Former Philippine National Police head and current senator
Panfilo “Ping” Lacson is just stating the one of the obvious repercussions of
he abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States of
America (USA) and the country.
Everybody knows that the Armed Forces of the Philippines
is a US oriented military in its set up and doctrines so, cutting the military
accord with Washington has the biggest effect on the organization.
“The Filipino people are resilient and our soldiers are no
different. We will survive, no doubt. We know how to improvise and we can adapt
to crises the way we did many times before,” Senator Ping Lacson said
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| Senator Ping Lacson (photo credit to owner) |
“But in the meantime, we remain exposed to terrorist
threats, both domestic and foreign, not to mention the continuing security
threat in the West Philippine Sea posed by China, and even the need for timely
humanitarian response and assistance that the US is capable of deploying during
disasters, natural or man-made,” he noted.
He also said the maintenance and repairs of the AFP’s
equipment, mostly air assets provided by the US under the AFP modernization
program are affected.
“Exploring other options like inking
similar defense treaties with other nations as posited by the AFP Chief of
Staff is fine but the reality is, it doesn’t happen overnight. It will take a
series of back-and-forth negotiations in pursuit of the concerned parties’ self
and national interests before going through lengthy deliberations for ratification
by the Senate,” he said.
“While admittedly, the VFA is not
perfect for the Philippines as far as equitability is concerned, the timing and
reasons for its abrogation are way off the mark,” Senator Lacson explained.
“The thing is, it is not the smartest
move of the President to expose ourselves naked first before looking for other
options for cover,” he added.
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