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400 AFP officers securing VP Duterte? That’s excessive, solon says
Santa Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan Fernandez stated that Vice President Sara Duterte's security detail, reportedly consisting of almost 400 soldiers, is "excessive" and "irrational".
Fernandez, who chairs the House Committee on Public Order and Safety, pointed out the limited manpower of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), which numbers around 150,000 personnel.
He highlighted that with approximately 2,000 inhabited islands in the Philippines, scattering the AFP's forces would mean only about 75 soldiers could be assigned per island.
The congressman argued that allocating 400 soldiers to the Vice President's security seems disproportionate when compared to the potential distribution of troops across the country's islands.
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