A coalition of youth groups on Monday called on President “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to keep his promise to defend the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the West Philippine Sea .
In a statement, the West Philippine Sea Coalition said that the Marcos administration should "not sail in the same direction as the previous administration." The group's statement comes on the eve of the sixth anniversary of the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s ruling in favor of the Philippines’ claims in the WPS.no legal basis for China to claim historic rightsThe 501-page ruling was handed down in The Hague, Netherlands, more than three years after the Aquino administration filed the case in January 2013.
craft a foreign policy that is fully consistent with the nation’s victory in the Court of Arbitration and based on constant dialogue and consultations with stakeholders;maximize all regional and international multilateral platforms to build alliances with nation-states that share our principles and values in the region and;