DND – Pagpapalakas ng infrastructure sa WPS at military assets ng bansa, kailangang madaliin

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00:00The Department of National Defense requested to increase their budget to speed up the construction of infrastructures in the West Philippine Sea

00:08and to have military assets.

00:11We have first news from Chino Gaston.

00:17The strengthening of infrastructure and the addition of military assets of the country

00:23should be made easier to defend sovereignty and rights in their own Exclusive Economic Zone or EEZ.

00:28This is what the Defense Secretary said in a budget hearing in the House of Representatives.

00:58Our honor is we procrastinated in putting aside the threat.

01:04We should have done it immediately at that time.

01:08And now we should do it double time where we can.

01:13Secretary Chodoro explained that the target is not war but deterrence

01:18or the disengagement of any country that will attack the Philippines.

01:23But funds are needed to commit the deterrence that is being assumed according to their lawmakers.

01:29We restore the P51 billion that is needed by Secretary Guevo and the entire DND

01:36to fight on and be able to preserve our sovereignty and national territory.

01:41For the P245 billion in the 2025 budget of the DND for the AFP modernization,

01:48P75 billion was given under the National Expenditure Program.

01:52P50 billion is just a payment for the debts of the bought frigates, landing dock ships, and missile batteries.

02:00The remaining will go to the priority projects of the AFP,

02:04such as the armament of Philippine Navy ships and the construction of new port and naval facilities.

02:10A lot of this will go to upgrading the connectivity of our command and control to the naval vessels

02:21and the capabilities weapon-wise of our naval ships.

02:27But also, Your Honor, it's the construction really of adequate port facilities for the Navy

02:35because we have eight or ten vessels arriving.

02:39Chodoro was also asked about his opinion on expanding the U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty

02:47including the possible inclusion of U.S. warships in resupply missions.

02:52It just adds one option to us.

02:55It is one option in our toolkit that we can use in case it is necessary.

03:01However, that proposal will have to go to the National Maritime Council

03:07and be discussed in the council and approved if ever.

03:13How to make the Mutual Defense Treaty interpretation more dynamic

03:21to address threats that we may not even foresee?

03:24For example, cyber threats, Madam Chair,

03:27and other threats that China, which knows no rules, may employ.

03:33How much will it cost to purchase 40 multirole fighter jets

03:37and command and control communication system

03:40that can be purchased under 500 million U.S. dollars of foreign military financing from America?

03:47This is the first news. Chino Gaston for GMA Integrated News.

04:03www.gmanews.tv.

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