US won't be allowed to install missile systems in PH - Duterte
Published August 6, 2019, 9:17 PM
By Genalyn Kabiling
President Duterte declared Tuesday that he would never allow the United States to install missile systems in the country.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
(ALBERT ALCAIN/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
The President said that while he recognizes the country’s Mutual Defense Treaty with the United States, he would reject the entry of foreign weapons, including nuclear arsenal in the country since this is considered a violation of the Constitution.
“There’s an item in the newspaper that they are going to place some ballistic mid-range (missiles). That can never happen,” Duterte said before a gathering of Filipino-Chinese business leaders in Malacañang.
“That will never happen because I will not allow [it] because it’s also a violation of the Constitution. You cannot place nuclear arms in the Philippines,” he added.
The United States reportedly wants to deploy new intermediate-range missiles in Asia supposedly to counter the rise of China in the region. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he wanted to deploy such capability “sooner rather than later” but did not specify where the US will deploy these weapons.
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