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Yung counterpart, for example, yung protocol na tinatakot,
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yung counterpart ng Chinese ambassador is, of course, the Assistant Secretary for Asia and Pacific Affairs.
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And I know her personally, si Assistant Secretary Aileen Mendiola Rao.
01:12.1
So, gano'n dapat.
01:13.1
Then, of course, yung other Chinese diplomats below the ambassador,
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titignan nila yung counterpart nila sa Department of Foreign Affairs.
01:19.9
Ang nakapagtaka dito, why do you have a Chinese diplomat negotiating directly,
01:26.2
with an officer of the Armed Forces of the Philippines?
01:30.7
So, ayan yung question doon.
01:32.4
Sabi nga nung sa statement, in a way, ang term doon is a bridge of protocol.
01:38.8
Why will you talk with a ranking officer of the Armed Forces of the Philippines?
01:45.0
Dapat dyan, ang counterpart mo dapat Department of Foreign Affairs.
01:48.7
Is the Department of Foreign Affairs aware of this bridge of what we call,
01:56.2
the normal diplomatic channel?
01:59.0
So, gano'n dapat ko na tinitignan.
02:01.1
Gano'n baka tindi yung, kumbaga, clout ng Chinese embassy sa loobo ng ating gobyerno.
02:07.9
So, in a way, kung titignan ko yan, the Chinese embassy is acting not like a normal diplomatic post,
02:14.9
it's acting like a pro-consul.
02:16.4
Kung malino na bridge of protocol yan, ano yung dapat gawin doon sa Chinese embassy official who did this?
02:26.2
Yung unang, ano yan, warning on the Department of Foreign Affairs.
02:28.8
Why are you communicating directly doon sa aming government?
02:32.5
Dapat dyan, dadaan sa amin yan.
02:34.8
We have to be aware.
02:36.0
This is an agreement between the Philippines and, of course, China.
02:40.9
How come you are directly negotiating with an official of the Philippine government
02:46.1
that's not part of the diplomatic service?
02:49.7
They have to explain.
02:51.6
It's a bridge of protocol.
02:52.8
Eka nga, sinasabi.
02:55.1
Beyond, tinatawag natin, normal diplomatic channel.
02:59.1
Ang question doon, of course, why can the Chinese embassy do that?
03:05.2
It's kind of unprecedented.
03:07.1
Again, ititrace ko to doon, bakit nabigyan ng ganyang malaking kapangyarihan ang Chinese embassy?
03:13.3
In a way, it does not anymore function like a normal diplomatic post, but sa pro-consul.
03:19.6
Nasasabihan tayo, no?
03:21.1
Kasi hindi talaga tasang any diplomats.
03:25.1
Yung ka or what, ang ano dyan always is a basis of negotiation using the normal diplomatic channel.
03:33.3
I'll try to simplify this para doon po sa mga viewers natin.
03:36.9
Parang lumalabas dito, yung Chinese embassy official, directly kinausap yung dating head ng Westcom, si Vice Admiral Carlos.
03:44.6
Tapos kumuha ng concession at di umano, pumayag si Carlos na,
03:48.5
sige, magpapaalam kami para smooth yung resupply mission dyan sa Ayungan Shoal.
03:55.1
Hindi kami magdadala ng construction material.
03:58.0
Tapos on the basis of this, itong low-level discussion na ito, na hindi naman binding,
04:02.9
biglang pinublicize ng China at binabind yung buong Philippine government.
04:08.2
Is that what happened?
04:10.2
O, yan. Ganon. At ano pa doon, yung wiretapping.
04:14.1
Na supposed to be recorded yung phone conversation without informing.
04:19.5
Kung totoo man, yung officer na sinasabi, si Vice Admiral.
04:25.1
So, in a way, sabi nga ni Secretary Gibot Chodoro,
04:28.0
pag tinap yung conversation mo over a telephone without informing you,
04:32.1
it's yung anti-wiretapping law.
04:35.3
It's a violation.
04:37.3
That diplomat is violating Philippine law.
04:40.9
And of course, ang issue dyan, meron siyang diplomatic immunity.
04:44.7
Hindi mo basta-basta ma-use yan.
04:47.6
Pero nevertheless, it's abridged ng tinatawag nating good faith.
04:52.4
Although, ang isang diplomat is entitled,
04:55.1
you should not, of course, abuse that diplomatic immunity
04:59.9
by violating the law of the country na nakaprovide.
05:03.9
At isang element pa dito, again, hindi talaga derecho about law.
05:08.2
Kasi hindi naman ako abogado.
05:10.2
Binabase ko lang ito sa sinabi nga ni Secretary Gibot Chodoro,
05:13.6
who is, of course, a lawyer.
05:15.7
So, ang tingin niya talaga, legalistic,
05:17.9
yung isa pang element doon na ginagamit para i-blackmail ka.
05:22.5
Na ilalabas ko ito o hindi.
05:25.1
Ba-blackmailin ng isang information na nakuha mo
05:28.4
through illegitimate means, wiretapping.
05:32.0
So, that adds up to the complication of that violation law.
05:36.6
And of course, the fact that you are acting on a basis of bad faith.
05:41.3
Na tinitritin mo.
05:46.0
In that case, is expulsion the right thing to do
05:49.6
as far as the Philippine government is concerned?
