Hiniling ng Defense department ang dagdag-budget para madaliin ang pagtatayo ng mga imprastraktura sa West Philippine Sea at pagdaragdag ng military assets.
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00:00The Defense Department requested an increase in the budget to facilitate the construction of infrastructure in the West Philippine Sea and the addition of military assets.
00:12The camera was pointed at Chino Gaston.
00:15It is necessary to facilitate the strengthening of infrastructure and the addition of military assets of the country to defend sovereignty and rights in its own Exclusive Economic Zone or EEZ.
00:30That is the point of the Defense Secretary in the budget hearing in the camera.
00:34When China started doing its illegal acts and other actors started to harden their presence years before, we should have already also pushed investments into creating forward posts in the area and that would have hardened our posture.
00:59So the lesson, Your Honor, is we procrastinated in putting aside a threat. We should have done it immediately at that time and now we should do it double time where we can.
01:15Secretary Chidoro explained that the target is not war but deterrence or the double thinking of any country that will attack the Philippines.
01:25But the funds are needed to commit the deterrence that is being assumed according to some lawmakers.
01:31We restore the P51 billion that is needed by Secretary Guilbault and the entire DND to fight on and be able to preserve our sovereignty and national territory.
01:43For the P245 billion in the 2025 budget of the DND for the AFP modernization, P75 billion will be given under the National Expenditure Program.
01:55P50 billion will be paid in debt to the bought frigates, landing dock ships and missile batteries.
02:03A lot of this will go to upgrading the connectivity of our command and control to the naval vessels and the capabilities weapon-wise of our naval ships.
02:29But also, Your Honor, it's the construction really of adequate port facilities for the Navy because we have eight or ten vessels arriving.
02:41Chidoro was also asked about his opinion that the U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty should be expanded,
02:49including the possible inclusion of U.S. warships in resupply missions.
02:54It just adds one option to us. It is one option in our toolkit that we can use in case it is necessary.
03:03However, that proposal will have to go to the National Maritime Council and be discussed in the council and approved if ever.
03:15How to make the Mutual Defense Treaty interpretation more dynamic to address threats that we may not even foresee?
03:26For example, cyber threats, Madam Chair, and other threats that China, which knows no rules, may employ.
03:35How much will it cost to buy 40 multirole fighter jets and command and control communication system?
03:42It will cost less than 500 million U.S. dollars of foreign military financing from America.
03:49For GMA Integrated News, Sino Gaston, Nakatutok, 24 Hours.
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