol sa pahayag ni Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian na kailangang sundin ng Pilipinas ang “kasunduan” na alisin ang BRP Sierra Madre sa lugar.

“I don’t think there was an agreement. I could not imagine the Philippine government, much less the Department of Foreign Affairs, na papasok sa kasunduan na tatanggalin natin ang BRP Sierra Madre. [Walang lupa ang Ayungin, pero sa atin yan napakaliwanag],” ani Lacson sa lingguhang LACSON-SOTTO Meet the Press forum.

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Instead of removing the BRP Sierra Madre from Ayungin Shoal, why not refurbish and reinforce it?

Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson stressed this Thursday as he rejected the call of Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian that the Philippines “honor its commitment” and remove the BRP Sierra Madre from the area.

“I don’t think there was an agreement. I could not imagine the Philippine government, much less the Department of Foreign Affairs, na papasok sa kasunduan na tatanggalin natin ang BRP Sierra Madre. [Walang lupa ang Ayungin, pero sa atin yan napakaliwanag] (I don’t think there was an agreement. I could not imagine the Philippine government, much less our Department of Foreign Affairs, entering into an agreement that would involve the removal of the BRP Sierra Madre. Ayungin may not have a land mass but it is clear that it is ours),” Lacson said at the weekly LACSON-SOTTO Meet the Press forum.

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