Atin ang Ayungin Shoal. Here’s why
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Karapatan. So, for example, kung ito yung isla, meron din akong karapatan sa tubig.
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Pero kung wala yung isla, hindi ako pwede magkaroon ng karapatan sa tubig.
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Ito rin yung sinasabi ng China, doon sa nine-dash line niya, meron daw siyang historic rights over that historic waters.
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That's not true na pinabulaan na niya ng tribunal.
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Pero before going to that, going back to the principle, land dominates.
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It's the sea. Hindi ka pwede magkaroon ng entitlement nang wala yung lupa.
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Pero may tatlong klaseng lupa na tinatawag o isla.
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Yung unang classification, under Article 121 ng UNDOS, yung tinatawag nating naturally formed islands.
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So, yung naturally formed islands will generate the maximum entitlement all the way to exclusive economic zone, which is 200.
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Pero meron din isang klase ng isla, quote-unquote.
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Pero hindi naman talaga siya isla na naturally formed island capable of sustaining human habitation.
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Ito yung nagtawag nating bato or rock.
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Ang pinakaiba niya doon sa naturally formed island, yung unang category na minention ko.
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Yung una, if it is capable of sustaining human habitation on its own, tsaka economic life on its own,
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then it will generate the full entitlement up to 200.
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Pero if it is just a rock, a rock means hindi siya capable of sustaining human habitation,
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and economic life on its own, hindi artificial, ang magigenerate niya lang, 12 nautical miles.
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Pero may ikatlong klase.
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Ito yung tinatawag nating low tide elevation.
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Ito yung pagpumunta sa Kamigin, merong sand shoal.
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Pag low tide, nakikita mo, and then you can go there.
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Pero nawawala siya pag high tide.
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Pag nawala siya ng high tide, yung sand na yan, ang tawag dyan low tide elevation.
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Under international law,
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yung low tide elevation na yan is not an island that will generate maritime entitlement.
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It is but a continental shelf.
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As a continental shelf, kaninong continental shelf siya is a question of proximity.
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So kung nandun siya within 200 ng isang coastal state, continental shelf siya exclusive nung state na yan.
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Which in this case, the Philippines.
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And by the way, it's not a territory.
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So since it's not a territory, there cannot be a territorial dispute over that.
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Tagalogin natin, sir, yung continental shelf.
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Yung continental shelf po, mapapansin ninyo, pag nagpupunta kayo sa Boracay, meron pong lupa.
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Wala naman po kasing isla na lumulutang on its own.
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Meron po siyang continuity ng lupa.
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Yung lupa na yun, na submerged below the water.
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Yan po yung tinatawag natin yung continental shelf.
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So yung continental shelf na po yan, from the low water mark, diba?
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Ang low water mark, yan po yung baseline.
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If it's a normal baseline.
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Yung low water mark po, pagpunta kayo sa Boracay, may dalawa kayong nakikitang linya.
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Yung linya na nakikreate ng high tide, tapos yung linya na nakikreate ng low tide.
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Yung po yung low water mark, yung low tide na.
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Diyan po, pababa, yan ang continental shelf mo.
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Magbilang ka ng 200, sa'yo yun.
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At yung ayung insol, pasok doon sa 200?
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So ang sinabi po ng arbitration, and the law, the arbitral tribunal simply confirmed what international principles say.
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And they confirmed na, yung number one, question of fact.
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Ano ba yung ayung insol?
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So on the question of fact, isla ba to? Bato ba to? O low tide elevation?
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So ang sabi ng tribunal, factually, objectively, based on science, hindi po hulaan na, hindi arbitrary, but based on science,
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ito pong ayung insol, is low tide elevation.
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Ang ibig pong sabihin nun, pag high tide, nawawala siya.
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At hindi po, ang basehan nila, hindi dahil sinabi ni Juan, ni Pedro, o sinuman.
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But dahil sa pag-aaral, pag-apply ng science,
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satellite, et cetera, na confirmed nila na talagang nawawala ito during high tide.
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Ergo, ang conclusion, factually, objectively, ito pong ayung insol, low tide elevation.
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So once you have answered the question, low tide elevation siya, ano ngayon ang implication niya?
