WPS analyst Dr. Ona: Mga Pilipino, mahalagang huwag magsawang sumuporta sa paninindigan ng bansa...
WPS analyst Dr. Ona: Mga Pilipino, mahalagang huwag magsawang sumuporta sa paninindigan ng bansa sa teritoryo sa West PH Sea
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00:00 An expert gave the importance of the continued national resistance in the territory of the West Philippine Sea.
00:07 This includes the fight against China's disinformation tactic.
00:13 This is the first of the report of Rod Lagusa.
00:15 Do not give up supporting the Filipino resistance in the territory of the country in the West Philippine Sea.
00:24 This should be the main focus of the Filipinos according to an analyst following the latest action of China,
00:30 the new water cannon incident and the continued disinformation.
00:34 Explained by Dr. Sherwin Ona, West Philippine Sea analyst and associate professor of De La Salle University,
00:40 this is part of China's long-term strategy.
00:43 He said that there should be a "collapse society" approach
00:46 in the talk of the Filipino's involvement and for the next generations.
00:51 We should make it more consistent, Atty. Danny,
00:54 when we push for the right information,
00:57 our narrative should be more solid.
01:02 Because now, you will see that our narratives are still incoherent.
01:09 We should unify that and show it,
01:12 not only to our fellow Filipinos, but to the whole world.
01:16 According to Ona, China is doing all the things to gain their trust.
01:20 They want to be convinced that they are the territory and the international community.
01:25 If we look at what they are doing to us,
01:29 this is part of the so-called "grey zone" tactics of China
01:34 to show us that we are willing to enforce our trust.
01:43 And this is what we will do to you.
01:45 We will water cannon you.
01:47 We will laser point you.
01:49 According to Ona, the most important thing is the unseen,
01:53 like disinformation,
01:55 like the difference of the story of what really happened in the West Philippine Sea
01:59 with the "Paninisis" in the Philippines.
02:01 It is also important to look at the playbook of China,
02:04 where it avoids to join the armed conflict,
02:07 but they are also ready for this.
02:09 The most important thing here is the truth.
02:13 Who has the truth?
02:16 Who is right?
02:18 Who is being watched by the arbitral tribunal, for instance?
02:24 Maybe what we need to do here,
02:28 what our country, our government, and the whole country needs to do
02:33 is to push that truth.
02:36 And to counter disinformation,
02:38 Ona believes that it is important to be alert and critical
02:41 of the country in the correctness of false information.
02:44 Rod Lugusad, for the "Bayan".