Mungkahi na gumanti ang Pilipinas at mag-water cannon rin kontra China, tinutulan ng ilang opisyal

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00:00It is true that other officials in their speeches that the Philippines rebelled and used water cannons against China.

00:06The diplomatic way to resolve the issue is still better.

00:11That is what Daniel Manalastas said.

00:15In front of the ships that China is making against the Philippine ships

00:20that are used to bomb water or water cannons, like these scenes.

00:24Should the Philippines give up and be a water against water?

00:33Some senators said that the Philippines should have a water cannon.

00:38But for Senator Francis Tolentino, it is in the President's directive

00:42if the water cannon of China should be used.

00:45But the senator has a problem.

00:54If it is elevated to something greater than a water cannon,

00:58maybe others will escalate.

01:01Flares, maybe they will do that.

01:04Everyone has flares in the sea.

01:06According to the first district representative, Zia Alonto Adjung,

01:10in the speeches of some, the Philippines has just rebelled and also used water cannons.

01:15In the presentation of the new Philippines,

01:19the congressman said that for him,

01:21the diplomatic way to resolve the issue is still better.

01:26It's a trap. They want to provoke us to do exactly the same thing,

01:30which basically would create more problems.

01:33Personally, I do not want to put the country in a situation

01:37where we cannot assert our right in a way that China can say,

01:42see, the Philippines is also doing the same thing.

01:45The leader of the low-ranking prison also expressed full support

01:50to the police of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.

01:55in addressing these situations.

01:57Even the budget for the Philippine Coast Guard,

01:59which they want to address.

02:01We make sure that we support the President in his foreign policy

02:05and we strengthen our alliances to the nations that espouse the same beliefs.

02:11And of course, we send that message that we cannot be bullied.

02:17In the upcoming budget,

02:19this is one of the things we will focus on,

02:21how we can strengthen the ability of our Coast Guard

02:25to guard our maritime borders.

02:31Because definitely, the support with regards to equipment, training.

02:38According to the Department of Foreign Affairs,

02:40yesterday, they called the Chinese Embassy of Manila

02:44Deputy Chief of Mission Zhou Xiong.

02:48about the incident that happened on April 30.

02:51The DFA also agreed to a new diplomatic protest.

02:55Daniel Manalastas for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.