Even without the nod of the DFA
By Mortz C.
Ortigoza
DAGUPAN CITY –
The leaders of the National Movement for Food Sovereignty (NMFS) and the Green Peace mulls
to sail to the disputed Scarborough Reef even without the permission of the
Department of Foreign Affairs.
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| Green Peace's ship. Photo Credit: Inhabitat.com |
Ka Iza Gonzales
of the NMFS said the plan is for a fact finding mission for Filipino fishermen
who are banned by the Chinese navy there to fish.
“Puwede naman po, kaya po isa po itong hakbang
para alamin po iyong mga mangingisda
natin sa Pangasinan wala na
silang nahuhuli. Pumapalaot po sila pero pagdating ho sa laot tinataboy ho
sila, malaki ho ang problema (We can do it, that is why this is our step to
inquire why fishermen in Pangasinan have no catch anymore. They went to the
high sea but upon reaching there the Chinese drove them away. That is a big
problem),” Gonzales said when told not to ask the imprimatur of DoF that was lukewarm to the scheme but
instead go ahead with the plan to go to the disputed shoal known among the
locals as Panatag.