05:51.5
Ang dapat dyan gawin, of course, yun nga,
05:53.2
ang term doon is,
05:55.1
na nangyari na sa ating yan.
05:58.8
Ewan ko, natatandaan mo,
06:01.8
yung Pilipino ambassador
06:03.5
na involved doon sa
06:05.7
pag-rescue ng isang OFW.
06:08.5
Na hindi naman talaga trabaho ng diplomat.
06:10.9
Oo, yung nag-conduct ng operation sa Kuwait.
06:13.5
Magalit ngayon yung Kuwaiti government.
06:15.1
It's not the task ng isang diplomat
06:17.9
according to the Vienna Convention.
06:20.9
he was declared persona ng glata.
06:22.4
He was given, I think, ilang?
06:24.1
48 hours to leave the country.
06:28.0
Pero, let's try to discuss din
06:30.1
one sense of this.
06:31.0
Kasi, unang-una, China ang nagkiklaim.
06:32.7
We're not even sure whether that's true.
06:34.3
Whether there's an actual audio recording
06:38.6
whether that's true
06:39.6
or tawad dito legitimate.
06:42.1
Kasi, paano kung deepfake siya?
06:43.8
Inimbento yung audio?
06:45.7
Oo, pwede pa rin.
06:46.6
Kasi, ano pa rin,
06:47.6
wiretapping pa rin yun.
06:50.4
Kung miski deepfake man
06:53.2
bakit mo tinape yung conversation
06:54.7
o why you're claiming na tinape mo?
06:57.6
whether it's true or not,
06:58.9
is already a violation of the law.
07:02.8
On the part of assuming naman,
07:04.8
hindi pa natin sure kung talaga nangyari
07:06.3
kasi mahirap paniwalaan po yung China.
07:08.6
Assuming, for the sake of argument,
07:10.3
na si Vice Admiral Carlos
07:11.5
actually spoke with that
07:13.2
Chinese embassy official,
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whoever that person is,
07:17.0
meron ba namang maliring ginawa
07:19.5
yung si Vice Admiral for doing that?
07:23.2
Ang tatanungin ko,
07:26.4
sino nag-seek nung,
07:28.4
that conversation?
07:32.4
Kung yung Chinese yun,
07:35.8
Vice Admiral Carlos
07:40.7
Kung sino man yun
07:42.2
ang nag-initiate talaga,
07:44.4
who initiated the call.
07:46.3
Pero kung titignan mo kasi,
07:48.5
o operation talaga
08:01.3
Scarborough Shoal.
08:05.0
pero doon sa back-channeling
08:06.0
sa Scarborough Shoal,
08:07.6
it was, of course,
08:08.7
a ranking official
08:09.9
of the State Department.
08:13.7
get involved in this kind
08:17.5
back-door negotiation.
08:19.2
Pero nakakatawa ngayon,
08:21.1
Ginagamit sa atin ngayon.
08:28.5
gentleman's agreement,
08:29.7
tinatawag natin, no?
08:31.1
Honor among thieves.
08:32.7
Kung ginawa mo to,
08:35.2
let's keep it quiet.
08:39.0
mapuputukan tayo.
08:41.1
even sa larangan na to,
08:43.2
these Chinese diplomats
08:44.3
simply do not respect
08:45.8
even yung tinatawag natin
08:47.1
honor among thieves.
08:49.3
Chinese ambassador?
08:51.7
hindi pa ba namumura
08:52.4
yung Chinese ambassador?
08:53.2
No ambassador dito.
08:56.1
sabi nga naman ni
08:56.9
President Marcos,
09:08.2
personal and gratis
09:11.0
President Marcos,
09:12.7
tanggalin mo man yan,
09:14.8
gagawin yung the same.
09:17.2
talagang warning.
09:21.8
ko rin sa isang program
09:23.9
kung i-declare mo
09:24.6
personal and gratis
09:25.7
lalo na yung ambassador,
09:27.1
gaganta yung mga Chinese.
09:28.9
Understandable yun.
09:31.0
Pero wouldn't that send
09:32.2
wouldn't that send
09:33.2
a very strong message
09:34.3
na huwag nyo kaming ginagago
09:36.8
kaming ginagago eh.
09:38.6
yung ginagawa nyo eh.
09:40.4
Well, given of course
09:42.3
of course the decision talaga
09:43.8
whether to declare
09:46.9
personal and gratis
09:48.0
will be coming from
09:49.8
Naglabas na ng warning
09:52.2
Naglabas na din ng
09:53.6
National Security Advisor.
10:09.0
na personal and gratis
10:10.1
is from the Department
10:11.3
of Foreign Affairs.
10:12.6
Yung mga diplomats
10:16.5
embassy sa Beijing.
10:18.0
Kung nagustuhan nyo po
10:19.1
itong video na ito
10:19.9
pakilike at share na lang po
10:23.9
Kung gusto nyo po
10:25.5
follow nyo na rin po ako
10:26.4
sa aking mga social media
10:27.5
accounts na nakasulat po
10:29.9
Pwede rin po kayo
10:33.1
at super stickers
10:34.4
saka Facebook stars po.
10:37.0
malayo po mararating nito
10:38.1
para makagawa po po kami
10:39.5
ng mas maraming video
10:40.8
na makatutulong po
10:43.2
ng tamang informasyon
10:44.3
para sa bawat Pilipino.
10:50.0
independent journalism
10:52.8
maraming salamat po.
