“The conflicting maritime claims of the Philippines and China over Ayungin Shoal is a gray area," according to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.”
What Vera Files found
Ayungin Shoal is a low-tide elevation that cannot be appropriated nor be the subject of a sovereignty claims under international law. The final and binding July 12, 2016 award in the South China Sea arbitration expressly stated that Ayungin Shoal is “within the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of the Philippines” over which the Philippines has sovereign rights and jurisdiction, the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement, which was echoed by the National Task Force for ...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. made this claim around 7 August 2023. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 8 August 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “Flip-flop”.
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has 62 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 43 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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