Manila, Philippines - War is not the option in pursuing the Philippines' claim in West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), however, the country still needs " to develop a credible defense posture," Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said during the 20th National Press Forum of the Philippine Press Institute at the Century Park Hotel in Manila on Thursday.
"If we remain in our right mind, we will not start a war with China... The only forum where we can bring the dispute, where we can possibly win is the legal forum.We need the ruling to start all our programs on the West Philippine Sea," said Carpio, who was part of the Philippine delegation that argued before the Permanent Court of Arbitration(PCA).
Even the PCA rules in favor of the Philippines, Beijing is expected to ignore the decision.
"There is no world policeman to draw out the Chinese in the (disputed) area," he lamented, adding that even the US cannot also be expected to enforce the ruling as an ally of the Philippines," Carpio added.
While the Philippines has no intention of going to war against China, the country still need" to develop a credible defense that's like what Vietnam is doing."
He added that Vietnam has acquired six kilo class submarines, frigate,missiles and combat aircraft from Russia. "We have to develop our own self-defense just to make it costly for any country to grab our territory," he said.
He also warned that China will not invade Luzon or Palawan but seeing to buy our companies and the media.
"If we remain in our right mind, we will not start a war with China... The only forum where we can bring the dispute, where we can possibly win is the legal forum.We need the ruling to start all our programs on the West Philippine Sea," said Carpio, who was part of the Philippine delegation that argued before the Permanent Court of Arbitration(PCA).
Even the PCA rules in favor of the Philippines, Beijing is expected to ignore the decision.
"There is no world policeman to draw out the Chinese in the (disputed) area," he lamented, adding that even the US cannot also be expected to enforce the ruling as an ally of the Philippines," Carpio added.
While the Philippines has no intention of going to war against China, the country still need" to develop a credible defense that's like what Vietnam is doing."
He added that Vietnam has acquired six kilo class submarines, frigate,missiles and combat aircraft from Russia. "We have to develop our own self-defense just to make it costly for any country to grab our territory," he said.
He also warned that China will not invade Luzon or Palawan but seeing to buy our companies and the media.
"I do not see them invading Luzon or Palawan but I see them buying our companies and the media here. Of course, there are constitutional prohibition against it but they can buy our power generation companies, they don't have to invade us,they can just buy us," he added.
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