00:17.5
three-nosed red line nila,
00:21.2
militarization or reclamation sa Scarborough
00:23.9
or Shoal, no unilateral
00:25.5
development of resources sa
00:27.3
West Philippines sa ating
00:29.1
exclusive economic zone. And pangatlo sabi nila,
00:31.9
no forcible expulsion of our troops.
00:33.8
I'm just trying to be fair also to them because
00:35.5
this is officially what Cayetano said.
00:38.2
But can you just clarify to us
00:39.7
why yung sinisabing status
00:44.5
is inherently inimical to our national
00:47.6
interest or contrary to our national interest
00:49.5
as the DFA put it? Can you explain to us
00:51.6
the logistics of that? If hindi
00:53.7
natin na-fortify itong
00:55.4
BRP siya na madre, how is
00:57.7
that against our national interest?
00:59.5
Para lang doon sa mga iba na mukhang hindi nila alam yung
01:01.4
logistical realities on the ground.
01:06.3
context, meron tayong
01:13.8
formations or reefs na
01:17.4
Then, kasama na dyan
01:19.8
yung ayungin. Yung ayungin
01:21.9
through the BRP Sierra Madre.
01:24.7
So yung status ko
01:26.0
nung rotation ng sa
01:27.5
pag-asa and other
01:29.5
outposts, walang problema
01:33.8
ipe-prevent mo yung pag-repair
01:37.1
BRP Sierra Madre,
01:40.0
detrimental to our interest yun.
01:42.1
Kasi nga, ano na siya eh.
01:44.1
Dilapidated na yung
01:47.7
At pagka hindi yan
01:53.8
talagang ano na yan.
01:55.9
Baka isang typhoon na lang yan.
01:57.5
It would be swept away.
01:59.5
Pagka nawala yan dyan,
02:01.9
therefore, pwede na nilang
02:03.9
dapaan niyang ayungin na yan
02:09.4
Ilalagay lang natin yung history niyan.
02:12.0
Bakit ba natin sinadsad yan?
02:13.9
Sinadsad natin yan in response
02:17.0
pagkuhan nila ng mischief reef.
02:20.4
Diba? Mischief reef.
02:21.5
Una, naglagay sila ng
02:23.7
fisherman's shelter.
02:27.5
Tapos, ano, eventually,
02:29.4
nilagyan na nila ng base.
02:32.0
So, in response, ito ngayon,
02:33.9
yung Arab administration,
02:35.6
nagsadsad sila ng BRP
02:37.5
Shera Madre. I was still in the Navy
02:39.2
then, kaya alam ko yung
02:42.5
ano nun, surrounding
02:43.6
circumstances nun. Maraming
02:45.3
mga options na nilatag
02:48.7
in response dun sa ginawa nila
02:51.8
sa mischief reef. Pero ultimately,
02:53.6
they ended up with
02:57.5
what is this? Running aground
03:00.1
dito ang BRP Shera Madre.
03:02.4
Pero ang nakita ko lang na bago
03:05.9
rotation, mga Navy, ano yan,
03:08.0
personnel lang nandiyan dyan,
03:09.7
may officer pa. So, yung
03:11.8
maintenance ng barko, ano yan eh?
03:15.5
Philippine Navy personnel.
03:18.1
Yung pagre-repair ng deck,
03:20.2
pag-maintain ng naval guns,
03:21.9
yung communications equipment, etc.
03:24.2
But then, during the
03:26.1
GMA administration,
03:29.5
I don't know kung sinong
03:35.5
palitan yung Navy personnel
03:37.5
ng mga Marine personnel.
03:43.5
sabi ko nga, sa digmaan,
03:45.5
maasahan mo sila.
03:47.5
But they don't have any idea
03:49.5
on how to maintain
03:55.5
wala na, napabayaan na.
03:59.5
Navy pa lang yung nandod doon,
04:01.5
naka-assigned doon, kahit
04:05.5
they were operating as though
04:07.5
this was a regularly
04:09.5
commissioned Navy ship.
04:11.5
So, yung mayre-repair, mayre-repaint yung
04:13.5
deck, na kinakalawang,
04:17.5
as thorough yung maintenance niya
04:19.5
as the ships na nandod doon
04:21.5
sa Cavitan Naval Base.
