“We mourn the death of our brave-patriotic ally former-Senator Leticia Ramos-Shahani. We lost a real patriot in the midst of the intensified violations of our sovereign and territorial rights committed by several foreign powers including China who has yet to give up its irrational claim on our territory and now plans to build permanent structure in Scarborough Shoal,” Pamalakaya said in a statement.
“Former Senator Shahani was active and consistent in joining protest actions in defense of our sovereignty against Chinese incursions and other foreign meddling. She actively campaigned and promoted independent foreign policy with the central objective of liberating our country from all types of foreign dictates and domination in the name of genuine independence,” Pamalakaya chairman Fernando Hicap said.
He noted that “Shahani was also a convener of the broad-patriotic alliance Pilipinong Nagkakaisa Para sa Soberanya (P1NAS) which spearheaded numerous campaigns in fighting for our sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
“On September 2015, she joined the national fact-finding mission led by Pamalakaya and P1NAS in Zambales to study the adverse socio-economic effects of Chinese incursion on the Filipino fi shermen,” he recalled.
Shahani served as a Senator from 1987 until 1996.
