Taipei Times
Date: Jul 22, 2016
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
Former vice president Annette Lu (呂秀蓮) yesterday urged President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) to file
Former vice president Annette Lu, left, yesterday speaks at a Taipei forum on the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s ruling on the South China Sea dispute. Photo: Liao Chen-hui, Taipei Times
a case at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea with regard to the nation’s rights over islands in the South China Sea, while calling on the ruling and opposition parties to initiate a name-rectification movement for the nation.
Lu made the remarks at the legislature at a forum on how to rectify problems posed by a ruling issued by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague on Tuesday last week regarding a dispute between the Philippines and China over features in the South China Sea.
Lu said Taiwan is the one to suffer amid a wrestling match between China and the US over South China Sea issues, quoting an African proverb: “When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.”
Losses the nation has sustained in terms of its maritime rights and resources are beyond measure, she said. [FULL STORY]
