Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Antonio Tirol Carpio answers questions from the Inquirer Multimedia Editors and reporters during the Meets Inquirer Multimedia program held at Inquirer office in Makati City. Justice Carpio’s personal advocacy is “to protect and preserve Philippine territorial and maritime sovereignty specifically in the West Philippine Sea. EDWIN BACASMAS/Philippine Daily Inquirer
The Philippines may lose its legal right to fish on Scarborough shoal if it concedes to China’s narrative that it only allowed Filipino fishermen there “out of goodwill.”
This was the warning of acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio, in a television interview on Thursday, amid a controversy surrounding fishing rights in the disputed reef.
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Geng Shuang earlier said they have only been allowing Filipino fishermen to fish in Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal “out of goodwill.”