News>>>PoliticsMaharlika denies the Oceanic State access within its territoryBy Josefa Santos, MWorld Online
Updated 08:24 P.M.State Councilor Ricardo de Gurdón debating against allowing the Oceanic Access access within Maharlikan territory
Picture: Anonymous Sugbu(MWorld Online)-- Recently this afternoon, the Maharlikan High Council declared that the Republic of Maharlika will deny the Oceanic State any access and passage within Maharlika’s Exclusive Economic Zone(EEZ).
Tensions have been arising in the island of Zamada lately after the Roman government decided to assert their claims on the Oceanic State held island, claiming that “the island of Octavianus is justified to be Roman territory by right.” After which, there was a large increase of Roman military activities within the vicinity of Zamada and the Roman government demanded that OS citizens should be evacuated from the island.
Two days ago, there were a plethora of reports stating that the Oceanic State had sent out a small naval detachment and were nearing the country’s EEZ, hastening the decision of the High Council to classify the agenda regarding OS as extremely important.
With an agenda meeting that began since yesterday, the High Council had an intense discussion whether the state must allow the Oceanic State’s fleet access through Maharlika’s Exclusive Economic Zone and state’s stance in the whole island dispute as a whole.
“The decision-making process for this event was incredibly tough. The debate feels like they were almost neck to neck with each other and it looked like only a single person could make really a difference in the voting process.” High Council Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Tuesday.
Final DecisionThe High Council makes a decision The Council finalized their decision today and had a voting process. They voted for two issues today, Allowing OS military access within the Maharlikan EEZ and whether the state should intervene militarily in the dispute. The first issue’s voting results were
34-35, with 34 State Councilors agreeing that OS be given military access and 35 State Councilors disagreeing that OS be given military access. Voting results for the next issue resulted to
15-45-9, with 15 Councilors agreeing that the state should intervene with the dispute, 45 disagreeing that the state should intervene, and 9 Abstaining from the vote.
High Council Spokesperson Garry Roque announced this afternoon that “One of the most intense debate this month finally concluded and the High Council thus, announce two things: The state will not allow the Oceanic State military access within the Maharlikan Exclusive Economic Zone and the state will not intervene militarily in the dispute.”
In an MWord interview regarding the explanation of the High Council’s decision, Roque states that “The majority of the State Councilors who did not support passage of OS owned vessels justified their decision on the basis that their decision will prevent unnecessary casualties between the NIR and OS governments. Regarding the second vote, it was also decided by the decision that would bring the least number of casualties.”
When Roque was asked by our reporters if Maharlikan military action was likely to happen, Roque simply replied that the High Council trusts that the government of the Oceanic State that they are rational enough to obey the state order given by the Maharlikan High Council and not otherwise.
However, Roque also added, “The High Council also wants to clarify two things: The decision does not solely apply to military vehicles, but there will also be a temporary ban of Oceanic State-owned Civilian vessels passing through the EEZ. And although the state will not pursue military action, the government will allow aggressive actions done by the Maharlikan Armed Forces if any OS owned vessels will attempt to pass through the Maharlika’s EEZ.”
When Roque was asked on how the Maharlikan government will assist both governments to lower their tension, Roque replied that “The High Council will be looking for ways to assist the dispute using pacifistic political methods.” However, Roque did not assure that peaceful methods will succeed and left before MWorld reporters could ask for more questions.
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