Lieutenant General Gilbert Gapay, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, has promised to uphold the country's sovereignty in the West Philippines Sea (WPS) despite President Duterte's standing order to the military to refrain from participating in naval drills with its foreign allies.
Lieutenant General Gilbert Gapay, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, has promised to uphold the country’s sovereignty in the West Philippines Sea despite President Duterte’s standing order to the military to refrain from participating in naval drills with its foreign allies.Gapay, who was appointed to the top AFP post last week, said the Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force will continue to patrol the features being claimed by the country in the hotly disputed waters.
But Gapay said the military will still push through with its unilateral drills which will be done inside the country’s territorial waters. On the contrary, Gapay said there are no orders coming from the President to stop the patrol operations in the WPS. Last May 2020, the Navy acquired its newest warship, BRP Jose Rizal, from South Korea. The frigate’s sister ship, BRP Antonio Luna, is scheduled to be delivered later this year.
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