MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Vicente Sotto III filed a bill Wednesday proposing the creation of a map of the Philippines’ maritime areas–similar to China’s nine-dash line map–which will define the maritime zones under the country’s jurisdiction.
In filing Senate Bill No. 2289, Sotto said the move seeks to preserve and protect the country’s sovereign rights to carry out marine and maritime activities in the disputed waters in the West Philippine Sea.
“Let us make our own map, similar to China’s nine-dash line. Let’s insist on our own maritime zones. It is just a matter of really setting our foot down,” Sotto said in a statement.
The proposed measure seeks to “declare…
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