Aired (November 19, 2023): Ang mga luma at opisyal na mapa raw ng Pilipinas ang matibay at malakas na resibo upang mapanindigan natin na sa atin ang pinag-aagawang teritoryong Spratly Islands. Ngunit ano nga ba ang iba pang basehan para tuluyan nating maipaglaban ang teritoryong ito? Alamin sa video.
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00:00 But wait, let's take a look at the map of Spratlys.
00:04 The island of Pagasa is 508 kilometers away from Puerto Princesa.
00:10 It's out of the 370-kilometer Exclusive Economic Zone or EEZ of the country.
00:17 How can we say that these islands are ours?
00:25 We will ask what is the basis of the Philippines in fighting this territory in the West Philippine Sea.
00:31 Is our right here really more important?
00:34 We need to talk to an expert.
00:37 In Manila, I met former Associate Justice Antonio Carpio.
00:52 He is one of the winners of the case that the Philippines filed against China.
00:56 And based on his studies, he strongly believes that Spratly Islands are also ours.
01:04 We have the strongest claim, but we have failed to articulate it properly.
01:10 Spratly Islands is located in the middle of the South China Sea.
01:18 It was named after Richard Spratly, a British captain who crossed the islands in 1843.
01:24 Our receipts are the old and official maps of the Philippines.
01:30 Spratlys will prove that our territory is now a part of the Philippines.
01:36 First is the Murillo-Villar de Map, which was established in 1734.
01:41 That is the territory of the Philippines in 1734 because that's the official map.
01:47 And that includes Scarborough Shoal and Spratlys.
01:50 On this map, you can see the Panakot, which is now called Bajo de Masinlok or Scarborough Shoal.
01:58 Here is also the Los Bajos de Paragua.
02:01 In English, the Shoals of Paragua is the old name of Palawan.
02:06 The Bajos de Paragua is now Spratlys.
02:11 Carpio said that this is the oldest map in the world showing these islands.
02:18 China is a very, very old country. At no point in their history did they ever map out this area of the world?
02:28 No. All the maps of China since the beginning, since 2000 years ago, the southernmost territory of China was Hainan in all their maps.
02:40 That is the official map that Spain issued in the following years,
02:44 where Scarborough and Spratlys are still included.
02:48 That's important because it was the basis of America when they bought us from the Spaniards.
02:56 In 1898, in the Treaty of Paris, Spain sold the Philippines to America for $20 million.
03:06 But there was a problem. Scarborough and Spratlys were not included in the formal agreement.
03:12 There are treaty lines, right?
03:15 The Treaty of Paris said that Spain ceded to the U.S. everything within the lines.
03:21 Now, the U.S. has signed it. When they arrived here, there were still many islands outside the treaty lines.
03:30 So, the U.S. said to Spain, "That should be included. That's the intention."
03:36 This is where the forgotten agreement, the Treaty of Washington, came into play.
03:42 The U.S. said, "Okay, we'll give you 50,000 more."
03:47 Spain said, "That's too little. So, we'll add 100,000."
03:51 "Okay, let's sign."
03:53 So, of course, that's why the problem is that we forgot the Treaty of Washington.
03:59 In international law, official maps and formal agreements are important in the implementation of territorial rights of a country.
04:07 What is surprising is their position on the South China Sea.
04:11 Although China is teaching the Philippines to own the territories that were won in the arbitral tribunal, they recognized the agreements.
04:22 They are bound to it, even if they misinterpreted it.
04:27 Do you think we should pursue that claim and will we win?
04:31 Yes.
04:33 My recommendation is that we should challenge China, Vietnam, Malaysia to submit the territorial dispute to voluntary arbitration.
04:44 So, let's challenge them. If you really believe that your title is strong, let's submit it to arbitration by the International Court of Justice.
04:52 We are ready. All of our documents are there.
04:56 Now, if they refuse, that means they are weak.
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