Bayan Muna Representative Neri Colmenares. 蜜桃工作室 FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines鈥擝ayan Muna Representative Neri Colmenares on Thursday hit Malaca帽ang鈥檚 plans of asking the United States to send its spy planes to the West Philippine Sea.
鈥淲hile we demand that we assert our territorial claim against China鈥檚 bullying, this resort to the US is not only dangerous but is fatally disadvantageous to the Philippines,鈥� he said.
He believed that 鈥渢he US will just replace China and control the area once we allow their military to gain a foothold there.鈥�
鈥淲hy not bring a complaint to ITLOS (International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea) or the ICJ (International Court of Justice)? The solution is to bring the case to the international community and not to the US.鈥�
Colmenares insisted that China鈥檚 claim on Scarborough Shoal had 鈥渘o basis so it will surely lose if we bring the case to court.鈥