00:00In spite of China's violation of the two new laws passed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.,
00:06the Executive Board decided that the position of our country will not change.
00:11The Philippine Maritime Zones Act and the Philippine Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act were passed recently.
00:17This will strengthen the Philippines' ability to maintain and protect its territorial waters.
00:24The West Philippine Sea, which is legally owned by China, is also included here.
00:29Next, the Baseline System of the Philippines issued China around the Scarborough Shoal.
00:36They say that we do not agree and that they will continue to protect what they define as their sovereign territory.
00:48Of course, we do not agree with their definition of sovereign territory.
00:52But nothing has changed because our situation and position are still the same.
