The Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the China-led Mislatel Consortium to build communication facilities inside military camps is a treachery in the same league as President Duterte setting aside our claim over the West Philippine Sea, and his entering into onerous deals with the Chinese government.
Since the start of the Duterte administration, the public remains in the dark over the deals the government has been making with China. We do not know what the exact consequences of these deals are. We just might wake up one day with our sovereignty totally stripped off our nation, all because of the deals President Duterte made with China.
Nakataya ang seguridad ng ating bansa sa kasunduang ito. This agreement sets a precedent that our national security is lax and that China can now easily buy our public officials and generals into setting up espionage equipment, disguised as communication facilities right inside our military camps! Any time now, this Trojan Horse will be knocking on the gates of different facilities and expose our other vulnerabilities.
This is why Congress needs to assert its oversight function and look into this MOA between the AFP and Mislatel Consortium. I fully support Sen. Risa Hontiveros’ Senate Resolution to look into the agreement as our sovereignty is already in a compromising position.
There are many deals this administration has made with China-backed institutions, many of which have been blacklisted for their anomalous transactions. But this MOA takes the cake for virtually giving away our national security to China in a silver platter. ###
(Access the handwritten copy of Dispatch from Crame No. 606, here: https://issuu.com/senatorleilam.delima/docs/dispatch_606)