HINDI pa rin nagpatinag ang mga tropa ng pamahalaan sa presensiya ng Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) sa kanilang panibagong resupply mission para sa mga sundalo sa BRP Sierra Madre umaga ng Biyernes, Nobyembre 10.
Sa inilabas na opisyal na pahayag, sinabi ng National Task Force-West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) na naging matagumpay ang rotation and resupply mission (RoRe) Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) katuwang ang Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) sa Ayungin Shoal.
Dagdag pa ng NTF-WPS, gaya ng kanilang naging nakalipas na resupply mission, muling tinangkang harangin ng CCG vessel hanggang sa Ayungin Lagoon ang resupply boat ng pamahalaan.
“At 0730H, today, 10 November 2023, China Coast Guard (CCG) and Chinese Maritime Militia (CMM) vessels recklessly harassed, blocked, executed dangerous maneuvers in another attempt to illegally impede or obstruct a routine resupply and rotation mission to BRP Sierra Madre (LS 57) at Ayungin Shoal,” pahayag ng NTF on West Philippine Sea.
Nagdeploy rin ayon sa NTF-WPS ng water canon ang CCG para maiba ang direksiyon ng paglalayag ng resupply boat.
“CCG vessel 5203 deployed water cannon against Philippine supply vessel M/L Kalayaan in an illegal though unsuccessful attempt to force the latter to alter course. Supply boats Unaizah Mae 1 (UM1) and M/L Kalayaan were also subjected to extremely reckless and dangerous harassment at close proximity by CCG rigid-hulled inflatable boats (RHIB) inside Ayungin Shoal lagoon during their approach to BRP Sierra Madre,” ayon pa sa NTF on West Philippine Sea.
Muling kinondena ng task force ang anila’y delikadong hakbang ng CCG.
“We condemn, once again, China’s latest unprovoked acts of coercion and dangerous maneuvers against a legitimate and routine Philippine rotation and resupply mission to Ayungin Shoal, that has put the lives of our people at risk,” ayon sa NTF on West Philippine Sea.
Para naman sa CCG, ang Pilipinas ang lumabag sa territorial sovereignty ng China, ng Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea, at maging ang pangako umano ng bansa noon.
“The Philippines’ act infringes upon China’s territorial sovereignty, violates the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea, and breaks its own promise,” ayon sa China Coast Guard (CCG).