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So ang implication niya, under international law, as a low tide elevation, number one, hindi siya pwedeng mag-generate ng maritime entitlement.
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Number two, continental.
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Number three, as to the question of kaninong continental shelf,
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minessure niya kung ano yung malapit na coastal state,
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minessure niya yung 200, lumabas sa kanyang pag-aaral, na yung wala tayong kalaban.
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Walang overlap doon.
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Claro na continental shelf siya dahil nasa 200 ng Pilipinas.
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Napakalinaw. Tsaka pag tininan po natin yung mga parang napakalayo ng China, doon sa yung insol, sila yung garapal na nag-i-encroach.
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Hindi lang yun. Kahit na pagpalagin natin yung mga ibang bato doon, disputed, pagpalagin natin may ibang mankin o may ibang nakatira,
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wala pong maritime entitlement yung mga bato niyan na lalagpas o magko-cover sa iyong insol.
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So in effect, talagang undisputedly ours.
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Okay. Pero yun nga, undisputedly, malinaw po sa batas, no?
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So maling sabihin, let's say even in reports na yung ayung insol,
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Exactly. And therefore, sumatutal, kung sino man yung nagsasabi na disputed dyan, mali po.
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Paano ba nagiging disputed dyan? Unang-unang, teritoryo ba yan? Eh hindi nga eh.
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Ang sabi continental shelf. So kung hindi siya teritoryo, hindi siya pwedeng subject of territorial dispute kasi wala yung teritoryo doon.
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Ah, pangalawa po, wala rin namang overlap. So hindi siya pwedeng maging disputed.
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Ah, factally na po ito, ah na.
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And because it's not a territory, rather it is a continental shelf, therefore it cannot be claimed or owned by anyone as a territory.
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And cannot therefore be a subject of any dispute.
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Dyan, madali lang sagutin talaga yan. May overlap pa, wala.
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Diba? Nang isang coastal state? Oo. Sinong coastal state? Pilipinas.
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Ergo, ang sagot po, continental shelf siya ng Pilipinas.
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And sa batas po, ang sinasabi, yung continental shelf ng isang coastal state, in this case the Philippines,
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we have the exclusive jurisdiction to explore, exploit, exclusively po ah, sa salitang Tagalog po, tayo lang, excluded ang ibang bansa.
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Ah, the natural resources in the area. Living or non-living, organic or non-organic.
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Okay. So, ah, masi-flesh out pa po natin yung binanggit na, no?
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In concrete terms, ano yung mga pwede natin gawin sa Iungin?
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Number one, tama, okay lang, naran din yung barko natin, okay?
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Pwede ba natin i-develop, let's say, yung low tide elevation na yan?
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Tama po. At ang pagpapasya kung anong gagawin sa Iungin Shoal.
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Isa lang pong bansa ang pwede magpapasya niyan. Tayo lang po.
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Kung kaninong continental shelf siya, yung bansa na yun, ang may eksklusibong karapatan na gawin kung ano ang pwede gawin doon sa Shoal na yun.
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Kung gusto niyang maglagay ng Nipahat, pwede.
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Kung gusto natin gawing military guards, pwede.
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Kung gusto natin gawing artificial land, pwede.
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Ang sagot po, kung tayo...
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May gano'ng karapatan.
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Ang China ba? May gano'ng karapatan.
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Ang sagot po, wala.
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Kasi po, number one, hindi naman po nila continental shelf yun.
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Pangalawa po, hindi naman po teritoryan.
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Hindi nila pwedeng sabihin, disputed namin yan.
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So, wala po talagang basihan by which yung Iungin Shoal na yan, e kanilang angkinin.
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Pangalawa po, ang implication din ng gano'n, hindi po pwedeng harangan yung ating mga...
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mga barko na magpunta doon.
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Hindi rin po pwedeng umistambay sila doon.
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Meron silang freedom of navigation.
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But freedom of navigation is different from sovereignty patrol.
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When they conduct and do sovereignty patrol, hindi na po yung consistent sa UN clause in terms of freedom of navigation.
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Dahil yun po is an act of sovereignty already by another country,
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indicating that they are claiming.
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And that which is wrong.
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