MANILA, Philippines — “Five years of missed opportunities.”
This was how Vice President Leni Robredo described on Monday the fifth anniversary of the Philippines’ arbitration victory against China on its territorial rights in the West Philippine Sea.
“Today marks five years of missed opportunities regarding the West Philippine Sea,” Robredo said in a statement.
Robredo stressed that the Duterte administration has yet to fully utilize the ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague on July 12, 2016 to pursue the country’s national interests.
“Since then, national leadership has yet to fully flex the ruling as an instrument to pursue our nati…
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