President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said Monday that China’s opposition over the recently signed maritime laws is “not unexpected.”
“It’s not unexpected. We have to define closely marami tayong sinasabi that we have to protect our sovereignty and sovereign rights,” Marcos told Palace reporters.
China summoned the Philippines’ ambassador on Friday to express its objection to Manila’s two new laws asserting maritime rights and sovereignty over disputed areas of the South China Sea,
China made “solemn representations” to the ambassador shortly after Philippine Marcos signed the Maritime Zones Act and the Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act into law to strengthen his country’s maritime claims and bolster its territorial integrity.—LDF, GMA Integrated News
