AFP, tiniyak na hindi na hahayaang maulit ang pangha-harass ng China sa gitna ng resupply mission ng bansa sa WPS
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00:00The Armed Forces of the Philippines also stated that they will not allow China's aggressive actions
00:07in the country's resupply mission in the West Philippine Sea.
00:10This is what Ryan Lezigue wrote.
00:12We will not allow it. We will not allow them to do that to us again.
00:20That's not allowed.
00:22Thank you very much, sir.
00:24We are Filipinos. We are Filipinos.
00:26Let's show them our seas, our rights, and our future.
00:37This is what the Armed Forces of the Philippines stated in the AFP
00:41following China's continued aggression in the West Philippine Sea.
00:46At the same time, the AFP stated that there will be no change
00:51in their rotation of the Resupply Operations, or RORE, in Ayungin Shoal
00:56despite China's aggressive actions against the RORE in June 17
01:02where a soldier lost his finger.
01:05I don't think there will be much change on our part
01:10because we are following international laws.
01:15That's what we will do.
01:17There will be no change even if they say we will de-escalate
01:21because we are still following.
01:23For example, what we did on June 17 was a normal military operation.
01:32We did not bring any weapons.
01:35In fact, the guns were encased
01:38because we were not there to escalate the tensions.
01:43We were not there to look for conflict.
01:48So, it's almost the same.
01:50We will just continue our operations.
01:53In addition to the harassment of the CCG on June 17,
01:56the AFP wrote to China to order them to return their confiscated weapons.
02:03Aside from this, the AFP is also paying for the damages
02:08left by their harassment on June 17.
02:11This is different from the damage to a soldier who lost his finger.
02:14In my letter, I demanded the return of seven firearms.
02:19Those guns were confiscated by the Chinese Coast Guard
02:24because those guns are boxed.
02:28So, they only confiscated seven rifles.
02:33They destroyed our equipment.
02:37When we estimated the cost of the damage, it's 60 million pesos.
02:43Meanwhile, the AFP urged the public not to panic and remain calm.
02:49This is according to a report organized by China's Plano
02:52on the use of hypersonic missiles against military bases
02:56under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement or EDCA of the Philippines and the United States.
03:02According to the Armed Forces of the Philippines,
03:04Chief of Staff General Romeo Bronner Jr.,
03:06they will consult with Senator Aimee Marcos and other information
03:11related to China's hypersonic missiles in the Philippines.
03:15The AFP also considers this matter seriously.
03:19That is why we are also preparing for those.
03:22One thing we can do is we harden our facilities.
03:28We protect our facilities from possible missile attacks.
03:32Not only that, we have different technologies that exist
03:38in order for us to protect ourselves from those kinds of attacks.
03:43These are the realities that we have to face.
03:46Not only missile attacks, even drone attacks.
03:50Earlier, the AFP held a first-semester command conference
03:55with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
03:58as part of their discussion on the current threat that the country is facing.
04:03The AFP's accomplishments and plans were also discussed in the command conference
04:08to address the various threats that the country may face.
04:12The AFP also laid down other options for the next RORE
04:18and other actions in the West Philippine Sea.
04:21Ryan Lisigas for Pambansang TV in the new Philippines.