04:23.5
Pero nung tinanggal na, ito na ngayon.
04:25.5
Na dilapidated na talaga siya,
04:27.5
napapabayaan na siya.
04:29.5
Kaya, ang initial suggestion ko dyan,
04:33.5
tayo ng Navy personnel
04:37.5
bosom smith rating na tinatawag namin,
04:39.5
those who are adept at maintaining
04:45.5
So, kaya nilang i-repair yan.
04:47.5
Would you believe, Richard,
04:49.5
pagka binalik mo yan sa Navy
04:51.5
with the proper logistical support,
04:53.5
they can bring that back
04:57.5
almost original state?
05:01.5
kahit nandod doon sa gitna ng ayungin.
05:03.5
Kasi that's the maintenance
05:05.5
culture of the Philippine Navy.
05:07.5
Sir, to be honest,
05:09.5
I really appreciate this, kasi parating
05:11.5
kong iniisip, kasi nag-
05:13.5
I give talks doon sa iba-ibang branch ng
05:15.5
AFP, yung isang time sa mga Marines naman,
05:17.5
sabi niya, Sir, actually kami yung
05:19.5
nagbabantay dyan, and then, oh nga no,
05:21.5
sabi ko, yeah, Marines. So I was wondering,
05:23.5
what is, ano yung kasaysayan na yung
05:25.5
Marines ay nandun, hindi yung
05:27.5
Philippine Navy? So thank you so much for explaining
05:29.5
that, which I think is a perfect segue, no?
05:31.5
Because the next thing I want to talk about
05:33.5
is itong quadrilateral
05:35.5
patrols. Finally nangyayari yan.
05:37.5
Of course, may ibang mga
05:39.5
ex-Duterto official
05:41.5
na senador ngayon na re-election is
05:43.5
nag-to-take credit dito sa
05:45.5
quadrilateral summit na yan, kasi
05:47.5
na-mention daw niya last year, and I was saying, actually,
05:49.5
mini-mention namin lahat yan for six,
05:51.5
seven years, dahil lang sa
05:53.5
ating boss mo hindi nangyayari yan, so
05:55.5
it has nothing to do with you. But anyway,
05:57.5
putting aside itong mga antics ng mga ex-Duterto
05:59.5
official, now, suddenly, matapang
06:01.5
na sa West Philippine Sea.
06:03.5
Anong ambag ng itong quadrilateral
06:07.5
and other things na inisipin natin?
06:11.5
very honest about this, I'm a little bit
06:15.5
patronizing tone coming from some of the
06:17.5
American experts and officials na
06:19.5
tulungan natin mga Pilipino, kailangan
06:21.5
nila ng joint patrols, mga gano'n. Like,
06:23.5
I see the point of stronger
06:25.5
military cooperation and all, pero
06:27.5
katulad ng sinabi niyo kanina, kayang-kayang
06:29.5
naman natin gawin yan. We can fortify this on
06:33.5
Mas malalaki tayong mga barko,
06:35.5
di ba? We haven't used the best
06:37.5
of the best yet, di ba?
06:39.5
Logistically, what is your
06:41.5
suggestion here? Should the Philippines
06:43.5
also do joint resupply with the US?
06:45.5
Should the Americans have drones
06:47.5
in the area all the time?
06:49.5
Or corvettes or frigates?
06:51.5
How can our allies be more useful?
06:53.5
And how can we make sure China doesn't harass us
06:55.5
the way they have done? Kasi,
06:57.5
ang tanong ko rin dito sa inyo,
06:59.5
Sen. Trillanes, is that for a long time,
07:01.5
from the time you did your own
07:03.5
backdoor negotiations with China to this
07:05.5
gentleman's agreement, etc., under Digong,
07:07.5
China has not fired a shot.
07:09.5
I mean, as far as, you know,
07:11.5
guns go or cannons go.
07:13.5
But itong mga water cannons nila
07:15.5
is increasingly lethal. Kaya ang suggestion ko naman,
07:17.5
sabi ko to sa gobyerno, i-compare nyo
07:19.5
yung punching power ni Mike Tyson
07:21.5
dun sa water cannons. So people
07:23.5
realize, lethal ito.
