Zubiri denies that he and the rest of the super majority watered it down by making it just one of several options open to the executive. Now the Department of Foreign Affairs, which was consulted on the drafting of the Senate resolution along with the Armed Forces of the Philippines, has said it will “carefully assess and calibrate” the options presented. For Senator Risa, it was good enough that her proposal was approved at all as one of several options. On The Chiefs, Ambassador Yu reiterated her government’s support for the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. “We never actually looked at this as a simple Philippines versus China issue,” Ambassador Yu told The Chiefs.

Source: Philippine Star August 03, 2023 22:03 UTC