Press Release
May 22, 2017

STATEMENT OF LIBERAL PARTY PRESIDENT SEN. FRANCIS PANGILINAN ON REPORTED CHINA'S THREAT OF WAR OVER DISPUTED TERRITORY

Did China really threaten the Philippines with war after President Duterte asserted the Southeast Asian nation's sovereignty over disputed territory in the West Philippine Sea? If so, then Foreign Affairs Secretary Cayetano should issue a diplomatic protest for this threat.

We also support Sen. Bam Aquino's Senate Resolution 158 from October last year calling on the Senate committees on foreign relations and economic affairs to conduct a hearing, in aid of legislation, on the foreign policy direction of the government with the end view of protecting our national interest.

The hearing should tackle not only this issue, but also the details of the $24-billion loans and investments recently sealed with China, as well as the Duterte administration's decision to reject aid from the European Union.

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