The Philippine government may seek an
“objective arbiter” to determine the truth about the Recto Bank maritime incident in case of conflicting results of the investigations by Manila and Beijing.But for now, Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said President Duterte prefers to wait for the “facts” of the reported ramming of a Filipino vessel by a Chinese boat before taking the next course of action.
“Kung magkaiba, eh di pag-uusapan natin bakit magkaiba, bakit sinong mas tama. Siguro we need to resolve through an objective arbiter [If there will be conflicting claims, we will discuss why it was different, who is right. Maybe we need to resolve through an objective arbiter],” he said. After the Chinese crew gave a different version of the incident, Panelo made clear that the government was “not doubting” the Filipino fishermen’s claim they were hit and abandoned by the Chinese vessel but would want to know the facts given such contrary claim.
He said they were also trying to retrieve photos or video of the incident if there was any. But the government has yet to get the side of the Vietnamese vessel that rescued the Filipino fishermen stranded at sea, Panelo said.
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