Hindi nakatutulong ang desisyon ng China na patawan ng parusa si Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro dahil lalo lamang nitong pinatataas ang tensyon sa pagitan ng dalawang bansa.
Ayon sa Pangulo, hindi nito isinusulong ang pagresolba sa sigalot sa West Philippine Sea at maaari pang magpataas ng panganib ng hindi pagkakaunawaan o mas malalang insidente.
“Well, the declaration of Beijing, as Secretary Teodoro, as persona non grata, I guess, in China, it’s just not. It’s very unhelpful, in my view. Because it really achieves very little. It’s more a how do you say, a response to some of the things that he, some of the pronouncements that he’s made in foreign fora. But it does not move the discussion between the Philippines and China regarding the territorial conflicts that we have. It does not move that process forward in any way,” pahayag ni Pang. Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Binigyang-diin ni Pang. Marcos na patuloy na pinananatili ng Pilipinas ang bukas na komunikasyon sa Beijing sa antas ng pamahalaan, negosyo at iba pang sektor upang mabawasan ang tensyon.
Aniya, ang pagsasara ng isa pang linya ng komunikasyon, partikular sa pagitan ng mga defense ministry, ay hindi makatutulong sa layuning ito.
“And cutting off another line of communication, which is through our defense ministries, I do not see how it will help that process that we’re trying to achieve to manage the tensions in the West Philippine Sea, to lessen the likelihood of something happening that will be a trigger for something worse.So again, as I said, it’s China’s prerogative, but I really feel that it was unhelpful,” wika ng Pang. Marcos.
