Panayam kay NSC Asst. Dir. General Jonathan Malaya kaugnay sa pagsasabatas ng Philippine Maritime Zones Act at Philippine Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act

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00:00We asked for an update from you at the National Security Council, ADG John.

00:05Of course, partner.

00:06Yes, we're both, let me just acknowledge, we're both wearing Inabel today.

00:10Yes, and we're both wearing Christmas colors.

00:13Yes, because Christmas is just around the corner.

00:15Christmas, yes.

00:16ADG, let's start with what you have to say about the enactment of the Philippine Maritime Zones Act

00:24and Philippine Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act.

00:28How important is this for the country?

00:30And what do these two laws entail?

00:33Well, partner, first of all, we would like to thank our President, President Bongbong Marcos,

00:38our Senate, and our Congress because they enacted these two very important laws

00:46which are very important because these two laws

00:51are included in a domestic legislation or in a Republic Act

00:57that we passed in 2016 in the Permanent Court of Arbitration

01:03and it aligns the contents of our domestic laws

01:06with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea or the so-called UNCLOS.

01:11So, I am very happy because I was in Malacanang on Friday

01:17to sign these very important laws

01:22because, in essence, we are reaffirming our sovereignty

01:26in our territorial sea, in our internal waters and archipelagic waters

01:32while at the same time reaffirming our economic rights and sovereign rights and jurisdiction

01:39in the exclusive economic zone of our country.

01:42For the knowledge of our fellow countrymen

01:45and also for me, these two laws,

01:49they do not add anything.

01:52In other words, is it the same zones that we have been fighting for

01:58from before or even now?

02:01We did not add anything. We did not extend anything.

02:03Nothing. Nothing, partner.

02:05We are sure that whatever is in accordance with international law,

02:09that is in accordance with UNCLOS

02:11and whatever we have won in the Permanent Court of Arbitration,

02:15it is in accordance with these two laws

02:18because, in essence, it simply codifies what is ours for a long time.

02:23So, in essence, it reaffirms our maritime entitlements.

02:27Another law, the Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act.

02:30What is the Sea Lanes Act?

02:32Because this, partner,

02:34for now, under UNCLOS, since we do not have these sea lanes yet,

02:39we cannot control properly those who enter our territory

02:43because, according to UNCLOS,

02:45the responsibility of the party states to UNCLOS

02:48is to provide the passage or what is called the Archipelagic Sea Lanes

02:54because we have what is called the Rights of Navigation Over Flight

02:58provided that these rights are not prejudicial to the peace, good order, and security of the Philippines.

03:05So, in this law, we identified three sea lanes

03:08that can be passed by foreign countries

03:13and they cannot leave those sea lanes.

03:16So, in other words, on the road, you are only on your line.

03:20Correct. It's like, it's a busway.

03:22Yes. You are there. You cannot pass.

03:25And you cannot leave there

03:27because there are partners of these penalties,

03:31the liabilities, right?

03:34For example, if there is a foreign commercial ship

03:39that leaves the sea lanes that we identified,

03:43the liable there is the commercial entity that owns it.

03:48Now, if it's a foreign warship,

03:50the country that owns it,

03:54they are the ones who have liability.

03:56Okay. So, has this started?

03:58Is it now being enforced?

04:00This Archipelagic Sea Lanes Law Partner,

04:03this has to be first published in the official gazette

04:06or in two newspapers of general circulation.

04:09It becomes effective 15 days later

04:11and then we submit this first to the International Maritime Organization.

04:16Because in the IMO,

04:18that's where we will put the meets and bounds,

04:20the specific coordinates of this.

04:23Because there are no coordinates in the law.

04:25Then we submit it to them and then the IMO takes over.

04:28If the whole world agrees,

04:30then it becomes already the Archipelagic Sea Lanes.

04:33Because it's possible that other countries will say,

04:35add more.

04:37So, the law provides for the president to substitute

04:42if there are others.

04:44Because what we identified in this law

04:46is Balintang Channel in the north,

04:49here in Northern Luzon,

04:51Celebes, Cebuto, Sulu, Cuyo, and Mindoro Straits,

04:55and then Celebes Sea, Basilan Strait,

04:58and Balabac Strait.

05:00So, this is just the first step.

05:02There will be future steps in the IMO.

05:04So, this is just the first step.

05:06Yes.

05:07Okay.

05:08Now, let's talk about the convening

05:10and the ruling of China

05:12in the so-called Philippine Maritime Zones Act.

05:16According to China,

05:18this is against their territorial sovereignty

05:20and maritime rights

05:22and interests in the South China Sea.

05:24What can the NSC say about this?

05:27Well, we do not agree with this.

