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Philippine Congress questions DND plans to buy fighter jets

: Sep 10, 2013 - : 3:07 am

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The Philippine Congress threatens to derail the plans of the Department of National Defense (DND) to shift its focus from fighting insurgency to defending its territory in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).

“To me, priority should be addressing internal security. If we only address the external security relative to the West Philippine Sea, whatever we do we will not be able to acquire the capability to match the threat there,” Muntinlupa Rep Rodolfo Biazon said in a hearing on Monday, September 2.
Biazon, who chairs the House committee on national defense and security, said the Philippines should focus on the arbitration case over the territorial dispute lodged before the United Nations.

Biazon argued the DND should rethink its plan to buy fighter aircrafts. He said the priority should be the acquisition of helicopters that government can use in, among others, disaster response.

Manila is caught in a row with Beijing over the West Philippine Sea. The Philippines has sought the assistance of treaty ally US on maritime security. The Philippines and US are also negotiating a new agreement focused on miltary-to-military cooperation on maritime security and maritime domain awareness.

The government is posed to buy 12 fighter aircraft from South Korea for $443 million.

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