Sent_en: 2fil Senator Ellison responded that at the vessel's first sighting on March 8 "it was not doing anything illegal", and criticised the Opposition's claim that the ship was drifting for seventeen days, saying that "it was not stated as having drifted for the whole of the 17 days".
Sent_yy: Sumagot si Senador Ellison na sa unang silay sa bapor noong ika-8 ng Marso, "wala naman itong ginagawang ilegal," at pinuna ang sinasabi ng Oposisyon na ang barko ay nakalutang nang labimpitong araw, at sinabi na "hindi naiulat na ito ay nakalutang sa buong 17 na araw."