07:25.5
It's almost lethal. So, what are the
07:27.5
options we have? What is the best way for us to
07:29.5
assert our rights there without being harassed
07:31.5
or do it best? And at the same time,
07:33.5
make sure we get help from our allies.
07:37.5
Marami, no? Maraming
07:39.5
pwedeng gawin. Pero kasi
07:41.5
intindihan natin,
07:43.5
kung ang objective ng Marcos administration
07:47.5
international attention,
07:49.5
kasi talagang if you charter
07:51.5
a wooden ship, talagang
07:53.5
magbubugbugin siya na that way, no?
07:55.5
But, kung gusto mo ng
07:59.5
ipapadala mo yung white ships mo,
08:01.5
yung Coast Guard vessels mo na
08:03.5
medyo malaki-laki, eh kaya naman
08:07.5
water cannons na yon. Kasi they were
08:09.5
designed actually to
08:11.5
withstand mga typhoons.
08:13.5
Diba? Eh yun lang, water
08:15.5
cannon, kaya yon. Ngayon,
08:17.5
another way is pwede
08:19.5
kayong makipagbombahan
08:21.5
ang water cannon doon. Diba?
08:23.5
Meron din yung Coast Guard, which is
08:25.5
what the Japanese
08:27.5
Coast Guard did during the
08:29.5
Senkaku standoff. Pero para
08:31.5
na kayong mga batang nagwa-water gun,
08:33.5
ano, diba? Battle.
08:35.5
Ano yun, eh? There's
08:37.5
nothing to be achieved there.
08:39.5
Kaya nga, depende yun sa focus
08:43.5
Marcos administration. If
08:45.5
it's to draw international
08:47.5
attention kung papano nang bubuli
08:49.5
yung China, well, they were able
08:51.5
to achieve it. Diba? They were
08:53.5
able to achieve that. Kasi kung
08:55.5
Coast Guard vessel dadali mo dyan,
08:57.5
kahit na ano yan, eh,
08:59.5
ano yun, eh, kayang-kaya yon
09:01.5
barko. So hindi kagano
09:05.5
sympathy. Diba? Pero dahil
09:09.5
if it's really by design,
09:11.5
itong ngayon, nakadraw ka ng mga
09:13.5
international coalition
09:15.5
to, ano, at least
09:19.5
us, then itong namensyo mo na,
09:23.5
ito naman, parang ano lang ito, eh.
09:29.5
an idea na we're not alone
09:31.5
in this. Diba? Pwede yan, yung
09:33.5
freedom of navigation patrols
09:35.5
operations. Pero,
09:37.5
malayo yan, eh, yung
09:39.5
pinaggawa nung, pinagpatrolya nung
09:41.5
quad doon sa Ayungin.
09:55.5
pwede mong gawin yan, pero
09:57.5
kailangan kakalculate mo din
09:59.5
ano ba yung magiging response nila.
10:01.5
So pataasin ng pataas yan.
10:03.5
Escalate ng escalate yan. So until
10:05.5
magkakaroon ka ng standoff,
10:07.5
then doon ka ngayon. Babalik
10:09.5
ka doon sa situation doon sa
10:11.5
2012 na, ano yun,
10:13.5
depende na yun sa kausap.
10:19.5
black channel approach that worked in 2012
10:23.5
this time around because
10:27.5
foreign policy shift of
10:33.5
which is ano na, open
10:35.5
expansion na. At ano na
10:41.5
road state na sila, eh.
10:43.5
Nawala na yung belt and road
10:47.5
economic, kumbaga they were
10:49.5
trying to charm the whole world with their
10:51.5
with their economic
10:53.5
might. Pero ito hindi na.
10:55.5
Natipong, sige, we will
10:59.5
with you on this.
11:03.5
sinasabi natin, pwede.
11:05.5
Another approach is, and I've been
11:07.5
suggesting this, pwede naman
11:09.5
heliborne yung operations.
11:15.5
Coast Guard ship yan, may
11:17.5
heliborne capacity
11:19.5
yan. So, magdadala sila
11:21.5
doon, ten minutes away, ayungin,
11:23.5
they will drop the supplies, then
11:27.5
eventually nga, pwede tayong maglagay
11:29.5
ng helideck dyan sa
11:31.5
sa BRP Sierra Madre. So,
11:35.5
rotation, pwede rin
11:37.5
ganon through that.
