

The challenge for the BBM presidency is how to elevate the armed forces from legacy to world-class AFP amid a ballooning budget deficit and government's competing priorities. The Philippine Navy's submarine program, for instance, is ongoing but the delivery of the first sub is likely in 2028 yet after the procurement planning started in 2021.

The incoming administration needs to allocate additional funds to the Defense department to buy more ships and aircraft that take years to build. The military, being one of the instruments of national power, must continue to modernize. It should advance, it should support this revolutionary armed struggle as the main form of struggle." (Emphasis supplied) He thus unmasked the real motives behind every peace accord that these terrorists pursue. Luis Jalandoni, one of the representatives of these communist terrorists, he declared candidly that ".peace negotiations are another form of legal struggle which is used by the revolutionary forces in order to advance the revolutionary armed struggle.

In a widely circulated interview with Mr. administration would have to contend with the lack of sincerity of the CTG. It bears asking: Why does the government have to negotiate with a group whose objective is to overthrow it? It is akin to someone negotiating peace with another who actually wants the other party dead.īy signing up with an email address, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It may then be prudent for the president-apparent to consider that every failed peace dialogue since 1987 (Corazon Aquino administration) until 2019 (Duterte administration) only afforded these threats to national security a chance to regroup, recruit new cadres, refurbish their arms and logistics and resurge. The government and the people suffer the most after botched peace talks that only allowed these communist terrorists to rest. Tired and scarred by relentless fighting, they wage war to win the peace. Some people may brand the soldiers as anti-peace or "utak pulbura." But that label is unfair and farthest from the truth.
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This, the current status of government having the upper hand, and its agencies addressing the drivers of insurgency, he will have to confront before pursuing the peace negotiations. They would go for the finish, once and for all. They would rather not have another round of peace talks. But if he were to ask individual personnel, I am also confident that the sentiment remains.

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I can confidently say that as a professional organization, the AFP will support and pursue the directions of its commander-in-chief - hence the least of his worries. I do not speak for the Philippine military - well not anymore after doing so for four years and seven months as AFP spokesman. All of them will be instrumental in providing the incoming president critical information and appropriate recommendations. The executives of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the chief of the Philippine National Police are key informants on the status of the campaign against the CTG. The outgoing secretaries of the Department of National Defense and the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process are repositories of vast information and relevant reports. While BBM has already revealed that he will pursue peace negotiations with this communist terrorist group (CTG), we hope that he will reconsider. The challenge to BBM is how to end this menace that stunted economic development in the countryside and undermined political stability for more than 50 years. The lingering and pestering problem with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) has outlived six government administrations. (formerly Philex Petroleum Corp.) to proceed where it was stopped by the outgoing administration from conducting oil exploration activities fearing that it may offend China? Will he consider and push for the construction of nuclear power plants, which the late former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., his father, envisioned 46 years ago? Will this constrain his administration to allow PxP Energy Corp. Marcos may need to provide incentives and support to endeavors geared toward harnessing other sources of renewable energy. Our dependence on other sources like hydro power was limited by the El Niño phenomenon while geothermal power has issues of ground stability apart from material problems affecting equipment. The Malampaya natural gas fields that supply around a third of Luzon's energy requirement are expected to be depleted in 2024. (Bongbong or BBM) assumes the presidency on June 30, he will be greeted by a mounting energy crisis.
