China has been stepping up its pressure tactics in the West Philippine Sea, deploying a naval warship alongside the China Coast Guard and maritime militia in blocking an unarmed Philippine boat carrying supplies to the troops manning an outpost aboard the ship BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal.
Expressing concern, former AFP chief Andres Centino was quoted by Business Mirror on April 3 as telling reporters, “We have observed that aside from the Coast Guard we see PLA Navy ships within the area.”
EO 57 named as support agencies to the NMC the AFP, the PNP, the NBI, the bureaus of customs, immigration, fisheries and aquatic resources and the Philippine Center for Transnational Crime, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and National Mapping and Resource Information Authority. Not only has the number of such ships increased, but now, Centino said, they have started blocking or challenging the rotation and supply missions farther away from the shore.
“The proportionate, deliberate and reasonable response the President was talking about covered not only the aspect of strengthening military and defense capabilities with other allies…but also talks about exhausting diplomatic efforts to resolve the issue,” he explained. The NMC was supposed to have met this week to formulate comprehensive strategies from military, political, legal and diplomatic moves to manage the conflict with China in the West Philippine Sea. We await the outcome with fingers crossed.
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