A brigade-sized formation will be in stand-by for possible
eventualities that may occur during President Benigno S. Aquino III's last
State-of-the-Nation-Address (SONA) at the House of Representatives this coming
July 27.
Lt. Col. Noel Detoyato, Armed Forces of the Philippines
(AFP) public affairs office chief, said that 500 troops each from General
Headquarters, Army, Navy and Air Force and the Tanay-based 2nd Infantry
Division will be on call during that event.
Soldiers from the General Headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo ,
Quezon City
These includes attached units which include K-9s, Explosive
Ordnance Division and medical units, he added.
But until these troops are requested by the Philippine
National Police, which is the lead agency for SONA security, these soldiers and
units will remain in their respective camps, Detoyato pointed out.
The AFP public affairs chief also stressed that they are
still to detect any terrorist or any other threat for the coming occasion.
"We are still to detect any threat yet for the
SONA," he stressed.
"We do not want to assume anything violent but we are
just preparing our troops in case when they are called," the AFP public
affairs office chief disclosed.
He also said that the alert status for the SONA will be
announced within the next few days.
And while the traditional militants are free to do their
protest actions, Detoyato urged them not to conduct actions that may prove
detrimental to others.
"It is their freedom to express their right but we just
hope and appeal that that freedom will not infringe on the freedom of
others," he said.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=785174
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