11:39.5
So, pagka ganon kasi ginawa, eh,
11:41.5
sino yung maharangan nila?
11:43.5
Hindi nila maharang yun.
11:45.5
If they do anything aggressive,
11:49.5
helicopter, at mag-crush
11:51.5
yun, aba, iba na yun.
11:53.5
Problema nila yun. As you
11:55.5
mentioned nga, diba? Tama na mutual defense treaty yan,
11:57.5
because very clear ang, at least Trump and Biden,
11:59.5
na any attack on our vessels,
12:01.5
aircrafts, and soldiers and personnel
12:03.5
will activate the mutual defense treaty.
12:07.5
kaya nga nakita mo, diba, as you
12:11.5
inaano nila, iniskirt nila yung
12:15.5
bastis doon lang sa gray zone
12:17.5
sila. Kasi anything
12:19.5
beyond the red line, magti-trigger
12:21.5
ng mutual defense treaty. So,
12:29.5
pwede nilang gawin itong ginagawa nila.
12:31.5
Mag-charter kayo ng wooden ship, mukha
12:33.5
kang underdog talaga. Pero,
12:35.5
itago mo yung mga tao mo para hindi
12:37.5
sila masasaktan. Diba?
12:39.5
Pero, gusto mo nang medyo sturdy
12:41.5
siya, or all-weather ship,
12:43.5
yung Coast Guard, meron silang
12:45.5
ganyang vessels that can withstand
12:47.5
typhoons, so kayang-kaya nila yung
12:49.5
water cannon, and they can proceed.
12:51.5
Just ignoring the
12:53.5
water cannons of China,
12:55.5
or they can do what
12:57.5
the Japanese did during the
12:59.5
Senkaku standoff, magpotokan
13:01.5
sila ng water cannon. Diba?
13:03.5
Or, they can do the
13:05.5
Heliborne approach.
13:07.5
So, these are just
13:09.5
some of the ways, ano,
13:11.5
na pwedeng gawin without escalating
13:15.5
or directly involving the Americans.
13:17.5
Or directly involving the Americans.
13:19.5
Kasi, feeling ko, medyo ahead of time,
13:21.5
medyo advanced mag-isip yung iba na,
13:23.5
eh, dapat yung kasama yung US sa resupply.
13:25.5
Ako kasi, ang concern ko dito is,
13:27.5
we don't want to come up as
13:29.5
tuta ng Amerika, masyadong dependent sa Amerika.
13:31.5
Because I think we're very much capable of doing this
13:33.5
on our own. Tama pang sabi na,
13:35.5
medyo malalaki-laki na yung mga Coast Guard
13:37.5
vessels natin, medyo matinun na rin yung ibang
13:39.5
warships natin. So, in fairness kay Pinoy,
13:43.5
throughout the past decade, medyo nag-
13:45.5
modernize naman yung capabilities natin.
13:47.5
But siguro the US, do you
13:49.5
think they should still have an over
13:51.5
the horizon presence? Maybe just
13:53.5
frigates in the area or some drone?
13:55.5
Just in case to make the Chinese
13:57.5
think twice. I mean, they have been doing that anyway,
13:59.5
but even more explicit
14:01.5
institutionalized. Okay.
14:03.5
They have been doing that, and
14:05.5
you know why? Because, ano sila,
14:07.5
stakeholders sila doon sa mutual defense
14:09.5
treaty. Kaya binabantayan nila
14:11.5
yung ating resupply missions.
14:13.5
Because, they would be able
14:15.5
to know firsthand
14:17.5
kung kailangan nilang i-trigger yung
14:19.5
mutual defense treaty. And yun din
14:21.5
ang pinakang guard mo
14:23.5
against over-aggressiveness
14:27.5
To the point na may
14:29.5
masasaktan o mamamatay
14:31.5
na Navy personnel. Yun.
14:35.5
let's talk about this upcoming trilateral
14:37.5
summit. Because one of the things that
14:39.5
is expected to be
14:41.5
signed shortly after actually
14:43.5
the trilateral summit is a visiting forces
14:45.5
agreement style deal with Japan. There's
14:47.5
still some debate about
