Apathy? Solons bring up VP Sara's silence on West Philippine Sea flare incident

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Ranking congressmen have noted Vice President Sara Duterte's "defeaning silence" amid the latest act of Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).   READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2024/8/13/apathy-solons-bring-up-vp-sara-s-silence-on-west-philippine-sea-flare-incident  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00Personally, I'm trying to question why, apart from all of these things happening,

00:09while there was recently a flare of the Chinese government in the West Philippine Sea,

00:18she remains to be silent about it.

00:22I believe that she is the second highest public official in the land, next to the President.

00:34Her position on this is very important.

00:38Whether she really condemns the aggression that is happening over the West Philippine Sea,

00:45or whether her silence will be treated as apathy.

00:58Yes, her silence is very apathetic, as they say.

01:02But what I can say is that our Vice President has no statement regarding the West Philippine Sea.

01:12Of course, all of us here love the Philippines, right?

01:19So, their allies should be Filipinos.

01:24Their allies should be Filipinos, not their fellow Filipinos.

01:30We should be pro-PINAS.

01:33So, that's all I can say on that issue.

01:38Her silence is deafening.

01:40No, she only said what I said in English.

01:44Anyway, of course, we are free to criticize the actions of the government.

01:52And being a public official, we are always criticized.

01:56And we are very open to that.

01:58But if we are talking about the sovereignty of our country,

02:02we should not expect that she should just come out with her statement,

02:09and fight against China.

02:11And her statement should be pro-PINAS.

02:16But for the longest time, since she became the Vice President,

02:20from July 1, 2022 until now,

02:24have you heard a statement from our Vice President against China?

02:30The answer is no.

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