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PH voting for Chinese candidate to Int'l Court of Justice: top diplomat

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<p>MANILA - The Philippines is voting for the Chinese candidate to the International Court of Justice, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr said Sunday.</p><p>Locsin, in a tweet, gave the instruction to the Philippine Permanent Mission to the United Nations without further details.</p><p>“@DFAPHL @PHMissionNY You are instructed to cast the Philippine vote for the Chinese candidate to the International Court of Justice. That is your only clear instruction,” he said in a tweet.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/DFAPHL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DFAPHL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PHMissionNY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PHMissionNY</a> You are instructed to cast the Philippine vote for the Chinese candidate to the International Court of Justice. That is your only clear instruction.</p>— Teddy Locsin Jr. (@teddyboylocsin) <a href="https://twitter.com/teddyboylocsin/status/1325249578128433152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The Philippines earlier nominated incumbent Yuji Iwasawa of Japan, while the United States backed both Iwasawa and China&#x27;s Xue Hanqin, according to the <a href="https://undocs.org/A/75/129">UN Secretary General</a>.</p><p>Manila under the Duterte administration had favored closer ties with Beijing over its infrastructure program. </p><p>The Philippines, which secured an arbitral victory against China&#x27;s vast claim in the disputed South China Sea, has also filed complaints against Beijing over its aggression in the West Philippine Sea.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/22/20/its-a-free-world-dfas-locsin-says-china-can-disagree-with-ph-on-arbitral-award">&#x27;It&#x27;s a free world&#x27;: DFA&#x27;s Locsin says China can disagree with PH on arbitral award</a></li></ul><p>The ICJ, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, is composed of 15 judges elected to nine-year terms of office.</p><p>The UN General Assembly and Security Council, separately, will hold the election of five ICJ members on Wednesday.</p><blockquote class="embedly-card"><h4><a href="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/11/08/icj-elections-joint-letter-of-pga-and-psc.pdf">null</a></h4><p>null</p></blockquote><script async="" src="//cdn.embedly.com/widgets/platform.js" charSet="UTF-8" type="text/javascript"></script><div><strong>--With a report from Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AukI6zCH5Fg?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>The Philippines is voting for the Chinese candidate to the International Court of Justice, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr said Sunday.</p>

The Philippines is voting for the Chinese candidate to the International Court of Justice, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr said Sunday.