Senate President Tito Sotto says that it will be very difficult to impose exclusivity under water. This amid calls to ban Chinese fishermen in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
“It’s very difficult to say that there’s exclusivity when it’s underwater,” Sotto said in an interview with ABS-CBN News.
Sotto adds that it may be difficult to determine if fishes will be coming from China.
“The fish could be coming from China, and the fish from the Philippines could be going to China if we want to be technical about it and relate it to the constitutionality of what should be owned by us,” he added.
Sotto said that people misunderstood his statement.
“My comment on WPS and its resources was a tongue-in-cheek statement. Sadly konti lang nakaintindi.”
President Rodrigo Duterte said that he cannot ban Chinese fishermen to fish in the country’s EEZ.
