The South China Sea Dispute Will Continue To Haunt Philippine-China Relations

Filipino Fishing vessels are oftenly driven out
of the EEZ in the Scarborough shoals. 

After the Hague tribunal ruling where the Philippines have won over China, the uncertainty of the future becomes bleak for the country, and our food source which is in the SCS, is now put in danger.

We have been complaining of difficulty in fishing in our rich territorial waters before the result of the ruling, yet after, and the entrance of the new administration, reversed the position of the government towards our claims in the the EEZ.

War:

War with China is not an  excuse over the dispute in the region, but the reality of urging China to comply and respect the tribunal ruling is the main issue of all. We can continue trade with China because they need us with or without the UNCLOS ruling. Trade is another matter, and things will be just normal if our assertion remains, not to be disregarded.

The expose' of the president before when he visited China about the threat of war is not the reason for the 100 million Filipino to disregard our rights in the SCS, of our EEZ given by the Hague ruling, but as far as we are concerned, we should have kept  and maintained our stance.

The threat of War by China if we insist in it is nothing but a joke  to see if really we are serious of our rights. If we answer "yes" to China about our insistence, there is nothing that they can do, it is for the record of insistence. The next step of using the EEZ will depend on the situation based on the international support and clamor of other countries, specially with help of the UN, they cannot deny our rights.

President Duterte changes in  foreign policy towards
China and soften its stand in our claims.  

The foreign policy of the current government towards China is something that will have an adverse impact in the future and security of our country.

Once we tolerate from the beginning the actuation's of China, then later on, t much more difficulty will rise in the future due to our inadequacy to assert our rights. The more we are going to lose.

the buoys that Filipino fishermen had removed from
the Scarborough shoals that hampered fishing on
the ground.

The uncertainty of the future is really the problem of today, as is it until when our government shall change its stand and claim our rights in the EEZ. the food supply, which is fishing in the area will be felt later on, and no longer that we can send our fishermen in the Scarborough shoals.