{"id":166754,"date":"2018-06-11T04:26:40","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T08:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=166754"},"modified":"2018-06-11T04:26:40","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T08:26:40","slug":"ex-dnd-secy-urges-ph-to-form-contingency-plan-vs-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/11\/ex-dnd-secy-urges-ph-to-form-contingency-plan-vs-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-DND Secy urges PH to form contingency plan vs China"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: The report also cited that Gonzales is suspecting that China may be forced to use their \u201cmilitary option\u201d since the presidential term of Rodrigo Roa Duterte could not be extended anymore. (ACE MORANDANTE\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Norberto Gonzales said that the Philippine government should start forming a \u201ccontingency plan\u201d in case of a China invasion.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Chinese invasion is not unthinkable,\u201d Norberto Gonzales said in a statement sent to Rappler on June 9, Saturday.<\/p>\n

He advised the administration to recruit physically-abled Filipinos to begin the training immediately.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe armed forces should begin the rapid modernization and expansion of the national reserve to include the entire citizenry,\u201d Gonzales said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithin hours, the Chinese can destroy most of the country\u2019s defense facilities and probably some of our cities,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The former defense secretary said in the same item that \u201cChina does not have a history of invading other countries, but it is not averse to using military might to settle territorial conflicts.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Gonzales, some signs that indicate China\u2019s possible \u201cinvasion\u201d are the building of \u201cdefense bases\u201d within the Philippine territories. These moves are apparently some form of \u201cinternal propaganda\u201d that makes the Philippines \u201cits number one threat and enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Furthermore, he also said that as soon as \u201cthe world formally intervenes, China then may agree even to a total withdrawal of occupying troops, but in exchange, the Philippines will be asked to yield jurisdiction over territories China chooses to keep.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rappler\u2019s report also cited that Gonzales is suspecting that China may be forced to use their \u201cmilitary option\u201d since the presidential term of Rodrigo Roa Duterte could not be extended anymore.<\/p>\n

He further said that the only way to extend Duterte\u2019s term is through a revolutionary government. Rappler also reported that \u201cthe only organization apparently qualified to earn China’s nod is the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).\u201d<\/p>\n

Gonzales served as the defense secretary two times during the administration of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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