Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said the Philippine Constitution mandates the State to protect its 200-nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), hence compromising President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to limit naval and maritime patrols within the country’s 12-nautical mile territorial sea.
“The Constitution says the State shall protect its EEZ. The Philippines must protect its EEZ, that’s the mandate of the Constitution,” Carpio said.
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