Vice President Sara Duterte questioned if the Philippine-US Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) sites are truly going to be used for the government’s disaster relief operations amid the effects of heavy rainfall and flooding in Metro Manila and nearby provinces. (Video courtesy of OVP)
00:00Comment ng netices na mabuti po daw po yung OVP, mas nararamdaman nila sa mga ganyang disasters, yung edka sites na sinasabi nilang yung isa sa mga purpose, di daw nila nararamdaman?
00:16Unang-unang, kailangan siguro natin tanongin kung totoo ba talaga yung mga edka sites ay gagawin for disaster preparedness and disaster response
00:25o sinabi lang yun para lang may masabi patungkol sa edka sites.
00:31Just to be key, but real quick, VP, kasi sinabi ni D&D Secretary Gimochodoro that we should ask the U.S. to use these edka sites para po mafacilitate yung relief operations.
00:45What's your reaction to this particular statement?
00:49Edka kasi it means enhanced defense cooperation at the relents.
00:52Nandun yan siya sa, dun tayo sa word na defense.
00:57Ano ba ang, ano ba ang ibig sabihin ng defense doon?
01:01Diba mutual defense?
01:02Like, defensa sa Pilipinas at defensa sa, ah, kung sino man yung ally natin.
01:09Diba? Kasi mutual, diba?
01:11So, kung magkaroon ng agreement, iba pa ang agreement sa ilalim, sa loob ng edka agreement about disaster preparedness and disaster response, pwede yun.
01:27Kasi defense is not just, ah, yung defense na kapag merong invasion or merong war, pwede ding relief operations in times of emergency.
