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MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. thumbed down on Monday, May 6, a senator’s suggestion to equip Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ships with water cannons as a defense from China’s harassment in the West Philippine Sea.

Senate Minority Leader Koko PImentel floated the idea last week as a tit-for-tat move following Beijing’s repeated use of its water cannon against Philippine vessels.

In a chance interview with reporters, Marcos explicitly said no to the proposal, saying the Philippines has “no intention of attacking anyone with water cannons or any other such offensive.”

“The last thing we would like is to raise the tensions in the West Philippine Sea, and that would certainly do that, so hindi natin gagawin (we won’t do it),” Marcos said.

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Source:https://www.rappler.com/philippines/marcos-rejects-proposal-use-water-cannon-against-china-west-sea/