‘Report China’s war threat to UN’

MANILA – China’s war threat on the Philippines should be raised before the United Nations General Assembly, said Sen. Panfilo Lacson echoing the advice of Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio.

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday that China threatened him with war if he would insist the country’s sovereign rights in the South China Sea. “Justice Carpio is right.

up attention UN. After all, China is a Dapat i-bring ito sa member. Member ng Security Council, ba? So pa nga siya ng di dapat yan,” said Lacson, a former i-pursue natin dahil ‘di maganda Philippine National Police chief. ‘

The friendship between nations should be based on goodwill, he added.

“Where c an you f i nd goodwill threat of going to war in case

kung may claims natin, to

na explore based on what we believeang is ours?”i- pursue

Lacson urged the government to file either a “diplomatic protest” or a “manifestation” against China for its threat of war.

“gawin. After all, we are basing our

Maraming pwedeng claim arbitral ruling, and

sa

ruling yan. So malinaw naman sa

PRRD sinabi sa atin ‘ wala

it is ours naman pagkakamali si

basis yan. Now nang sinabi niyang

China thinks otherwise, dahil may ‘

basis nila? kung But to threaten us with war, ano ang naman especially military might power

‘ yung disparity China compared to ours, ng ng

threat yan,” ng the senator said./ medyo malaking ‘

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