From ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐. The Philippinesโ recent administration under the leadership of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has taken a firmer stance on the ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐, emphasizing the 2016 arbitral ruling, international law and the defense of Philippine territory. His leadership ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ and warned of consequences for attacks on ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ patrolling in the West Philippine Sea.
President Marcos has also said that the deliberate killing of a Filipino would be โvery, very closeโ to an act of war, contrasting with the previous administrationโs dismissal of the arbitral ruling as โpapel lang.โ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ โ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ โ to โ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐โ. This clearly shows that defeatism mindset is not and will never be for Filipinos.
