President Rodrigo Duterte orders Defense secretary Delfin Lorenzana with the technical team of the Department of National Defense to go to Russia and China and look for the best military weaponry and armaments for the Philippines.
In a speech of President Duterte on the 250th founding anniversary of the Presidential Airlift Wing in Villamor Air base, he said “to military commanders ang pataas pa kayo military colonel, pag–aralan na ninyo ang purchase ng…. and we had the money.”
Duterte said, “there are two countries who wish to give the softest loans and it will be payable in 20 to 25 years, sabi ko sa kanila na (I said to them) I want weaponry and armaments.”
He said “Hindi ko kailangan yan mga jets, yan mga F16 [United States fighter jet]
(I don’t want those jets, that F16)
that’s of no use to us! We don’t intend to fight any country, kapag ginamit natin ‘yan wala naman tayong missile, ayaw naman tayong pagbilhan ng mga gago!” [United States]
(If we use that [F16 fighter jet] we don’t have any missiles, they [United States] don’t want to sell, [missiles] those idiots!)
“So let’s content our self with a propeller driven planes but which we can use extensively sa anti-insurgency. In terrorism in Mindanao, it could generate into a full-blown civil war”
“Sabi ko there are countries ahh.. cover us.. so many.. sabi nila mamili ka lang doon.”
(I said there are countries ahh.. cover us.. so many.. they said just buy there)
“I would like to tell you that some of our guys there. I’ll tell you who country they are if you want.”
I would like to ask the defense secretary Delfin Lorenzana so samahan kayo ng technical people, pumunta kayo ng Russia at pumunta kayo ng China, at tignan ninyo kung anu ang pinaka mabuti.” Duterte added.
( I would like to ask defense secretary Delfin Lorenzana so technical people will accompany you, go to Russia and go to China and look for the best [weapons and armaments]) – JCE.
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Watch the full speech of President Rodrigo Duterte
I URGE THE AFP IF PDUT MAKES A MOVE TO GO AGAINST THE INTEREST OF THE NATION, DISOBEY HIM…….HE MUST BE CUT SHORT.
91% lang naman ng mga Filipinos ang sumusuporta kay Duterte. Interest ba ng anong nation ang sinasabi mo Jose?
Akala mo ba na basta lang anti american si duterte at walang rason ito para mag oppose sa US? Alam nio ba na kano na member ng CIA ang bumomba ng davao airport noong 2003? CIA ng america ang matagal nang gumugulo sa mindanao, at nag train pa ng mga terrorista gaya ng abu sayaf. Matagal nang pinababayaan ng gobyerno ito dahil lahat ng administrasyon nag daan mula kay santa cory ay sunod sunuran lang na parang pag aari pa rin tayo ng mga kano.
The US should leave mindanao para mabuksan na ang yaman nito. Ang mindanao at mga nakatagong yaman sa lupa nito ang pag asa ng mga Pilipino para makabalik tayo sa pagiging first class country.
Paano naging 91% ng Pilipinas ang 14 Million?
Obviously you did not watched the video of Pres. Duterte’s speech. He stated that he will not cut ties of our existing allies ex. US, he will just add an another ally, the Russia and China. IMO, he is correct, we should diversify our arms supplier by tapping Russia or other countries. Every country is doing it. We cannot afford on just relying to US for our arms.