Philippine Domestic Politics and the Dispute over Spratly
Tạp chí Nghiên cứu Quốc tế / Số 3 (78)
Written by Trần Thanh Tùng
Tạp chí Nghiên cứu Quốc tế - Quan hệ Việt Nam và các nước
In early 2009, the East Sea was once again the scene of “waves” caused by movements of the different claimants. The Philippine President approved a new law on the country’s baseline in March 2009, culminating a process of complicated and acute internal discussion. Different political groups in the country adopted different approaches to the dispute. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs tends to give greater importance to relations with ASEAN while the President the Republic and the President of the Senate wish to improve cooperation with China. The country’s law does not allow foreign company to own more than 30% equity in oil prospection and exploitation.
The complicated domestic politics can be seen in the Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking where the opposition criticized the Undertaking and asked for a probe into its Constitutional conformity. This Undertaking also runs counter to the spirit of the Declaration of Conduct. It divides ASEAN and raise tension in the East Sea.
The second case study is the newly approved Law on the Baseline. Heated dispute occurred in the process of getting the Law through the country’s bicameral parliament. The Philippines’ compromise in following China’s policy of “shelving the dispute for joint development by signing the JMSU and approval of the Law on Baseline have complicated the dispute.
for joint development by signing the JMSU and approval of the Law on Baseline have complicated the dispute.
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