Malacanang welcomes CPP-NPA-NDF's support to West Philippine Sea claims

From the Philippine News Agency (Apr 6): Malacanang welcomes CPP-NPA-NDF's support to West Philippine Sea claims

Malacanang welcomed the statement the Communist Party of the Philippines- National People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) in supporting the country’s claim over the disputed cluster of islands in the West Philippine Sea.

Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said Sunday in a press briefing aired over radio station dzRB Radyo ng Bayan, that Malacanang appreciated the statement of CPP founding chairman Jose Maria Sison.

In a statement, the CPP founding chairman said “by manifestations though writing and mass actions, the patriotic and progressive forces have stood for Philippine sovereignty and territorial integrity over the islands and islets in question in the sea west of the Philippines on the basis of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and other international instrument.”

For his part Secretary Coloma said “Lahat po ng pagpapahayag ng suporta na nanggagaling dito sa ating bansa at sa labas ng bansa ay malugod pong tinatanggap. At umaasa po tayo na lahat ng sector ng ating lipunan at lahat ng ating lipunan at lahat ng ating mga kababayan ay nakikiisa sa posisyon ng ating bansa hinggil dito.”

Last March 30, 2014, the Philippines filed a memorial at International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) against China.

Manila and Beijing are quarrelling over the cluster of islands in the West Philippine Sea. Both are laying claim to the Kalayaan Group of Islands as well as the Ayungin and Scarborough Shoals.

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