At defense budget hearing, Gibo Teodoro allays concerns over PH pivot to US

Marcos' defense chief denies the country is consulting US regarding the Philippines' budget planning, and underscores the need for the country to spend its own money on EDCA sites

that the US would “coordinate closely on the Philippines’ defense budget planning, including through the development of a Security Sector Assistance Roadmap to identify priority defense platforms and force packages over the next five years to bolster our combined capabilities and capacity to resist coercion and deter aggression.”

“The US will have a way to delve into our budget planning for defense, but we, on the other hand, are not allowed to meddle into the budget planning of the US,” Manuel claimed.“We are not consulting the US regarding our budget planning. We are requesting with them capability upgrade assistance in accordance with the Mutual Defense Treaty and other cooperation agreements,” Teodoro explained.

“Our capability upgrade will be delayed if we don’t pass the general security of military information agreement of the US and other countries, because these talks are highly technical and highly confidential,” he added.Gabriela Representative Arlene Brosas also asked why the Philippines is spending its funds to build bases that are identified as military sites under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement with the US.

“We should not allow our country to have shared locations [with the US] and then we are the ones shelling out funds for it. We become more at risk instead of having our own independent defense posture,” Brosas said.“We really need to spend. If not, then we lose our Philippine independence on it. We really need to spend. This is just assistance for us.

“They will spend too, and we are also getting capability assistance from it provided we pass the security assessments,” he added.

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