Inatasan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang Armed Forces of the Philippines o AFP na kanselahin ang $233 milyong halaga ng helicopter deal ng pamahalaan sa Canada.
Ginawa ng Presidente ang pahayag makaraang mapaulat na nais munang i-review ng Ottawa ang kasunduan bago ito aprubahan.
Sa isang press conference sa Davao City, binigyang diin ng Pangulo na mas maiging maghanap na lamang ang gobyerno ng ibang pagkukunan ng mga helicopter at huwag na itong ituloy.
Sinasabing nangangamba ang Canada na baka gamitin bilang ‘attack helicopters’ ang labing anim (16) na Bell helicopters na bibilhin sana ng Pilipinas mula sa Canadian Commercial Corporation.
As the Commander – in – Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the police, no more buying of arms from, arms lang naman. ‘Yang mga sabon, mga makeup, okay, you want to look beautiful, cosmetics, buy it from Canada.
US, because of its too much imposition but I assure you I am supporting [President Donald] Trump, he is a good President. He is also doing it for his country. People just don’t understand them.
