Duterte vows boost in AFP, PNP capacities

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Wednesday, February 28, 2018
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MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte said his administration is focused on strengthening military and police capacities.

Duterte committed to increase the armed response capabilities of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to protect the nation from national security threats.

“I wish to announce now that I want to build a strong Armed Forces and a strong police before I leave my office,” he said at the opening of a new shooting range in Barangay Catitipan, Davao City.

“They will have the priority in the purchase,” he said. “We want to have the infrastructure but what good would it do to us if we are a weak nation? You will be treated as a pushover.”

The Philippines would soon receive 5,000 firearms from a “friendly country,” the President announced.

Duterte said the government is trying to acquire firearms from countries other than the United States to equip law enforcers with weapons needed to quell terrorism threats.

“We will survive and we will win these pocket wars. And we will be a great nation someday,” he said./PN
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