President Rodrigo Roa
Duterte during his visit to the Bicol region seeing it for himself the
destruction of the typhoon “Tisoy” and seeing to it that everything the government
can do to alleviate the sufferings of our countrymen are being done.
It was during the satiation
briefings that the President shared his observations, that the Bicol region has
perennial problems with typhoons and for Mindanao its terrorism.
He said that the current
state of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) there is a need to form 20
to 35 new army battalions.
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| Pres. Duterte during welcoming honor's (photo credit to owner) |
“Doon naman sa Mindanao,
they are grappling with terrorism. And that – if there is one thing that would
give me the sweat in the hands at parang natatakot ako, would be threat here of
terrorism,” President Duterte said.
“‘Yan lang ang bantayan
natin. I really do not know. I cannot project even if it’s time to keep stock
of everything and prepare. But it is always good to be prepared for all of
these things. But Mindanao is very open to these kind of things,” he added.
“But we are and we have been hit with terrorism. Mas ma-ano ito.
Mas matindi and well, I know it’s still the same. It is a crisis. Pero as far
as we are concerned in government, wala pa naman. I hope it would not come. Ang
takot lang namin dito — the only fear is that the ISIS would move inner from
the Sulu islands. It might travel to Mindanao. Ayan ang problema,” he
explained.
“We need men and as a matter of fact I have ordered Lorenzana to
move faster sa creation ng mga bagong battalion sa army. We need – I need
about… Ideally I need about 35. But I could – I would be happy with 20 in the
meantime,” he said.
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