PCG Reaffirms Philippine Sovereignty Amidst Controversial Claim

๐‹๐Ž๐Ž๐Š | PCG Spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea, Commodore Jay Tarriela, firmly countered Sagip Party-list Representative Marcoletaโ€™s claim that “๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’ ๐’”๐’–๐’„๐’‰ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘พ๐’†๐’”๐’• ๐‘ท๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’‘๐’‘๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐‘บ๐’†๐’‚ (๐‘พ๐‘ท๐‘บ) ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’Š๐’• ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‹๐’–๐’”๐’• ๐’‚ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’“๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’,” reaffirming the nation’s rightful stance on the issue.

In a post on his X account, he emphasized the importance of defending the countryโ€™s sovereignty, stating, “๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐™๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐’๐ž๐š?”

Commodore Tarrielaโ€™s statement underscores the need to uphold the Philippines’ territorial integrity and maritime rights, urging Filipinos to remain steadfast in asserting their sovereignty.
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