Mga mambabatas, nagpasalamat sa suporta ng Japan sa Pilipinas
Mga mambabatas, nagpasalamat sa suporta ng Japan sa Pilipinas
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00:00 The acceptance of the amendments to the bill by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was very hot.
00:05 Senators were happy with the help and promises laid by the former minister for the country.
00:11 This is what Daniel Manalastas reported.
00:13 The amendments were accepted by the Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio,
00:21 who made a speech in front of the amendments in a special joint session.
00:27 According to Senate President Juan Miguel Subiri,
00:30 this is a good friendship between the countries of Japan and the Philippines.
00:35 Japan is one of the closest friends of the Philippines to date.
00:40 In terms of ODA, it is the highest overseas development assistance fund
00:46 that is given to us here in the Philippines.
00:48 There are many companies owned by Japan that are here in our country.
00:57 In other words, they are one of the contributors to a high growth rate.
01:01 Senators were also happy with the message of Prime Minister Kishida,
01:07 just like the promises of help in the Philippines.
01:10 There is 600 billion yen ODA funds, official overseas development assistance funds.
01:17 There are 12 ships for our coast guard.
01:22 And his commitment to continue the good cooperation of Japanese businessmen here in our country.
01:33 So we can see that Japan is a best friend to the Philippines.
01:38 Well, I told him after the speech at the legislative lounge
01:43 that we always thought of him to be an upcoming great world leader and a statesman.
01:51 Today, he affirmed that.
01:53 He spoke of world peace and regional security,
01:57 and yet he had the compassion to speak about projects being downloaded here in the Philippines.
02:04 According to Zubiri, they also support the Reciprocal Access Agreement,
02:09 or the Visiting Forces Agreement.
02:12 He has already obtained enough votes to ratify it.
02:17 We can see that the United States and Japan are helping us with our problems in the West Philippine Sea.
02:25 We in the Senate are ready to discuss the RAA, because we will ratify it.
02:33 And I have already obtained a majority.
02:35 We need more than 16 votes.
02:37 I believe we have more than that to ratify the RAA in the Senate.
02:42 House Speaker Martin Romaldes also affirmed the full support for the Armed Forces.
02:48 We will do what we should do in our budget.
02:53 We will support not only the coast guard, but the Navy, the Armed Forces,
02:57 and other departments so that we can strengthen our rights here in our country, the Philippines.
03:07 The Speaker also spoke of the RAA's problems.
03:11 We can see that now in this day and age of mass media, technology, social media,
03:16 we are very sensitive to these issues.
03:21 We have learned from our past experiences.
03:25 We can see the respect we are giving here, not only to our countrymen, but also to our fellow Filipinos,
03:35 especially to our relations with our neighbors who are living here.
03:41 We have a lot of confidence that our relations with the RAA will be smooth.
03:49 According to Senator Jingoya Estrada, the RAA and Japan are important.
03:54 It is expected to strengthen the capacity of the Philippines to defend itself.
03:59 Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva thanked Japan for being ready to continue as a pillar of the Philippines in trade and development.
04:09 Senator Loren Legarda was pleased with Japan's commitment to help in the field of protecting our territories.
04:18 Senator Lito Lapid is hoping that Prime Minister Kishida's visit to our country
04:24 will strengthen our relationship with the countries that recognize our democracy.
04:32 Daniel Manalastas, Para sa Bayan.
04:34 Bye, Ed.