05:29And there is no reason,

05:31in fact, there is no reason

05:33for China to protest

05:35because what is included in the maritime zones law

05:37is what is included in the international law.

05:40In fact, their own laws,

05:44they already have the law of China

05:47on the territorial sea and contiguous zones.

05:49If they have a law, why don't we have one?

05:51So, we are simply reaffirming our rights.

05:56We are simply codifying our rights.

05:58And, I think,

06:00the People's Republic of China

06:02does not need to care

06:04because we do not oppose

06:06any international law here.

06:08Is this what you are saying

06:10when you say that China

06:12has its own law

06:14about their own

06:16baseline and base points

06:18of the territorial sea

06:20next to the contiguous zone

06:22or Scarborough Shoal?

06:24Yes, partner, because yesterday

06:26the PRC said

06:28that they already released

06:30their baselines here in Panatag Shoal

06:32or Scarborough Shoal.

06:34Now, when this was released,

06:36there were no specifics in their press statement.

06:38So, we did not see

06:40that, I think,

06:42they are just reaffirming

06:44their claim in Scarborough Shoal

06:46without giving any specifics

06:48unlike our law

06:50which is very clear.

06:52Also,

06:54we are wondering

06:56what are their baselines.

06:58It is not, in any way,

07:00contained in the press statement that they issued.

07:02And, in any case,

07:04whatever they say, it is not right

07:06because this is against

07:08international law, UNCLOS,

07:10and the 2016 arbitral ruling.

07:12This is a DG issue.

07:14Many people want to know

07:16what the NSC

07:18takes here

07:20in terms of US elections

07:22where President Donald Trump

07:24won again.

07:26What is the implication

07:28of the Trump presidency

07:30and administration

07:32in the national security of the Philippines?

07:34Yes, partner. Actually,

07:36we are always asked

07:38what is the possible change

07:40in US foreign policy

07:42or US security policy

07:44now that Donald Trump

07:46is the new President of the United States.

07:48If we look

07:50at our history during the

07:52first Trump presidency,

07:54the US State Department

07:56in particular

07:58Secretary Mike Pompeo

08:00during the first term of President Trump

08:02said that the Mutual Defense Treaty

08:04stands and that the United States

08:06has our back.

08:08It means that the US fully supports it.

08:10Secondly,

08:12the Free and Open Indo-Pacific

08:14is a strategy

08:16that has been followed

08:18by the Biden administration

08:20since the Trump administration.

08:22It means that

08:24the position of the Philippines

08:26and the position of President Trump

08:28during his first term is very consistent

08:30in so far as security is concerned.

08:32Of course, US trade

08:34passes through the West Philippine Sea

08:36and the South China Sea.

08:38I think that the support of the United States

08:40in the Philippines in leading

08:42the adherence of the world

08:44to international law

08:46will not change.

08:48If there are minor changes,

08:50but we do not see any major changes

08:52in US foreign policy.

08:54Having said that,

08:56maybe there will be changes in the economic issue.

08:58But we at the National Security Council

09:00don't see any major changes

09:02because if we look at the

09:04approach of President Trump

09:06during his first term,

09:08and because of the strong treaties

09:10between the Philippines and the US

09:12and because of the strong people-to-people ties

09:14between the US and the Philippines,

09:16we don't see any major changes.

09:18Alright.

09:20Here we are at IBAPANG

09:22or PEN-ADG,

09:24they expressed a negative reaction

09:26to the group's position

09:28in the Private School Association

09:30Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations

09:32or COCOPEA

09:34as part of the NTF-LCAC.

09:36According to your group,

09:38this is an intervention

09:40of academic freedom.

09:42Can you explain this ADG?

09:44I don't think there is a reason

09:46for the group to be alarmed

09:48because there is no plan

09:50for the academic freedom

09:52of the private schools.

09:54Academic freedom

09:56is part of the Constitution

09:58of our country

10:00and the mere membership

10:02of the COCOPEA

10:04in the NTF-LCAC

10:06is not a reason

10:08for the group to be alarmed.

10:10In fact,

10:12the government and COCOPEA

10:14want the private schools

10:16to be safe spaces

10:18where critical thinking happens.

10:20It is difficult

10:22if our private schools

10:24become recruitment centers

10:26for radicalization,

10:28violent extremism,

10:30violence, or armed struggle.

10:32I think the government's job

10:34is to make sure

10:36that COCOPEA

10:38becomes a member of the NTF-LCAC.

10:40That is why our President

10:42approved the membership

10:44of COCOPEA

10:46in the NTF-LCAC.

10:48Thank you very much

10:50for your updates

10:52from the National Security Council.

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