Ending internal conflict means more budget for AFP modernization – Army Colonel

From Update.Ph (May 27): Ending internal conflict means more budget for AFP modernization – Army Colonel  

 The Armed Forces of the Philippines will have more budget for modernization if peace negotiation under Duterte administration with the communists becomes successful, this was expressed by 10th Infantry ‘Agila’ Division (10ID) deputy commander Colonel Casiano Monilla during a press conference Wednesday in Davao City.

This will also shift the focus of AFP from internal conflict to external defense.

The 10ID of the Philippine Army is responsible for Davao Region (Region 11), parts of Region 12 (Sarangani, South Cotabato, 2nd District of North Cotabato and Columbio, Sultan Kudarat), Trento, Agusan del Sur and Lingig Surigao del Sur. It conducts support operations in order to assist stakeholders create a just and peaceful environment conducive to sustainable development in the area of responsibility.

“The national budget will then be utilized to modernize the AFP and to train/orient personnel for external defense,” Colonel Monilla said.

“I have longed for a form of government that will embrace all ideas basta iisa lang ang Armed Forces,” he said.

Colonel Monilla said, in a report by Inquirer, that peace pact with the communists will benefit the military. “There will be a significant drop on the casualties among our soldiers. There will also be a decrease in the number of families who are deprived of their fathers,” he said.

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