Carpio explains tough stance by China, PH on claims to West Philippine Sea 5 SHARES Share it! “The Chinese government will not comply to the ruling until the Chinese people understand that that historical narrative is totally false,” Carpio told the forum. .Carpio said the Philippines claim is backed by maps that date back to the Spanish period and that Philippines was the first to name the areas the Scarborough Shoal and the Spratlys. “We cannot give up sovereign rights because the ruling says that the president has no power to waive our sovereign rights because the sovereign rights belong to the sovereign people. “It cannot even be done by Congress because our territorial rights are defined and no president could do that,” Carpio said.

Source: Manila Bulletin November 26, 2018 13:18 UTC