ANTIPOLO CITY – Filipinos in Taiwan must do their part to prepare for a possible invasion by China, former Senator and 2025 senatorial bet Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson said Friday.
Lacson said Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff Gen. Romeo Brawner was right in telling troops of the Northern Luzon Command to prepare for a Taiwan invasion contingency.
“Gen. Brawner is right in telling the AFP to prepare. Who else can implement the evacuation plan other than those who have the equipment and capability to evacuate or at least protect our fellow Filipinos there?” he said in Filipino at the press conference of the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial slate here.
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He added the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) has long devised a plan for possible contingencies including the evacuation of our overseas Filipino workers there.
These plans take into account the possibility of such an invasion from China, he noted.
“The MECO has been ready, and not just now,” aniya.
Brawner, in telling troops to prepare for a Taiwan invasion contingency, was quoted as saying that if “something happens to Taiwan,” the Philippines will “inevitably” be involved.
There are some 250,000 OFWs currently working in Taiwan.
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Ping Lacson: Pilipino sa Taiwan, Dapat Humanda sa Posibleng Invasion
ANTIPOLO CITY – Dapat gawin ng mga Pilipino sa Taiwan ang nararapat bilang paghanda sa posibleng pagsalakay ng Tsina doon, ayon kay dating Senator at 2025 senatorial bet Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson nitong Biyernes.
Sang-ayon si Lacson sa pagsabi ni Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff Gen. Romeo Brawner sa Northern Luzon Command na maghanda para sa posibleng pagsalakay sa Taiwan.
“Kay Gen. Brawner, tama naman ang maghanda ang AFP kasi may evacuation plan tayong patutupad, sino magpapatupad niyan kundi ang may equipment and capability para sa logistical plan para mailikas at least maprotektahan ang ating mga kababayan doon?” aniya sa pulong pambalitaan ng Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial slate dito.
Dagdag ni Lacson, matagal nang may plano ang Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) sa Taipei para sa posibleng pangyayari, kabilang ang paglikas ng mga overseas Filipino workers natin doon.
“Ang MECO matagal nang naka-ready, hindi lang ngayon,” aniya.
Ayon sa ulat, sinabi ni Brawner na dapat maghanda para sa posibleng pagsalakay sa Taiwan dahil kung may mangyari doon, maaaring madamay ang Pilipinas.
May tinatayang 250,000 OFWs na nasa Taiwan ngayon.
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