The Philippines is far from "war footing" when it comes to the situation in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
Thus, said Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. as he rejected a notion from Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel that the Philippines was letting the United States (US) "have its way" to the potential endangerment of Filipinos. (Video Courtesy of House of Representatives)
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Thus, said Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. as he rejected a notion from Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel that the Philippines was letting the United States (US) "have its way" to the potential endangerment of Filipinos. (Video Courtesy of House of Representatives)
READ: https://mb.com.ph/2023/9/8/ph-far-from-war-footing-dnd-chief-tells-makabayan-solon
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00:00 Also Madam Chair, Presidential Envoy to China Teddy Boy Oluksin Jr. said the Philippines has no plans of going to war with China.
00:11 But why are we letting the US have a footing in the war in the West Philippine Sea?
00:19 Isn't that dangerous for us and all our countrymen?
00:25 That's not what I think. Who is the one who is using water cannons? The US or China?
00:32 Who is the one in the war footing? Us or them?
00:36 For me, it's far and I don't want war.
00:39 But if we don't have a strong diplomatic relationship,
00:44 we will lose our ability to build ourselves up.
00:55 Democracy will be lost, especially in a determined and big country that has a desire to conquer the entire South China Sea.
01:04 Madam Chair, we should not choose who we want to stop from their hegemonic plans because China does that undeniably.
01:17 But it has been decades since the US has been doing that in different regions of our planet.
01:25 Madam Chair, this is my question.
01:28 Madam Chair, it's not done in the Philippines.
01:30 [Silence]